STOP THE CLOCK!

[shelly]

This month has been CRAZY!  The last few weeks have really got me spinning... kinda' like I was in the middle of a hurricane, oh wait!  I WAS! And possibly even a tornado.  What the DOODLE?  Long Island does NOT have these weather extremes usually.  Oh, and did I mention we had a pretty big tremor from the earthquake in Virginia?  Just what is going on here?  I was so happy to get away and go on that dream vacation to Hawaii that we waited so long for.  Not even paradise could keep me totally away from DK.  So, after 10 days of very limited viewing of DK, I was so excited to finally get home (if I had to even come home at all...) and get right on my computer and check out all of the happenings on my FAVORITE site..... only to be thrown off by of all people, MOTHER NATURE!  Well she had her nerve... the first (and lucky for us the only) thing we lost was our cable, which of course controls..... yep, you guessed it MY COMPUTER!  It was a very loooonnnnnnnngggg 4 days.  I even had the nerve to say to DH, at least if we only lost our electric, we could hook up the generator so I could check on DK....Now as much as he (now) realizes how important you all are to me, he was ready to call the men with the 'white jacket'.  Hey, I was losing it, really first the previous 10 days, and now this, but no generator in the world could have gotten my cable back so there I sat, about every 30 minutes testing to see if my cable was back on.  I would push the button.... fuzz and snow.... shut it off.... 30 minutes later, push the button..... snow and fuzz......I think I have a blister from pushing the button on the remote on and off!

   In all seriousness, I am so grateful that no one I knew had any major damage and that everyone came out of this fine.  I'm so glad I can now get back to ALL OF YOU on a more full time schedule!  But WAIT!  I have to go back to work on Tuesday!  Oh NO!  Somebody please STOP THE CLOCK!

[shelly]

THANKS everyone!  It's so nice to see that you all really noticed my absence... or wait - is that good?  LOL.

Joanne - we're pretty much in the hills so thank goodness no floating for us, but the cable outage was really starting to get to me!

 

Nancy - Oh, don't you know it!  Can't wait until Labor Day weekend doesn't give me twinges in my stomach and pull on my heartstrings.

 

Sue - we have computers, but DK is BLOCKED!  The nerve of them!  LOL

 

Thanks again for the "welcome back"!  <3

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I knew you were missing and even asked if anyone had heard from you earlier in the week.  Glad all is okay and you are not floating off to Smith Point somewhere.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Oh the dreaded end of summer blues.....

[Donna K & Quincy]

Welcome back Shelly, during Igor last year I pretty much had my husband convinced to divert some of the power from our small generator to the computer but the power outage only lasted one day so I managed without DK.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Glad you're back!! I've been trying to stop the clock for YEARS! If you figure it out let me know!!

[Bonnie and Kona]

So glad to hear you are safe and sound as well as your friends and neighbors. Glad to have you back. It is hard to catch up if I miss one day on DK!

[Camilla and Darwin]

Glad you are back, sounds like it's been a crazy time!

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

You have had some crazy weather! Nice to get away and so glad you enjoyed your trip. Glad you're back and connected and can enjoy 4 full days of DK before work. BTW.... do you have a computer at work that you can check in with during the day?

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Glad things have normalized a bit for you.  Like Jane said, you'd better do some heavy-duty DK'ing between now and Tuesday!

[shelly]

Oh NO, Carol! Where in Kings Park? Behind St. Catherine's hospital?  I heard that whole area is still out.  Does she have good neighbors to help her out or any other family near by???  Good thing for your generator.  I keep getting reminded of that old margarine commercial that said, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"!  LOL  I think 'she's' done enogh this month to last a very long time!