alright everyone... We did lose power last night when Ike made landfall and the system made a nearly direct pass over us, LOL. Our fence too a beating and it's a mess out there of tree limbs and debri but there was no damage to the house or anything and now the storm's up near Dallas, so no more danger.
However.... we are still in a power blackout and the only way I'm online now is a verizon wireless access card. I was able to get my post up from last night. It really bugged me-- I was so close to finishing when the power went out. but anyways... I'm going to conserve laptop battery and only use it to really check on the power situation. So probably no more posts from me for the weekend unless we get power back. I'll keep you guys updated. I can't imagine we'll spend too much time in the house without AC, we'll probably find a hotel with power to stay in if the outage lasts longer than the weekend.