Oh Sharon! There is hope???!!!??? Double the trouble, double the fun, huh? And I too remember the great storm of 1983. I had just graduated from college and gotten married. My husband and I were driving from Wooster, Arkansas to Platteville, Wisconsin (to meet my new in-laws) on Christmas Eve, and they were closing the interstate behind us. It was so cold, the metal part in the engine contracted at different temps, and the oil plug fell out of the bottom of the engine...we drove for about 90 miles with no oil in the car at all, and it did absolutely no damage!!! Carrie Brock Pierce Pecan Gap, TX >From: "Sharon Black" <black@1starnet.com> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Pecan Gap happenings >Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:58:40 -0600 > >Take heart, Carrie. This too shall pass. I raised 4 boys and came out >with my mind intact. They didn't drive me crazy. I'm just fine. >There's Nothing the matter with me, Nothin' the matter with me, Nothin' >the matter with me, Nothin the--------- ;-( > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carrie Pierce" <cpiercetx@msn.com> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:11 AM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Pecan Gap happenings > > >Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Yes, it's very cold and slippery! I haven't left >the >house in two days! Well, except to feed the animals. The thing is, the >boys have been out of school since Monday. Seems Fannindel Elementary >had a >gas leak! Right, that's what they told the radio station, but I know it >was >a skunk! Well, 6 skunks to be exact! I guess you could call it skunk >gas! >I've smelled the odor a couple of times when I dropped the boys off at >school. But last week, they carried all the kids to the high school on >Wednesday, then closed the school on Thursday. Grades 3 through 6 went >on a >field trip all day Friday, and they carried the little guys to the high >school again. The boys came home with a note that there was no school >on >Monday, due to "construction", and classes would commence at 10:00 am >Tuesday. Yea, I guess they had to reconstruct the underpinning where >they >tore it out to get rid of the skunk family! Big surprise! Now with the >weather, the boys are going plum crazy with cabin fever. I let them out >a >couple of times yesterday to play, but only for about 15 to 20 minutes, >and >no argument from them when I called them in to hot chocolate. But today >it's just solid ice, and it's hard and sharp, so boys are confined. I'm >writing this so you guys can witness my last moments of sanity...my boys >are >going crazy, and they're taking me with them!!! Ya'll stay warm > >Carrie Brock Pierce >Pecan Gap, Texas > > > > > > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963