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Saturday, December 16, 2006

This is one heck of a winter... BEFORE WINTER!

Let's see, we've had a debilitating ice storm that caused life around Puget Sound to shut down, and now in the last 48 hours we've had a wind storm that surpasses the devastation of a 1993 wind storm. Crazzzzzzzzzy weather. When I said I was looking forward to moving somewhere that HAD weather (as opposed to So Cal that is 75' and sunny all year long) I didn't really mean THIS kind of weather. Oye!

Yesterday we were without power from Midnight-11pm... 23 hours without power. Despite EVERYTHING requiring power, even water pressure in the toilet it seems, the biggest problem is that it was COLD! No heat.. no fun. So around midafternoon we headed over to Rich and Carol's. Yay generators! Stayed there for a while with our kitties we had in tow... and stayed as long as my allergies would allow (stupid Christmas tree allergy!) Then I came home and hunkered down in front of a fire and several candles and enjoyed reading for a few hours... yay iPods running on battery power too! :) hehe.

So around 11pm the power surged back on... and apparently we're the only neighborhood that was granted such a luxury so early. Most surrounding us still have no power... yay for us being on the Microsoft grid!

So Christmas is nearing the signal digit approach! I have two tops of quilts done, just need to sew them together and be happy and ready to go! Mom and Grandma come on Thursday and I couldn't be more excited. I wish Derek and Jennifer could join us here too! (Love you guys!)

Merry Christmas all!

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