I did my grocery shopping early this morning so we could go to Dawn's dog school party. I think I tried this last week as well, but this...

We got quite a bit of rain last night, but I think I slept through most of the storm. An app on my phone said there had been a power outage,...

What a dismal day. It basically rained all day, although we were able to take Dawn on an abbreviated sunrise walk during a break in the clou...

Today was busy. Well, it was busy for me anyway. After breakfast and a sunrise walk with Dawn I mowed the grass in the front yard. I did thi...

I thought we were going to get a bad storm last night, but it passed slightly to the East of us. We experienced a few minutes of strong stra...

We had a short power outage last night. The beeping noise one of the battery backups for the computer made when the power went out got Dawn ...

Life is full of little surprises. The battery in my smart key fob went dead and I discovered that I couldn't start my car without it. Yo...

The power has been going on and off all evening. It's been that kind of day. There have been no storms that might explain the intermitte...

Another rainy day. Even Dawn got bored today. By the time the rain finally stopped around 4 PM, she was eager for a walk. Cabin fever didn...

I didn't need an alarm to wake up in time to see the comet. About the time I had planned to get up I awoke to the sound of a violent win...

The lights are flickering and a big storm is headed our way. I hope the power doesn't go out before I can finish this post. It has certa...

Our power went out again today. There was no wind and no rain, but I did hear an explosion back in the alley. A squirrel probably shorted ou...

Good grief. Our power went out again last night. As I was calling in the outage report, I had visions of ice cream melting in the freezer a...

Travel is stressful. NASA finally confirmed a launch date for the Falcon Heavy, so I started looking for a hotel. Literally as I was looking...

Life is good. We finally got power restored early this afternoon. Most of the traffic lights are functioning again and people have stopped d...

This is our third day without power. There is still no estimate for power restoration in our neighborhood, but we're starting to see pow...

We still don't have power. Basically, we're camping now. The power company now says that we might not get electricity restored unti...