ICE STORM...

Our poor little tree, I don't think it will survive!
These are the woods behind our house, it's hard to tell, but they are covered in ICE.

So these past few days have been pretty crazy around the Carolina's! Wednesday night a huge ICE Storm hit, causing the power lines to go down! Thursday morning I got ready for work, thinking the roads are okay, so surely we'll be working. On my way in, I called just to make sure the office was going to be open, and much to my surprise they had decided to close for the day! I was so excited. Well, about 9 o'clock our internet and cable went out, so I put in a movie to watch. Well, about 1o:15 our power went out! Boo! What was I to do all day? I decided to run a few errands and finish up our last minute shopping before Lex headed out to Texas on Friday! Luckily Walmart and Kohl's were open! So that kept me busy until about 2:00, then I started to get a little bored. I had our gas log fireplace going, so I kept warm by the fire and read a magazine, until Lex got home about 4:00. It's amazing how much we get so used to having convenience! We ended up going to bed really early Thursday night, which was great for Lex because he had a long drive ahead of him on Friday! My office was back open on Friday, which I was pretty happy about, since I didn't know what I would do all day at home without power! It was a pretty slow day though, since most other businesses were closed! Lex headed out about noon towards Houston! He made it in about 2 am! Crazy boy! Saturday morning, our electricity came back on! And boy was I glad! Now I am getting our house in final order before I head out on Friday for the holidays! Moral of the story - have a generator on hand in case your power goes out!