Well it sure is quiet around here after 7:30 in the morning when we watched the Ross Family leave down the driveway. It was close to 11'ish last night when they made it to our house in Seminole which just got electricity that evening. We are so happy they got there safely and can at least rest in the a/c and have hot water for showers as well as have drinking water. They still haven't got their power on at their house which is about 5 miles away.
We headed back to our normal routines after wiping away a few tears. I did my quiet time with a cup of hot green tea laced with honey and turmeric while lifting up several, especially them for safe travel and plenty of gas and food on the way home. We got word around 8 PM that power had been restored to our 'hood so we diverted them to our place for the night. I'm sure they were all exhausted after a long nearly 18 hour drive. We will get the scoop today on what our back yard looks like and how much damage was done to my equipment like bikes, mowers and power tools in the shed that had a huge neighbors tree limb smash down on it. Hopefully I can salvage most of it as both of our bikes were in the shed plus my mower. I was thinking of replacing the old tin shed last year but held off which now I'm thankful for not doing.
I pulled weeds after a lite breakfast of Cherrios. I need to stay away from the "mountain breakfasts" for awhile as we ate them nearly every morning while the Ross's were here. The Zinnias in the circle bed have grown considerably with all this rain and were tall enough to finally weed around them with out pulling them up. I spent a couple hours weeding all of the flower beds as the grass grows well in them but not so easily in the back woods yards, oh well. Nancy did laundry but the overcast skies kept the drying to a minimum outside on the clothesline and we eventually used the clothes dryer. I vacuumed the whole house while Nancy dusted. The temps weren't to bad at 65 degrees and perfect for a before supper hike to the top of the mountain. We saw no one except for a short visit with Joe and Jetta who once again blessed us with tomatoes from her garden. They were so enamored with the grand kiddos and we had such good laughs as we reminisced about Eliza Faye and her giving hugs for chocolate. Such a character she is.
Well we finished up the last of the leftovers which were delicious. We did eat some great meals the past week and I have a large spare tire to show for it. The fridge is finally bare. We will keep it that way as we are planning on leaving next Wednesday for Seminole for a week or so to celebrate Annsley and Gabe's birthdays and then down to Miami for GG's 89th birthday. We aren't sure if Miami will have any accommodations for an extended visited; so it maybe only a day trip which will be a long one to say the least. GG is still in the hospital as she recovers from a mild stroke that left her speech somewhat affected. She is slowly recovering from that but is back on the feeding tube and catheter.
Well that was about it for the day as we were in constant contact with our neighbor about the power being on in the hood. Carol stated they were nearly dying from the heat and humidity and still no power. There was no ice available or any perishables in the grocery stores and just think we were about a Cat 1 or 2 hurricane. I hate to think what a 4 or 5 would have done to our area and how long it would take to recover, LATER
