Out of commission

Yesterday's storm completely knocked out our phone and internet and a power surge went through our TV as the thing won't work (everything else does, the DVD player, cable box, etc)! Our neighbors' phone got fried too. There was such a loud thunder clap and, I assume, lighting strike, that it knocked out power for a second and actually set off our smoke alarm for a second or so. Kevin and I jumped right out of our skin but Erin slept through the whole thing.

We took a ride to the Pheasant Lane Mall last night to price new TV's and they're all pretty pricey (cheapest was about $350 or so). But, we only looked at one store so we're going to shop around more.

So I am at the library now as Lynn took today off and she is giving me a little sabbatical from the kiddies. While Lynn took Erin to the doctors for a check-up this morning, Kevin and I took a ride to the National Heritage Museum in Lexington for a Jim Henson exhibit. They had mostly drawings and old scripts but they also had puppets of Kermit, Ernie and Bert, Rowlf, Fraggle Rock people, and some others that I didn't know (from the pre-Muppets days). It was pretty neat and you could tell folks from my generation and up were enjoying it more than the kids. They showed a 10 minute movie and everyone loved seeing the footage from "The Muppet Show."

Later today we're all going to a birthday party here in Dracut and then perhaps off to the beach for the night. I don't know when we'll be back on-line so if it's quiet on the old blog you know why.