We have a wood burning stove in the basement that we are using for heat...H actually doesn't mind chopping wood and in fact, he's a great fire starter! Lol. We are using the generator for the fridge and the Griddler, water for showers and toilets, and some lighting. We turn it off at 10 pm and back on in the morning, so it's not going full blast all day. I'm using the crockpot to make a big chili so it's on today, but I turned off the heat during the day. We did a load of wash yesterday using an extension cord, but had to hang to dry, which took a loooooong time to dry! My friend and her family are hanging her so we are sharing food, etc. She had propane tanks to use on our Coleman stove so at least we have some burners, which is nice. Our micro/convection oven died from a power surge yesterday, so that sucks because that's what I was using for the oven and to heat water. We are surviving, it's still only been four days...more than a week, well, I may not be taking it all in stride.