A bad storm blew our power lines down early Tuesday morning, and an infestation of preschool friends kept me away from the keyboard today, so no apologies for not posting. Trust me, I'd rather be sitting here typing than trying to keep seven hyper children from using my garden as a sandbox.
The storm Monday night/Tuesday morning was wild. Not much rain, just lots of wind. I woke up because the sound of debris hitting the house was so loud. When we saw the raccoon go sailing by the window, we hit the basement. We lost power about 1:30 in the morning and got it restored in the early evening. The boys and I high-tailed it to the cities to impose on my folks. I can handle a house without electricity, but when your water source is cut off...that's a whole different story. It's a step backwards to holler at your child "Don't flush and don't wash your hands!" whenever they step into the bathroom. (For you city dwellers: when the electricity goes, so does the pump that operates with your well.)
No more time to post: it's too quiet upstairs. More tomorrow if time permits.
Seven hyper children? Little bit o' stress, there? Oughta be a law.
Posted by: Chris Muir at June 9, 2004 11:07 PMWow, you are a city girl. You should come up here for a visit... We've even got an outhouse for you!
Posted by: Emmy at June 10, 2004 01:26 AMIt's been a long time since someone called me a city girl! Guess that sounds like a lot of whining to you guys up in Alaska. :)
Cathy-ask Nana about the three day ice storm when the boys were quite young. of course she was smarter than me. she bailed and went to work while we (my two, her two kids, and me) built a fire in the fireplace downstairs to stay warm and managed to stay busy (maybe the kids remember what we did, i sure don't).
AK grandmakarn