Mountain News - A Morning in the Life of an Off Grid Mountain Woman (just in case you're curious)( yes it's fairly typical)

-- Cold, wet dog noses in face at 4:00 telling you it's almost time to get up
-- Out of bed at 4:30, discover that you have no power
-- Start generator, turning power back on
-- Get fire going again in wood stove
-- Clean up two dog vomits, marveling that an entire deer hoof was in one of them
-- Let dogs out
-- Listen to generator run out of gas
-- Go into cold, dark garage to put gas in generator and start again
-- Make Butch's breakfast
-- Let dogs back in
-- Make coffee
-- Turn generator off
-- Make Butch's lunch
-- Feed 7 dogs and one cat
-- Let dogs out again
-- Put snow boots and gloves on
-- Go outside in robe where it's 14 degrees and snowing and shovel snow away from garage door
-- Shovel snow off truck, scrape windshields, shovel snow out of back of truck
-- Think about the fact that you're not cold. Wonder if it's menopause
-- Start truck to warm up for Butch
-- Put empty gas and diesel cans in back of truck
-- Put Butch's boots, hanky, coveralls and jacket in truck
-- Shovel little pathway to truck so Butch's boots won't be covered in snow because you're a nice person - and you're out there already anyway
-- Kiss Butch goodbye, pat him on rear and tell  him to have a good day, to which he snorts
-- Laugh hysterically when he asks if you put the chains on the truck, resisting urge to clomp him on the head
-- Pray for Butch's safe travels
-- Let dogs back in
-- Pour coffee, sit down in front of fire and sigh real big

All of this before 5:30. ;)