black out... part 1

it's pretty bad when you're "excited" to go to work so that you can touch base with the world.

i don't even know where to start. about 20 minutes after my post on sunday, the power went out. no big deal. the winds were strong (they said between 30mph and 40mph). we continued to clean the house up, somewhat welcoming just the sounds of the wind.

i must say one thing though- i must commend those that "ride out" hurricanes. i was never in fear, but we had a few concerns when branches- and not small branches either- began snapping like twigs on the tree in our backyard and then we saw a few shingles land in the yard. i went outside at one point and was knocked off balance. the street sign at the top of the street was twisted and bent at a 45 degree angle. so i can't even imagine sitting in your house and waiting out 130mph winds.

so- with that, we just kept working our way thru the mess and clutter.

we all spent our day in various ways.
marv chose the bathroom at one point and matilda spent it pretty much following me around or curled up somewhere she feels safe. out-of-the-norm weather makes her extremely nervous and all she wants to do is curl up with me.






where was mine spent, you ask? i never made it out of the front bedroom/office! i sorted papers, threw out stuff i hadn't looked at in years, shredded old health insurance policies, emptied out our filing cabinet and got it down to one cute little paper box... i went to work. and so did the hubs. since we had no tv he was able to buckle down and clean like we had planned. we're not quite finished because once 5:00 rolled around we were trying to figure out when and how to get the nugget back. while i was gone, the hubs got out the flashlights, bought some candles and we were ready for the nite. i finally brought her home, walked into a candle-lit living room that was sparkling clean and we all turned in a little bit earlier than expected.

i'll post a few pictures of the before and after. with having no power a few things got out of whack, so i need to do some more picking up this week to get it back to how we left it sunday nite.