Us and the Hurricane

Our biggest disaster and my camera goes caput. It's only 6 months old, should be under warranty, but it's an HP and it wasn't (please reply with any new camera recommendations). Chris got a few pics on his cell phone, but I have no idea how to get them. Anyhoo, we are fine and well and only lost power for about 16 hours. Only one day of playing many games of Uno, of worrying about my fridge and freezer and of having unconditioned air. By 7 Saturday night we were up and running and woke up the next morning a little chilly from too nicely conditioned air. We presumed most everyone was doing as well. Now a week later, it's Sunday, another Sunday without church. Today we were supposed to have the Primary Program at church, but alas, no power at the church, and the ox is in the mire, so alot of the men are at Chappelow's removing a tree from their guest house (sorry no picture).

Another blessing was having my niece give birth to a beautiful little girl (sorry no picture) about 24 hours before the storm and their little family was able to ride out the storm in the hospital. I was glad to know they were going to be well there and then come home to an air-conditioned home.

So my kids have been home, content with xbox and video games, though our satellite dish got turned, so we had a week without tv (boohoo). All this downtime gave me the opportunity to bribe Colton into getting his paperwork done for his Eagle project. I would not take him shopping till it was done and so a little time and motivation goes a long way when he wants to go before his PacSun coupon expires.

Yes, we were very lucky, but this whole area was blessed with below average temperatures and low humidity for over a week--it's been the most beautiful weather we've experienced for September, or pretty much ever! But a generator has moved up on our wish list as we'll probably need it sometime, but hopefully Houston's turn for hurricanes has been satisfied for a few decades.