I hope the storm last night was kinder to you than to us...I heard a whack against the house { Brick } about 1 AM , and hot footed it outback to see what had hit us when I got up this AM about 6...Nothing ! Well, while I was outside I decided to get the paper...OH MY GOSH ! There WAS a beautiful big White pine tree at the edge of our yard..top 20 feet or so popped off and set upright in the neighbors yard...{Pines do not take well to toppings!} The enormous older white pine out by the street had huge limbs blown off ..partly in the street....ALL in the neighbors yard.*grin* He was out there later chain sawing the big limbs out of the street ...WE had decided since it's so near the street to call the County and turn it over to them... Prob get it removed... Not to mention the phone line was broken in half and we were without power...More than 24 hours later...at late bedtime tonight....power came back on....We called the cable co earlier on the cell phone and they sent a guy out but he said that was an AT&T line we don't even use since we have everything with Charter ... Anyhoo...we're back in business, hopefully the fridge and freezer food is ok...but we shorely did get tired of candle power....Both wondering how we ever managed back in the olden days....I cooked pork chops and fried potatoes on the gas stove today..told hubby to pop a couple ears of corn in the microwave { 2 1/2 minutes per ear, husk and all } and he didn't even blink..said ' Just in case the power comes back on ? " Duh ! The man's been in a snippy mood all day...just because I thought it might be a good idea to wake him up and tell him OUR tree limbs were blocking half the street....He ALWAYS messes about with downed limbs...EVEN took exception to my reasoning that he might want to remove the limbs...asked me if I thought he was a tractor...I didn't tell him what I thought.....Just wait till the NEXT time something exciting happens around here....Humph! Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dafd29497040439f5m06duc