Hurricane Ike

What a crazy past couple of days! Even in Ohio, we were majorly affected by Hurricane Ike. The winds picked up just after noon on Sunday and what winds they were. Trees downed everywhere and by the time it was done, we had no power. Luckily our electricity returned yesterday afternoon after 2 days. Many still don't have it restored.

Here's what was fun about living without electricity:

• the neighborhood kids played outside for 2 days straight
• you can create some pretty good meals when you team up with your neighbors and grill out what you don't want to loose from your freezer
• families play games together
• not knowing what time it is
• the joy when the lights come back on

Here's what's not fun about living without electricity:

• no hairdryer
• throwing out everything in your fridge
• not necessarily from lack of electricity, but from high winds... finding your store sign in the middle of a major road
• bad people who take advantage of the situation

I'm so thankful that no one was hurt and that I have my power back on. After all, it's Wednesday, and you know what that means....

PROJECT RUNWAY!