THURSDAY - May 17th[/size]<br />
Good Morning Crazies....Today seems like the calm after the storm - had violent storms blow thru here yesterday and DD had a huge tree in her yard hit be lightning.  It split right in two with one half still standing but the other half landing on her roof.   It happened 20 minutes before I was due up there so SIL could leave for work - thank goodness it happened then and not when I was there.  The kids were terrified by the noise and I&#39;m sure neither one went upstairs last night to bed.  It missed Ashleigh&#39;s bedroom by a couple of feet.  They have no idea how much damage was done to the roof or their deck until they get it cut away.  They were lucky to get the people who took down our tree a few years ago and they will be there by 8AM  The strange thing is they are the 5th house in their development to have lightning damage in the last couple of years.  All the others were chimneys taken down but this tree was taller than their chimney. <br />
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Hopefully the rains helped with the wildfires in NJ and further down south.  My brothers are in Fla. at our place right now and although we are some distance from the fires reported heavy downpours all day (and a new leak in our roof UGH)  The good news is we got a tenant for the winter next year so we don&#39;t have to make any decisions right now and can hold out hoping the price goes up on the house before we put it on the market.   <br />
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We have some dear old friends passing through town today so will have a great day catching up.  Patty is DD&#39;s godmother and we haven&#39;t seen each other in over 3 years so we are very excited.  Richie was always Jim&#39;s &quot;partner in crime&quot; so I&#39;m sure we will have a lot of &quot;do you remember the time&quot; stories all day.  The men usually manage to put their foot in their mouth and blow a previous alibi when they get together. It should be a fun day.<br />
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I&#39;d better get a move on - have to watch the kids while the tree people are there and then get lunch and dinner ready for our company.  Have a great day and as always  S M I L E <img src='http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/happy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':happy:' />