The aftermath....

Well, here we are, getting ready to go outside and clean up the aftermath of hurricane Charley. There have to be at least two twigs in the front yard, and a candy wrapper in the middle of the back yard....

Thank God we weren't hit. After my voice entry last night, the sprinkling stopped, and nothing happened. It's a gorgeous, sunny day outside. I'll bet those people at wal-mart yesterday are going to be eating canned soup for months! Honestly, I was getting worried by early evening. CBS had nothing on all day but a harried weather man, telling us that tornadoes and 100 mph wind gusts would be here during the night, and what to do and where to go. Shelters were set up, and people in mobile homes or on oxygen were supposed to evacuate. I guess we are lucky, as one of the counties in Fl. lost many lives and homes. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

On a brighter note, Martha (lifes2odd) is fine. She and her family were evacuated from their home, but were back within a few hours with no damage. I was very worried about her, being so close to where the hurricane hit land! I got an e-mail from her last evening, after she got home and they were all good. And of course Melissa and her family are safe as well....whew. So I guess the journalers of Florida made it through with flying colors....thank God!

Now I'm not sure what to do today. I was planning on a stormy weekend spent inside, lounging about, playing on the computer. Now that it is sunny, I will have to actually do something. I suppose I will get dressed and go outside to replace everything I packed into the porch. Crud. That's gonna take a while. Not to mention the decorative things I pulled out of the ground, and my little gnome....

Okay, I'm off to do some hot, sweaty work (now there's a mental image to start your day off with....). Gretchen....let us know you are okay, and you too Kim (edgebag), as I know SC was having some effects this morning.