so long Dolly!

Well, Dolly didn't end up sparing us that much. She ended up turning north just before land fall, which put her about 100 miles south as a Cat 2. We went to bed Tuesday night thinking we would get some rain and wind, but nothing extraordinary. However, by Wed morning Dolly had strengthened and began moving NW. By lunch, Justin had been sent home for the day and the wind and rain had picked up. The afternoon was a little windy and it rained pretty steadily. The girls were stir crazy, bored and I swear the barometric pressure does something to my patience level.

Last night the rain and wind bands began increasing in strength as the storm moved farther inland. Around 3 am we lost power and the wind was gusting at probably 60 mph. It sounded like a tornado all night. Paige freaked out and ended up in our bed.

We had to get up early so we could get Justin to the airport for his flight to Utah this morning. It was soooo much fun showering, getting dressed and putting on makeup by candle light with no a/c. We left an hour earlier than we had to just so we could ride around with air conditioning!

Our electricity was finally restored around 11. The rain still comes and goes, but I think the worst is over.

I was able to complete several projects while stuck inside so I'll post those after I get some pictures. Until then here are some pictures after Dollypalooza '08.

The worst:


puddles


this used to stand up straight!


more puddles