Sparks went Flying

Well, gee whiz what a interesting end to a nonproductive day we have had! Matt decided to finally take a vacation day. However, to anyone who has heard this STILL involves at least half a day of working on the computer. Michaela stayed home from school "not" feeling well! (yeah good one!). So I snuck out for a few hours with a neighbor to research out a science project that is not going to work after all. My other neighbor down the way was cutting some trees down and I decided that it was time to cut down one of ours from Hurricane Ike. It was a smaller hardwood, but turned out to be VERY hardy one. We had the chainsaw and a four wheeler that we hooked chains and rope to to help pull the tree in the RIGHT DIRECTION..(Notice that I said the RIGHT direction!) So after what seemed like almost 30 minutes of chain sawing it started to drop in the WRONG direction!..I thought at first that it was going to land on our neighbor but he jumped out of the way at the last moment. Then I thought it was going to land on the back fence. IT missed the fence and I breathed a sigh of relief a little TOO soon.! The tree fell to the ground but before that , it hit the POWER LINE! I said a few choice words as we heard the loud boom and saw sparks FLYING through the area and a power line snap and fling into the neighbors yard. OH CRAP is what I was thinking we are in serious trouble. Come to find out that about 70 homes were without power and we finally have power back on after about 5 hours. We had a cool time hanging out with our neighbors and socializing. They said it was like back in the Ike days! ( I wouldn't know about that as I was living the good life in Dallas! So NOW I have to call our home insurance to see if they cover these kinda things and call the electricity company claim line and see what they are going to bill us for the down power line. I have thought SEVERAL times that I never have anything to blog about. And while I think this is blog worthy, I surely wished it did not happen and I can report on another endless boring day! Not so! I will have to post pics of the down tree and new power line (wishing I had a camera or something on when this happened) Stay tuned to our continuation!

Spring Break 2009 Fun

This spring break we were invited by our friends and neighbors to go to Lake Sam Rayburn. Me and the girls rented a condo and stayed a couple of days there. Our friends (The Laird's) have a boat so we did a few days on the lake (swimming and tubin). We had a blast (as the pictures show!) Unfortunately Matt was out of town and did not make it. For those that did not know Lake Sam Rayburn is up by Jasper, Texas. It is a huge resevoir. We did have a blast and hope that we can return, MAYBE with Matt in tow! Enjoy our slide show.

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Our Mad Scientists

This past Saturday, we celebrated Michaela and Sophia birthdays. We had a big group show up at the community center (friends and family). I had the company Mad Science come out a put on a super duper show. We experimented with acetone and styrofoam, with different metals to make a "sparkler show", and what dry ice does to soap and other liquids. How it makes metal really cold. 'Radical Ross' showed us how to put a quarter on dry ice and it actually flaps back and forth - like chattering teeth! The kids got to make slime cups and take home. After the show we ate pizza and had mini flower cakes to decorate, followed with lots of presents. Overall is was a blast..But I sure am glad I only have to go through that ONCE a year for 2 kids. NOW that is a bargain deal!!

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