Lucky ducks

I didn't realize how lucky Mr and I are to have our electric back on. There are still 500,000 people in this area with no electric. Amazing.



Not to be a whiner, but we still don't have our cable working. My aunt who lives farther out in the "boonies" than we do has hers working. How can that be?



Last night Mr and I watched one of the DVD's in the "Planet Earth" series that I got for him last Christmas. That is such a neat series. I'm kinda glad that our cable isn't back on today so maybe we can pick back up where we left off last night.



Since I had so much "free" time yesterday with the electric situation, I decided to put it to good use to do some things I've been procrastinating on. 2 of which were making a fall wreath for my aunt and getting one made for myself as well. I wish I'd taken a picture of the one I made for her--I loved it and would've liked to have kept it for myself. The one I made for myself was a mixture of a wreath I had here that I didn't like the shape and look of so I revamped it some. I used the leaves that were already on it and added the berries, etc. to freshen it up. It's smaller than I would like, but since I was working with something I already had, I'll have to live with it.

Today I've also put together a playlist for my Grandma's birthday party since that was on my list of to-do's. The biggest thing on the list is getting her video together. I've asked her what some of her favorite songs are to get an idea of what songs to use, but they are so old I may not be able to find them! After all, she is going to be 90!

I forgot to update you on the writing experiment I'm in. Last week's picture sucked so I decided not to do a piece for it. Honestly, I was a little ticked that I didn't win the previous week with the Dracula picture so I decided to "show them" and not participate. This week's winner's submission was really good and I would've never come up with anything nearly as clever so I was glad I bowed out. I will just suck it up this week and attempt it again. I have to remember that it's not a competition but a way to make myself a better writer. Plus, I don't even know who is judging these submissions. It could be some illiterate, agoraphobic who is hunkered down in his basement. (I'm thinking "It puts the lotion on its skin" type) If I do "win" though, I'll be sure and post it on here.