Wednesday, October 31, 2012

happy halloween, darlings!


here on the east coast we decided to start our celebration a little bit early by throwing a halloween hurricane!

yay. 

no, seriously, lovely husband jeff and i are fine, though along with most of new jersey we're without electrical power for the immediate future, and thus my internet presence may be seriously limited for the next few days. luckily we have email via our i-phones, and a gas stove for heat and food preparation.

luckier still, my mother (who lives only 30 minutes away) still has electricity, and yesterday afternoon we were able descend upon her in quest of showers, electronic-device charging, blog-post-writing, and storage for some of our frozen foods. her rates for that sort of thing are pretty reasonable, too! ;)

in the meantime, as LHJ points out, this is a bit like camping!!! i agree totally. unfortunately, i happen to really *HATE* camping. :0 which is not to say that i don't realize that we are VERY fortunate to have gotten off as lightly as this, and i hope, if you were affected by hurricane sandy, you're doing ok, too.

if you weren't affected by the storm, g'head and take an EXTRA hot shower, in my honor, ok? thanks!

ciao, darlings!

14 comments:

  1. So glad to know you are ok ... keep safe!

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  2. Just had to check in on you! Take care and I am with you- I hate camping!

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  3. I hate camping too....hang in there and seriously...your momma is only 30 minutes away and she has power? Yahooo for Momma:)

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  4. So glad to hear you are ok. I've been thinking of you. I new NJ got hit hard. We were lucky too...high winds and rain, but no damage....thank God!

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  5. Phew! Glad to hear you're okay!! Hope your power comes back soon....and at least buy yourself some marshmallows to roast 'cause they're about the only good thing about camping.

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  6. I'm glad to hear you guys are okay! Give Mom an extra hug, and I hope you'll be back with power very soon.

    The good thing is you don't need electricity to craft! I've done it my candle-light!

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  7. So glad you're (relatively) ok Lauren!! Happy Halloween.

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  8. So glad you're OK - and here's hoping that power's back on TOOT SWEET!

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  9. Should make for spooky trick or treating. Relieved to hear all is well! Was worried for all my storm path peeps.

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  10. Lauren, so glad to know you're ok! I've been worried since I knew you lived in that area. Enjoy those candlelight dinners while you can! LOL!
    LYnn

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  11. glad to hear you are well :-) my nephew is in Bernardsville - they're out of power too - said it will be back hopefully next week - hope you get yours back asap sweetie.
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    (oh i used to hate camping too but now strangely enough i enjoy it... go fig!)

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  12. I"m so glad you are okay and all is good. I was wishing I had your number or something to text you. I'm glad you were able to post. I hope they get your power back on soon. Did you see the new NanoJoMo challenge? Its a daily November prompt. I posted about it on my blog. I'm going to do it. Its Classic Rock themed. OMG... Ya gotta do something while its daylight hours.

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  13. I am so glad to hear you OK. That had to be one scary storm. I know I was scared watching it on TV. Take care my friend.

    Hugs~

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  14. Glad you're doing okay - Great card - I hope you'll link up at 52 Card Pickup again this week!

    http://www.oldbackporch.com/2012/11/52-card-pickup-week-44.html

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