Tuesday, July 3, 2012

It's Good to be Home??!!

It was a good visit to Kentucky where I spent time with my four brothers and sister in law.  I really enjoyed catching up with them, doing a little shopping and just getting away, I needed the break.  My trip was pretty uneventful, compared to the weather which seems to be grabbing all the headlines.  In Kentucky the temperatures soared to over 100 degrees.  On Friday, from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic, a small, upper-level disturbance near Chicago interacted with all the heat to produce a rare, straight-line wind-maker known as a "derecho."  Winds at times approached 100 miles-per-hour, twisting and toppling too many trees to count, including the one below on our road.  But the trees took down thousands of power lines, leaving more than 3 million people in six states in the dark.
We were among those that lost power on Friday night.  I arrived home last evening after an 11 hour drive to a sweltering, dark house, which put me in a less than cheerful mood.  Even though it cooled off after we'd gone to bed, not even hearing the Barred Owls in the quiet of the night could console me--I was miserable.
~Josh and Todd~
I don't think that the dogs were enjoying it either.  The heat was even taking its toll on Lucas who has breathing problems.
Thankfully by late afternoon today the power company arrived to repair the downed electric lines.  It took them all of about 15 minutes to make the repair, and we had power once again.  YAY!!!
At the end of the day, the house is finally cooling down and I'm feeling better, and I know the dogs are too!
~Annie~
Even with the loss of all the food in both freezers and refrigerator, and still being worn out from the heat and the trip, I can honestly say 'it's good to be home!'
It'll also be good to catch up with you and your blogs on Wednesday!
~Sheba~

41 comments:

  1. oh, sorry your return wasn't quite as welcoming as you would want! but so glad the power is back now and things are cooling down for you and the pups. i know how miserable that must have been...

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  2. We are glad you are home safe and sound, and that now the house is cooling down. Everyone will sleep good tonight, even the doggys.
    And you can enjoy the song of the Barred owl tonight!!
    The butter fly is so beautiful. He must be stretching his wings to cool his body down.
    Heres huggs to you, Carl and all the sweet furrys.
    We were keeping an eye out on tv as the news traveled about the heat, and wind and outages.
    love
    tweedles

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  3. That's a new one for me, I've never heard of that. I'm glad you got your electric back on. The kids (dogs) need to be cool. It's been so hot here in central Missouri and we need rain so bad. We are worried about our pastures and our cattle having something to eat. Have a good 4th of July.

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  4. man it's been hot
    glad your ac is back on
    cooling all paws
    glad you had a good visit with family
    now get back to normal

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  5. I'm sorry your return was so exasperating. But I am happy that things are how they should be. Stay cool and relax.
    Blessings,
    Goose

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  6. We have missed you, Kim! One summer we had 80 mph straight line winds and lost sooo many beautiful trees.

    Glad your home, un, the freezer, does that mean you lost all those blackberrys???? lol

    Cheers,
    Jo

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  7. We have missed you, Kim! One summer we had 80 mph straight line winds and lost sooo many beautiful trees.

    Glad your home, un, the freezer, does that mean you lost all those blackberrys???? lol

    Cheers,
    Jo

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  8. So glad you are home safe and sound. It breaks my heart when I read about all the people without power. I am so glad you got your electricity so you could all cool off. Lucas really looked miserable. Here at the kennel, that is my biggest worry. Losing power and ot being able to keep our guests comfortable. Thank goodness we have lots of shade trees and plenty of cool water in the pools. Take care and we will continue to pray for releif for your side of the country.

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  9. I would NOT be amused to come back to no electricity, either. I'm glad you got it sorted out! You got some lovely photos on your trip, it appears. :)

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  10. Its been a mess around here too. There are still parts of our neighborhood without power. Glad that you've got yours back on and that the dogs are cool now. Happy 4th!!!

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  11. We've been hearing lots over here, about the crazy weather you guys have been having!

    Hopefully things will calm (and cool) down soon...

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  12. Woof! Woof! They missed you. We were about to send you FB message. Saw the news on the storm damages. Be safe! Happy 4th! Lots of Golden ALOHA n Woofs, Sugar

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  13. I am happy you are safe darling !!..welcome home....Love and a happy summer day from me....xxx...

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  14. Our relos in VA won't have power for a few days! Must have been quite a storm. Never heard the term derecho before.

    Keep cool.

    XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

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  15. So sorry that after your lovely trip,you had to come home to that.Glad all are safe and well.
    Have a restful week. :0)

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  16. Glad you enjoyed your trip and hopefully it did lift your spirits...well, at least until you arrived home. Nothing worse than loosing food in the freezer, it's such a trial to restock. Hope all the dogs are well and happy.

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  17. Oh boy....that kind of heat is terrible!!! You poor thing...so glad you were lucky enough to get cool back so soon!! I guess many are still without.....and the poor doggies......pats to all from miss holly...

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  18. There's no place like home!!

    Our power has been on again/off again!! And now I hope it's on to stay. I'm glad we live out in the country where there is no concrete to suck up the heat - at least we have managed to stay fairly cool.

