I'm still sick. I can't walk into the kitchen as I get very sick. So I dont eat unless someone us here to get it for me thank goodness I have wonderful friends. Jesse took off work and we will go to the doctor tomorrow. I haven't even been outside since a week ago Friday. I don't know if I will have to go to the hospital or nor. I will have my I-phone with me so I can be in touch.

Thank you everyone! It was a VERY good day and I'm tired enough to zonk out really good tonight. I don't know why I'm still up -- Maybe all that sugar I had this evening Yum, Yunk, Yum... Did you know that Coldstone Creamery has a Birthday Club. You can print off a coupon from their site and get one of their medium size Creations FREE! And you get a whole week to use it in. I had Coffee Lovers Creation (only instead of carmel sauce I had fudge sauce.) That might be why I'm still bushy-tailed!

I live outside of Tulsa. We were only without power for around nine hours. The next neighborhood over on the next street has been out for over 48 hours. Right now I have cable, phone, and internet, but it's been on and off for the last couple of days. I've been trying to wash as much laundry and dishes as I can in case we lose power again. There is supposed to be another ice storm coming in Friday night. We have a generator and a gas stove I can light with a match so we're pretty lucky. We were without power for a total of eight days during the December 2000 ice storms in Arkansas. We've learned from that experience. I keep candles, flashlights and easy to make foods like Hamburger Helper, ramen noodles, and canned soup in the cabinets. I drove to a mall in Tulsa yesterday to get my kids out of the house. The hallways were crowded, but there weren't many people in the stores. I think there were a lot of people there who didn't have power at home. They were just looking for a place to hang out and warm up. Several gas stations were closed. The ones that were open were crowded. I stopped at one that appeared to be out of gas. Half of the stoplights I went through were out. Everyone was polite and waited in line to drive through it. The businesses that have electricity seem to be really random. Some of the restaurants and businesses you would expect to be open aren't. I drove home without streetlights last night. It was eery. THere are downed trees and broken limbs all over the place. Yesterday it was 46 so the ice is melted. We are expected to get another storm this weekend. It's colder again today (around 30 degrees). We'll see what this weekend brings.

A need or a want it is always nice to hold a conversation with people you enjoy talking to. My BIL comes over at least once a week and my SIL about once a month. I have my two grands every weekend and my daughter comes for dinner every Sunday then takes them home. I have to admit when they do leave I sometimes enjoy the quiet and not hearing Grammy every 5 minutes. lol In between my daughter calls every day. Last weekend we were with friends of ours and their grand and we are meeting my son and his family next Thursday at the pumpkin patch. My hubby isn't much of a talker, but now since we spend most of the week at camp we eat dinner at the kitchen table and talk. At home we would watch the news while we ate, not talking. I think I might shut off the news from now on when we are at home. I do miss the once a month lunches with my old coworkers, but even if we did start them back up I probably wouldn't be in town to attend anyway.