even if every last thing isn't done. I can't believe how long it is taking to put this house back together. We still have to decorate and put up the tree which we did get yesterday. The only good thing about this slow painful process is that I won't have to clean house afterwards because I have cleaned every step of the way.
Colleen will be here later tonight. She stayed in Redding last night and when I talked to her about an hour ago, she was just getting to Grants Pass. Now we have to hope the two dogs like each other since they have never met before. We think they will be okay because neither is aggressive, although Colleen said Skyla has become pretty protective and possessive through the move. I don't think Cooper will care as long as he has his bed, his tennis balls, and food and water.
We lost power again night before last around midnight and found out yesterday that it was a feeder line that runs down the middle of Walnut Lane. The utility folks kindly let us know that the road would be torn up for about three hours in case we wanted to get our car out of here so we could go someplace - which we did. And power was restored about two yesterday afternoon.
Curt and Cinda are still without power with nothing on the horizon. They are sequestered in their kitchen/family room with the fireplace and they have a gas range and water heater so they are managing. I haven't talked to Elisabeth for a day or two, but they are out quite a ways so I suspect they may still be without power as well. But they keep themselves well-prepared with a generator and stored water plus a good wood-burning fireplace. For some people of my generation, it is second nature to figure out how to stay warm and dry and fed - I grew up with cold running water, a wood stove for heating and cooking, and no indoor plumbing!!
Colleen is thrilled to be driving through southern Oregon with a gray overcast sky, and I am beginning to have visions of sitting in the sunshine in Arizona - which I will be doing in a month. I don't mind our northwest weather, but sunshine sounds good.
It's time to get back to work. Stay warm. Ciao
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