One nice thing about home schooling is having a holiday on your birthday. We are still without phone service and started getting more rain last night. It looks like another rainy day, though not windy. Violet put in an order for pancakes for breakfast and I made plans to take her to school today to share cupcakes with her friends. I was going to ask if Amanda could sleep over, but without phones, I haven't been able to make the connection with her mom. Yesterday when I stopped at school, I...

Hello from Powers We arrived home yesterday evening, about 8:45, in the WIND and RAIN! We drove though slushy snow near Mt. Shasta and arrived home during a hurricane, but had no problems. The house was cold, but thankfully the electric blankets were working. Richard started a fire and turned up the furnace. BRRRRRRRRR About 5:30 this morning, we lost our electric power and shortly thereafter, we lost our phone connection. The power came back on about 9:30 AM but, the wind and rain continued...