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Friday, September 19, 2008

My house is a third world country...

Well, I only have a few minutes to post an update. The hurricane hit last Saturday, and it is now Friday and we still have no power to our house. Luckily, the weather has been unseasonably cool, which has been a major blessing. I have so many pics of the damage to our neighborhood, but since I don't have internet at my house, I'll have to post them when I get back from Switzerland. Hopefully within another week we will have power restored so I can share with you our "exciting" hurricane story. (Not really very exciting, though.) Our house is fine. Our fence in our backyard blew over in one section, and we had a lot of debris from a tree falling on our driveway. But that is really all. We are so blessed...so many people had their entire houses destroyed. My across the street neighbors had a huge tree take out their garage. What a mess! The grocery stores are slowly getting back to normal, and gas was hard to find at first, but is starting to normalize too.
I'm leaving tomorrow for Switzerland and I'm so excited...but I feel bad leaving my inlaws with my children in my house without power. Pray for cool weather! :)

4 comments:

Rachel said...

We'll be praying for you and your kiddies. Have a great time in Switzerland and know that your power will be back on when you return (at least it better be!) I'm glad to know that all is reasonably well. I've been thinking about you!

malia said...

oh wow! i am glad that you guys are ok and that the damage was minimal! whew! have so much fun in Switzerland. That is awesome that you are going!

bradyandjillblasdell said...

I am glad to hear you guys are alright and there was no damage to your house. I hope you are having a great time in Swizterland!!

Katie said...

Alright, Annie, I think it's time for an update, or is your power STILL off? Can't wait to hear about your trip. I hope you had a great time.