    Happy Independence Day!!

    xo
    Lynn

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  19. I'm so very glad that you had a good trip, and your power is back. Being sweltering is miserable, probably especially for sweet Lucas.

    Thank you, Kim, for your sweet comment. I am so sad right now. I have no idea how you keep going with all the losses that you've had. Thanks again.

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  20. I'm glad your power is back on. What an awful thing to come home to, but home is still home and nothing beats that feeling!
    Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!!

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  21. Sorry to hear that yo had to go through all of this torment. But things are now better and you all are safe.
    Enjoy your 4th of July.
    Ana

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  22. I'm glad you had a good trip but so sorry about the nightmare without power, especially on the heels of a long drive. Glad the power was restored.

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  23. Good to hear from you, I was worried about the dogs in case you lost power. I'm glad you are all OK and wish you a happy fourth of July.

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  24. I wondered how all the oldies were doing in that awful heat!
    x

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  25. We're so sorry your return was to less than great conditions. Hopefully, the power will stay on for the rest of the summer!

    Sam

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  26. Hi Y'all,

    Thanks for stoppin' to visit me!

    Hope y'all are havin' a wonderful, safe 4TH! Stay cool! Glad y'all have electricity again!

    Y'all come back now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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  27. Sorry to hear about the extreme weather - it must be hard on our furry friends particularly. Here in the UK it is cold and very very wet. What on earth is going on with the weather at the moment. My Little Son has been reading about Greek myths and is sure its Zeus showing his wrath!! Lily and Monty Dog. xxx

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  28. When you don't have it, you sure miss it -- electricity. We lose power in the wintertime occasionally, but it's much easier to get warm than to get cool.

    Glad you made it home safely and the a/c is back on! :)

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  29. I'm so glad that you had a nice trip and also that you have your power back! I was thinking about you and the dogs and hoping that you were all okay after that nasty storm!

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  30. I'm so happy to hear that you are home safe and that your electricity is back on! I felt SO terrible when I heard about the horrible storms that went through your area and left so many without power! Here I was leaving stupid comments about your poor husband being a baby without air-conditioning for a few hours on Facebook. I truly had no idea how serious things were and I'm just grateful that it wasn't even worse! Although I'm sure, at the time, it had to seem like things COULDN'T get much worse! I'm the one that's been a big baby. I haven't left my house, with it's paltry, little, room air-conditioner trying to heat the whole place in days! I would love to go somewhere air-conditioned to cool off but the AC in my Jeep doesn't work and I'm NOT about to go out and drive a non-AC vehicle in this heat. I'm not eating much anyway.... ;-)

    Sleep well in your nice cool house and have happy dreams of happy husbands and happy dogs!

    P.S. I bet Todd was happy to see you!

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  31. Happy to hear you had a lovely time. Sorry to hear you lost power. It's amazing to me how many people are still without power in this intense summer heat. Good to see the dogs are doing well. :)

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  32. Its always good to be home

    Stop on by for a visit
    Kari
    http://www.dogisgodinreverse.com

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  33. There's no place like home.

    When we lost our power for over a week in that freak October snowstorm, the electric company gave us credits on our bill for lost food. It didn't cover all the food, but it helped. You could go to the FEMA website too, there might be some kind of assistance.

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  34. Oh bless your hearts! I can't stand the heat and would croak if it weren't for my a/c. I commend you for making it though the night and so glad they got it reparied.

    Glad you had a nice time in KY. Welcome Home!

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  35. Thats great that you have power back.
    and we are glad that you are back!!
    Happy 4th

    wags
    Jazzi

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  36. Goodness ~ I'm so sorry you have been having that terrible weather and that all that food was lost. But even in the worst of times it always feels wonderful getting home doesn't it?

    I hope all the furry friends are good there and that you are taking it easy too Kim!

    Big hugs!
    xo Catherine

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  37. Welcome back home Kim. We're glad that the power is back and that all are comfortable again!

    Woofs,
    Nadine & goldens Neeli & Elle

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  38. Kim, so happy things are back to normal at GP. What a horrible time to lose power. Hope the rest of your summer is uneventful. Rooooooooos to the pack from Easton. He is resting after a trying 4th of July. He hates the loud fireworks. He wants to attack the noise! He is not afraid at all, just wants to go bite the source.

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  39. Yep that was one derecho! I got hit with 60 mile an hour wind. They say it started right when it got to Cincinnati. Hate to hear you lost that much food. We were most fortunate we kept power. A lot of beautiful trees around us have been cut down due that Dutch Elm disease so not as great a chance to have broken trees on wires. Hope you can stay cool.
    Thanks for being a friend,
    Sweet William The Scot

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  40. We were lucky and our lights just blinked, though many of our neighbors had a lot of downed trees and power outages. What a storm! I've never seen anything like it! I'm glad you got your electric back on and all is well...

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  41. Glad to hear that you got your power back. It is miserable when there is no electric.

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