We like things fried down here in the south. The saying goes something like if it is fried, pickled, or smoked, it has got to be tasty. However, I have recently discovered something that I do NOT prefer fried - my cable modem, my routers, my receivers, my mac, my wii.... The list is long.

In case you were wondering why I haven’t been lurking around my favorite blogs, it is because we received a direct lightning hit last Friday night.  Only late yesterday evening was our internet service restored.

Really, we were incredibly lucky. A dear friend’s home was recently hit by lightning and sustained such intense damage that they had to move out immediately and live in a hotel as their home was repaired. We just have shattered tile in the living room and a stack of fried electronics and appliances.

In light of this, I have my hands full so I am hunkering down to get things back on track around here. I just wanted to tease you with a special announcement that I hope to make  on Friday, February 29th. I couldn’t think of a better day to tell you my news so stay tuned until then....