Lots of Wind equals no Electricity

This morning, the promised high winds from "Ike" showed up here in Wynne, Arkansas. At 6 AM we lost electricity and still do not have any now. I looked out and the trees were "bending over" to the point that I moved my van to a better spot, there are still trees everywhere, but at least I moved it away from the HUGE trees. So far, we've already lost our last apple tree, which had just started producing apples again this year, the ice storm 8 years ago almost caused us to loose it like the other 2 we lost that year.

Funnies overheard last night and today...
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"I thought we could'nt have a boyfriend."
"Taylor, a lot of things change in 7th grade"
"Like what?"
"Well, for starters, your "friend" comes every month"
"What friend, is it Brianna? Julia?"
"NO, your monthly friend."
"Tell me, I don't know who it could be"
I whisper because of Alyssa (age 5)"Your period."
"Oh, that ain't no friend of mine."
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"Hey, there's this guy that wears a shirt and a necklace, I know him!"
"Where is this guy at?"
"Oh, I don't know right now, I see him at school."
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"This girl said to me at the movies that my fly was open! Can you believe it?"
"Was your zipper down?"
"yes"
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"I need a flash light."
"Why, it's daylight"
"I can't see to use the bathroom"
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"Does the toilet work when the lights are out?"
"Yes, remember you asked this same questions last year."
"oh, yeah I do remember."
"Well, how about the water?"
"Yes, remember you asked this same question last year."
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"Did you remember to shave your legs?"
"I did that yesterday, like, morning, no it was night which was like in the morning."
"I really just want you to answer YES OR NO"
(when they were little 3 and 4, they would say back, "yes or no" it was cute then not now!)
she says..
"YES or NO"
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Tim lets Drake out of pen, girls open door to kitchen, Drake skids across the floor, trying to get his balance on my beautiful hard wood floor (which now has some scratches, love you Drake). He runs threw the house, in all the bedrooms, I hear Taylor scream (I'm sure she got a kiss in the face because she had gone back to bed making her face Drake Level). Tim puts on the shock collar, gets him back outside.

We are trying to break him from "mowing us down". The collar works, he jumped on Taylor first, gets shocked. Now when she calls him, he runs up to her, comes to a stop and sits and stares at her, whines and runs off.

I know you were expecting "Dear Wal-Mart", but running on battery power, the pictures would never upload...

Have fun everyone