She doesn't feel much like a princess this afternoon with the good news/bad news. They have been in a shelter since Friday and hope to 'maybe' get back home in a couple days. She's not thrilled to have her town in the news quite this way but says she is impressed with the organization and services of the local authorities. She was intuitive enough on Thursday night to get up and move her car form a spot that had a giant tree laying in it an hour later. It's a big exciting adventure for the kids to be there with a lot of others they know of course but not so much fun for our IAKG, know she gets to go home and see what damage was done, especially to the plumbing.

I told here we are just glad to know she is safe and warm and eating meals she didn't have to cook.

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I hope they get home quickly.

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Hope all are doing well!

Maybe they'll have an extended Christmas vacation break!

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Afternoon Delight

Delightful Rendezvous!

Is the love I gave her in the past, gonna be enough to last, if tomorrow never comes........

Our wishes, like yours, are for IAKG to have a safe return home soon and that she'll find things to be in much better shape than she'd expected. Our prayers are certainly with her and those precious kids of hers.

Thanks all...and the good news is, of course, we have power! I was *very* surprised, based on the updates we were receiving several times daily from local fire officials, to have my power back on so soon. My particular town in NH was one of the hardest hit, and as of this morning on about 50% of the town of roughly 34,000 people had power.

Not sure, of course, when school will be back in session. It's funny, because you don't think about it, but it's not so much if the schools all have power (which, as of yesterday, they didn't) but that also officials have to consider whether they can get buses down roads to pick up and drop off students.

Still, most people here are being troopers about everything. The craziest thing I've seen so far has been my trip to the laundromat. Of course, no one has power, it's been five days...you could hardly get in the place, and people were practically going after each other, fighting over an open dryer.

Regardless, everyone's been great. The Red Cross runs the shelter we've been staying at, and, with some extra help (food by the Salvation Army and NH Food Bank, and 17-24 year olds coming in to play games and keep the kids occupied), it hasn't been any rougher than going camping. In fact, it probably has been easier. The particular shelter we've stayed in, the gym of a local high school, was set up as a regional shelter. There are showers, a couple of TVs, and snacks and drinks available most any time. The governor has visited a few times, and local and state officials (firefighters, human services) have stopped by daily to help anyone they can. There is a full-time nurse on duty at the center as well. Overall, I've been extremely impressed with the disaster response efforts.

Anyway, I wanted to give a quick update before I attempt to clean out my refrigerator/freezer and send the one dead fish to the swirly bowl in the sky...

Thanks again!

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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author

So glad to hear you're home safe and things are going as well as can be expected.



We have other Pixies in what I know to be the effected area. I was glad to see Coaster posting through this calamity. Our Pixie disaster maps have no participants above New York state. They have not had any additions or interest for a long time so have not been used through the past few events.

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Yes, it can be worse than a Wal-mart on the busiest retail day of the year. Hope things work out better for the New Year.

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