We survived Hurricane Ike!!

Hurricane Ike started coming on land Friday evening. Our power flickered on and off until about 10:30 PM when it went out for good. We went to bed shortly after the power went out. Katie then said, "Hey, you said we could watch TV!!" I reminded her that we had no power. "Try again!!" she replied.

The storm was very noisy and scary. I did not sleep much, but thankfuly the girls did. We did not go into the closet like we probably should have, but I did think about it several times. By morning, it was still very windy, but the worst was over. I went outside to look around our house and we looked OK, except for the gate that had it's latch torn off.

By 2:00 we had out power restored!! 2 million without power and somehow ours was restored quickly, thank God!! 6 waking hours for the girls without power was too much for them. : )

By 5:00 we had phone and Internet.

I did find out that 2 of our dear neighbors had devastating damage during the storm. They were the only ones in the cul-de-sac to board every window and yet they had the most damage. Sometimes life is ironic. My heart goes out the them.