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Month of July , 2006

Summer Storms and Hints of Autumn

July 22, 2006 - 3:27pm
Submitted by kirstin on July 22, 2006 - 3:27pm.

The other night we had a huge storm in the area. In some places winds were up to 70mph. I don’t know how strong the winds were in our neighborhood, but they were strong enough to take down a fairly large tree in our back yard. When the tree went down it made a huge CRACK noise that sent us running for the living room Windows to see if our cars had been hit by one of negligent neighbors old, dying trees.
The next morning we found the power lines to our house on our driveway. Our same neighbors’ other old, old tree shed a very large branch onto our garage, which pulled at the power line attached to our house and caused the lines and the PVC pipe they were in to pull away from the house and land on the ground. The wet, wet ground. Miraculously, we still had both power and cable. I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon at home waiting for electricians and MG&E to come fix the mess in my driveway.

A Quiet Week

July 18, 2006 - 10:02am
Submitted by kirstin on July 18, 2006 - 10:02am.

This weekend we dropped Adam off with my parents up in Spooner. I am pleased to say that for our relatively short stay in Spooner, we enjoyed it immensely. We relaxed, we read, we napped, we played Sudoku, we ran around outside with Adam and his new sprinkler ball. The well water at my parent’s house is COLD — even in July when its almost 100 degrees outside.
Adam enjoyed “helping” water the plants at night. He also enjoyed running around buck naked (except for his water socks) in the back yard. Mike and I enjoyed fresh veggies from the garden and a lovely dinner cooked by my parents. Then we drove back on the hot, busy, crowded interstate. Back to the house with no A/C.