got internet as of a few minutes ago....YAY!

when it rains it pours.....reminds me of the little girl holding an umbrella on the Morton Salt Container.....

not long after my phones/internet were back up they were gone.......within a couple of hours.  checked on things and whaddya know, Rio had chewed through the green DSL cord.......crazy little bugger!  he is probably going to end up in cat hell if i don't call for some kind of intervention or religious conversion.......i said, "Rio, if you wanna cross the rainbow bridge someday you gotta knock off the destructive path you're on, computer cords are not CHEW TOYS.......and then I thought I gotta quit talking to my cats outloud......nobody wants to be the crazy cat lady.......just the lady who is crazy about her pets more like.

but rio is still not completely forgiven, see today while the tech was here doing the repair Rio sat right by the tech as she worked acting all INNOCENT........once she saw Rio's chew job....which more than likely sparked him a bit.....YIKES! ....the tech, a nice lady named Dodi broke out the electrical tape & started wrapping the new cord pre-installation.  happy to be connected again, it was a long week without phone/internet........huli - netflix.  caught up on Reader's Digest & Guideposts though........lol!

thanks for the kind words and for checking in on me.......that same day.....the first day after the storm i was outside checking things out......and suddenly felt something hit...a quick blast of itchiness in my throat...that turned into the beeping death crud.  sinus pain, coughing, sneezing, hard to sleep without sitting up & then only for an hour at a time........today i am turning a corner, it's not over, but it's improving.  good.......so glad!

decided to press on with clean up later that same day, carried the yellow patio umbrella outside, slid it into the table  hole, then aimed it at the umbrella stand below........the table cracked into hundreds of glass shards.  WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?  stared in disbelief, considered crying......then thought clean it up now - cry later.  couldn't do both....not enough energy. 

i would sweep a load of glass shards onto a wide dust bin, toss it into a trash can & then sit.  this process takes longer than one would like.....ever.  that glass was heavy.........took time to drag table pieces to the curb.  the metal table frame, the base....not heavy, just awkward....had a tall planter cracked & busted ......didn't see that until a day or two after the storm.......right now i'm trying to get a guy over here to cut up a tree.  if i didn't mention that before i have a big evergreen by the back patio that has to be cut up and disposed of.  james is trying to get adam over here today as my little village is sending trucks to pick up downed tree pieces/broken stuff tomorrow. 

what i didn't know until yesterday is that bruce resigned from his new job to take an even better job.  he had been trying to reach me but i was clueless....between being sick and not remembering how to retrieve messages on my cell phone i didn't realize he'd checked on me, which was just so kind........he's a really good person that Bruce! 

he called me from Birmingham Alabama where he is training as an insurance adjustor, much better benefits/pay --- so happy for him!

but that means he'll be training - then he'll probably be dispatched to a storm impacted site for anywhere from 30 to 60 days somewhere in the southeast.......asked if i should get someone else to handle my yard for the next by and by - he said to hold up he'd let me know........ok, no problem.  i can do that!

turns out Sam's car was having big problems, which turned into even bigger problems so he was very stressed out.......car troubles are never a happy situation. 

in the meanwhile i also need to confirm if sam can escort me to the 40th Anniversary Celebration at AEE during the International Awards Dinner at the Georgia World Congress Center next Wednesday.  I really hope so......but we'll see.

in the meanwhile the Owls Luncheon is Wednesday, followed by Bible Study that evening at 7 pm.  .....hope to go to one or both!

sending out a lotta love your way.........sorry for being MIA!  love, love, love.........love, love, love!  hugs!