On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

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Was driving back from taking the kids to school and happened to catch this flash of pink out of the corner of my eye. I looked again and saw this lady sitting down in her driveway wearing what looked to be her nightgown. My first thought was, "I don't think she really means to be sitting there like that. I'd better check it out."

So I parked the ( Read more... )

Last night I was taken totally by surprise when, around 10 p.m., the lights went out. All up and down the street. Totally out. Called Duke Power and reported the outage. Their automated system said "Your power will be restored by 10:30  p.m. on August 8, 2004." 10:30? 10:30!!? That was a whole 24 hours!

Hubby was in the kitchen, or made his way ( Read more... )

... so today will have to do. It's raining here to beat the band. I think that the vestiges of Frances finally arrived today and are pouring down outside. The girl is not feeling well; said she felt nauseous this morning, so I kept her home. She's really not one to fake such things and I'd much rather have her at home to rest and barf than have to ( Read more... )