It’s been awhile since I have up-dated…we keep losing electric. The big ice storm missed us and we didn’t get a large amount of snow but we got a mixed bag and with it came power outage. Colder temps followed the storm so dirt lanes became slippery ice rinks.

Early last week was a wonderful change in the weather almost three days in the high 50’s/60’s. Spring fever hit this area even as cars and trucks were sliding on muddy dirt roads…my SUV sunk in a sloppy, goopy, mud pond; we once called our “driveway.” If not for 4-wheel drive I would have had to have it pulled out. This was short lived when the powerful winds came…trees came down, signs were ripped off the poles, and power outage all across the area. I wrote two entries and both times the power left me in the dark losing all I had written.

I spent two of my off days over at the new house helping clean and making mental notes where to put our belongings. They have left us some furniture…I can’t keep from thinking about the awesome dinning room table with six chairs. It reminded me of a dream I had about a place “out there” waiting for us to find. Very weird.

From Dr’s appointments, helping get our new place ready to move into, working, and coming home to mentally pack this place, time once again is flying by. Thursday the power was out when I got home after a long day of work…yesterday soon after I got up power went out once again. I can’t pack much in the dark. The new house is almost ready. We have the two bedrooms and basement left to clean, a new refrigerator is on the way, the carpet cleaners are scheduled and then the move out of the country and to the small little town. I can’t wait.

The hardest part of keeping up with my Diary and reading many of my cyber friend’s writings is this blasted dial-up connection I have. When we make the move to our new place I will once again have high speed. It will not take longer to open a page than it does to write an entry. Some times when I am on-line I feel like I am riding a bicycle on the freeway…I can’t keep up.

Within the next few weeks I will once again be reading Diaries, surfing the net, and still have time to keep up with my day to day goings on. I look forward to that day…and the days following. Maybe then I will be able to post my thoughts not just have them racing through my mind…waiting on a page to open. I hope my grammar is fit…the lights are flickering once again…I just might be back in the dark.

Happy Valentines Day…I’m off to work.

Sandyz