We survived!

*I have no clue*

I want one of those shirts that says I survived Hurricane Irene!

I do not have any pictures. I have a video that I uploaded to Facebook from my phone but it would not let me up load to my gmail. So I cannot show you the wind. I have been bringing all the plants back outside. The grill is still in my diningroom. We still have power (never lost it), cable, internet, and our lives. Our area got most of the wind and not much rain. It did not rain but it was NO where near Noah`s Ark territory. The basement did not even have a wet spot. We have some limbs in the back yard we need to take care of and lots and lots of twigs and leaves.
I stayed up all night during the storm. I could have never slept and I was listening for the sump pump. It never turned on and I watched alot of storm news. I could not take it anymore and went to bed around 830am. Woke up at 430pm. Had some food and we jumped into the Jeep. We surveyed the city and Fred was hopeful that we would find an open Dunkin Donuts. We did not. I picked up two x-larges this morning in my semi Jammy state. Everyone came to New London from surrounding towns because our Fast Food places were open. Fred cooked a good dinner and I passed out shortly thereafter. I still feel like I was dragged behind a truck but that is okay. Tomorrow will be better!

Hurricane Irene is a-coming

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I have been busy because of the impending Hurricane but I thought I would leave a quick note. We are going to get a direct hit from Hurricane Irene Sunday morning. By then it will hopefully be a category 1 storm with 75 mph winds. The MOST rain will be on the other side of the state, which we heard this afternoon. There is a possibility our basement will flood but we will take that as it comes. Fred has the weekend off (THANK GOD) so the girls and I will not be without him to weather this storm.
I have been picking up supplies all week even before they were certain how bad.

I was made fun of by some because they thought I was being overly cautious..certainly we cannot be getting a big storm like a Hurricane! Oh yes we are asshat. I have water, no perishable junk food, charcoal to cook outside if electric goes out, ice in the deep freezer, candles, batteries, flash lights, soda, TP, AND Booze. We are going to do some drinking. Yes sir ree Bob!  Hurricane, Mango Margaritas and Chelsea wanted some Yellow Tail.
So that is about it. I will let you know how it goes. I am going to rest up. I have strawberry jam to make now.