My friend who was told Friday got an update today. Now it is Sunday.

*happy dance*

Power finally came back on last night, then went out, then came on, then went out, then came on, then went out then came on and stayed on. *whew*

Now all we have to deal with is the perforated garage roof plus the squashed air conditioning unit. Piece of cake.

People in the Vegas area really like fireworks! Wow! In addition to the general "safe and sane" variety that we lit off in the street with neighbors (my kid's first experience with fireworks you light at home) there were fireworks in the sky everywhere. Down in the valley we could see them exploding all over the place. In our neighborhood, they were in the sky on streets in front and behind ours.

http://youtu.be/7Na91F5KLVY

Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom at Six Flags Magic Mountain is my new favorite thrill ride. It's something special when even I can't scream the entire way down.

That thing looks intense!!!

The Yellow side looks cooler...

On a side note, Matt: Have you ever been Skydiving?

And... It claims the title of tallest drop from "Dreamworld in Australia". Aussies have amusement parks? I thought for death defying thrills they go into the Surf to play with the rips, Jellies, Blue Rings, snakes and shells.

Soooo... the house behind us is on fire!

My daughter went out to let the doggies pee and says it smells like smoke... and we hear some sirens. I finally get up a few minutes later and go out front. Sure enough, there's a little smoke but no column of it. When we look out back, oh my!

There are now firemen on the roof and water occasionally spraying out a window.

I wonder if my husband will get called in later today to handle it. His company goes in after fires and makes it all better again. (disaster restoration)

Betty glad your house is ok.

Back from camping. Shower was lovely. Only one bug bite. Used the off clip on thingy. Apparently Madz is tasty. She's got 9 bites. All of them huge welts. And she leaves this evening to Europe for two weeks.