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I know you must all think I fell off the planet, and in a way I did. Where I live was one of the worst hit areas of the ice storm earlier this month. My whole town looks like a bomb went off…trees down everywhere, houses damaged, the whole town without electricity or water, most without heat and no place to go (at least the first few days because the roads and highways were blocked with trees and power lines). The whole county was without electric for nearly a week…gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores, Walmart…everything. It was absolute hell!

I had two trees fall on my house and seven more just explode into splinters in my back yard. When the trees fell on my house they ripped the electrical service off and planted my air conditioner into the ground. I was without electricity for nearly three weeks because I had to have the trees removed from the roof and get on a list to have an electrician come and rebuild my electrical service. The town cut the water service because the water plant was without electricity to filter the water, so we were all without water for two weeks. With no electricity, I also had no heat…many days and nights were spent in this house wrapped up in 2 pairs of pants, 3 shirts, a coat, hat and in a sleeping bag because it was 45 degrees indoors.

I just got my electricity back at the end of last week, so as you can imagine I am very behind with my emails and postings. The updates have been preloaded (thank goodness), so there was no interruption in the content.

I would love to hear if any of you had any problems with the weather. We can bond over horror stories… I have a friend in town that I went to visit and she cooked me pancakes on her floor furnace. It’s amazing how imaginative people get when they have to.

I’m back now and even though I’m getting over being sick, I’m happy. I have heat, power, water and all the other modern conveniences.

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