I am finally back!!!

I am finally back to blogging again. We finally got power back today from being without it for 11 1/2 days. Now before you start feeling really bad for me I have to let you in on a little secret... we did not spend all 11 1/2 days in this house with no electricity. Thankfully my inlaws got their power back after only 1 1/2 days without it. So on Sunday (the day after the storm hit) we loaded up our crew and headed down to Sugarland to stay at my inlaws house.I honestly don't know what I would have done if they didn't have power during that time. I was already about to lose my mind after only 1 day without power. The kids had a ton of fun down there. We had to return home yesterday (to a house with no power still) because the kids had to go back to school. This afternoon I went out to run an errand and when I came back home the power had come on. I started calling everyone that I know to tell them the exciting news. Today as I drove by my CVS there sign said, " I will never take electricity for granted again!" That is so true. For everyone that did not have to go through Ike be so grateful for the light that comes on whenever you flip that switch.I have always thought that it would be neat to life back in the pioneer days, like Little House on the Prairie. Not anymore!!! I don't know how those women survived. Woking in those long hot dresses with no AC! I was just sitting on my floor today and was about to die of a heat stroke.