Excuses, Excuses

Ok, I have a good excuse for not blogging. Sort of. I have a great variety of excuses...only one of them is good, though. There was a really big thunderstorm in my neck of the woods this afternoon. I watched two sections of our fence fall over in the 70+ mph winds. In between those two sections was one still standing. Unfortunately, in the short space of time that I walked away from the window...a tree fell on top of that one still standing. A really, really big tree. It also destroyed our swing set (which was too small for us and was only $30 at a garage sale a couple of months ago). For all of you Lakeside fans, do you remember the storm at the old house a few years ago when the enormous swing sets at the park were destroyed, and the power was out all night, and we had to make a Wally World run to get flashlights and lanterns? This was like that storm. And our swingset looks similar to the ones at Lakeside. Only smaller. And our power wasn't out all night. It came on just after we left for church (even though the electricity experts on the radio said it could take 2 to 3 days). So, no need to fear, we're all alive. My parents and a friend partially chopped up the fallen tree and repaired the fence. It doesn't look very pretty, but there aren't gaping holes anymore.
All in all, it was a very entertaining afternoon.