We're Baaaacccckkkkk!!!!

Hello All,
We're back in the land of electricity in most of Puget Sound. Right here where Gooserock and I live, we were without power for 65 hours! A house that heats solely with electricity can get very cold after a couple days. We have no fireplace or propane to the house at all. The first night we kept things almost livable by lighting 16 candles (no pun intended) and two kerosene lamps. But by the afternoon of the second day with no forecast of power in sight (the power company wouldn't issue any estimates) we knew we had to get out.

Florida Mom was losing her sense of humor which had been excellent up to this point. We were all REALLY cold. We were all losing sight of the fun and adventure of living like pioneers with no fire stick. Even the two Totos were shivering under their blankets and THEY have fur coats.

The second night we stayed with some friends about 15 miles north of us who had their power restored and finally at 2:00 p.m. today, WE GOT POWER!! We're all smiling again.

It makes you realize to a small amount just how awful it would be to not have a warm home at all....

Winter Wonderland

You've heard about the record snow storm in the Pac NorthWet last week? Well, here's how it hit us in Puget Sound. This is the most snow we've received in the lasta 10 years. Unbelievable! And it came the day AFTER (thank Goodness) Mom arrived. As you can see, I was out driving in it. My '94 Saturn with front wheel drive did just great. There was almost no one on the roads. I just stopped where I was, got out of the car, and took pictures.

I posted four of these just for FamilyMan :-)

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Taken with Nikon CP7600 November 2006