I'm Still Alive.........

Hey Everyone!!! I've missed you all SO much and want to send a personal THANK YOU for everyone who has visited my blog and signed up for my give-a-way!!! I'm SO thrilled to see so many have stopped by and visited with me.....I surely have some catching up to do myself with checking out blogs....Hopefully will get to do some of that tonight!!!!

I have been in the "Land of the Lost"....(remember that old old show from many many Saturdays ago!!) Our State (Kentucky) along with Indiana & Illinois was hit by a HORRIBLE freezing rain/ice/sleet/snow storm on Monday night, Tuesday & Wednesday of this week......It's the worse storm we've had since the late 70's around here and approx. 1/2 million homes among the 3 states were without power at one point......Our state (Kentucky) had to declare a state of emergency because of the ice on the trees and the damage that has been caused from it....We lost our power at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and STILL HAVE NO power!!! We found out today it could potentially be from 2 to 3 weeks before we get it back as they are having to totally rebuild the electrical system in the city of Henderson as well as many other counties in the State of Kentucky......If you would like to read about our little nightmare you can click on this link and it will connect you to our local paper.......

http://www.courierpress.com/news/gleaner/

The long line you see of people waiting to get kerosene also hold my 2 boys to the back of the line patiently (yeah right!!) waiting for their chance to fill up 2 jugs with kerosene for the heater we had at home......that was MUCH needed the 1st & 2nd night as NO ONE had power and we were all fighting to stay warm.....we ALMOST lost our kitty 2 times as she almost froze to death....in our home......I was very scared but between hubby and I we rubbed on her under our blankets for 15 minutes or so to get her blood flowing again and she was fine....when the boys went to check on the doggie and her later the 3rd day until we were able to get them moved our kitty was almost gone again......bless her heart!

THANKFULLY my aunt & uncle got their power back yesterday morning so we've been able to stay warm since then......I am SO blessed and thankful for this!!!!! You never seem to truly appreciate heat until you don't have it!!!! :(

So we will muttle through as best we can.......however I am so sad to say I won't be able to create much until we get power back.....PLEASE don't forget about me...and do check back......I will be back to creating as soon as I possibly can!!! Thank you for stopping by to visit with me and hear my latest!!!! I pray you all have a safe and blessed weekend!!!! Until next time...