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Dear Families,

What a wonderful feeling I got today after that pitiful little storm named Hannah came through.  The storm was really nothing but left me feeling so good about our choice to purchase this house 5 years ago, less than a month before Boogie was born.

It rained some in the early morning and about 10am we all lost power.  After Isabel 5 years ago, I think we are all used to being without power, and we seem to lose it all the time for no reason.  What was great was the comraderie and friendship, as well as the caring spirit of all the neighbors.  After about an hour and a half we decided to hook up our generator, just in case the downed power-line couldn’t be fixed right away.  Hubby had some difficulty starting it, so here came Mr. Troy to the rescue.  While the boys were getting the generator started, Miss Beth (our newest member to the Cul de sac,  absent during Isabel) was out in the rain with her 8 year old daughter, going door to door to offer up space in her freezer for those without a generator (she didn’t realize that after the11 days we all spent without power after Isabel, we are all proud owners of generators).  The fact that she would go out in the weather to make the offer shows the great caring spirit that we share in this little circle.

The power was off a total of 2 hours and all was bright anad sunny after that.  We really enjoyed the Karaoke party we had that night and were thankful for all that could come.  Watching the kids (and adults) sing was definitely enjoyable and a good time was had by all.

Thanks for being great neighbors,