It\u2019s Saturday; no power. It had been reported that our area should have power by Monday evening, but I have since heard and Tartan also heard from someone else that it\u2019s been moved off to Thursday. Sigh.<\/p>\n
On the up side, we have water pressure again! With our HE washer, I can wash clothes with power from the generator and since we have a gas dryer we can use that, too. I can also have washed children again. I had used the camper tubshower with the girls, but I hadn\u2019t gotten to the boys yet. Now they\u2019re squeaky clean- well, at least clean.<\/p>\n
Today we had Kyrie\u2019s long overdue birthday party. We had ten girls here besides Collier girls. Fortunately the weather held nice and we spent most of it out on the new deck. They bobbed for apples, played musical chairs and smashed a disco ball pi\u00f1ata. I think they all had a fun time; I know Kyrie had a wonderful time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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