Holy Hurricane

Sorry I've been a little MIA.  We just got power back last night after that diva Irene blew through here.  We were out for a glorious 53 hours.  We were very fortunate to have no damage...one of the only perks of living in a pop up neighborhood with little charm and trees the size of my 5 year old.  And I know this is really weird but a small part of me was sad when the power came back on.  There's something nice about no tv, AC, and Internet.  I kind of felt like I was on vacation with the cool breeze blowing in the windows.  It forces you to get outside and hang out with neighbors.  I'm a firm believer no one knows their neighbors anymore because of the modern convenience of air conditioning.  So, as annoying as it was, it was a nice break from the day to day routine. 

My parents did not fair as well as us.  They live on Connecticut just yards from the long island sound.  Here is a picture of us there this summer.

Do you see the water...waaaaay back behind us.  Well here is a pic from inside their house during the hurricane.  It's a little blurry but I hope you can see the water is meeting their porch.

By the grace of God it stopped just inches before entering there house.  They had to leave after they took this photo and trudge through the deep water to a neighbors up their street so they weren't sure what they  would find when they returned.  Needless to say we are feeling very thankful these days.

Oh but have no fear, one of the first things my mom did when she saw it was getting bad was get the card catalog and barrister bookcase she is babysitting for my sister to the second floor!  Priorities, people!  Priorities!

I hope you all faired well against Irene and everyone is safe and sound.