We lost power during Sandy, and the water heater didn't come back on with the rest of the power.
No hot water.

Yikes, Connie!

I hope your power comes back soon.
You must be losing all the stuff in your freezer/fridge!

Oh, our power was only out for four hours. We have power now.
It's just a matter of getting the water heater to come back on.

Be careful. Sometimes if you have a pilot light, if you don't get it right, things can blow up.

Yikes, exploding water heaters are frightening.

Thought I would spread some love on your thread, Jean. Not too thick though. It can be hard to clean up and has been known to stain things.

Hey! We're graced by a Queen!

No ... you won't layer it on too thick.

It just reminded me. I bought a brand new long sleeved white Jeff Gordon shirt. I wore it for the first time to the race yesterday, and I spilled Peach ice tea all over it. Now it's a nice new STAINED white shirt...

That's the absolute pits when something stains the white shirt. Happens to me more then I would like to admit. Probably why I don't buy them anymore.

Don't worry about the love thing, Rodd and got some of it last night, not a lot to go around tonight. Tired as hell.

I'm hoping that my bleach pen will work on it...

Got my fingers crossed for you, Jean. Hate ruining a brand new shirt.

Especially if it's Jeff Gordon!

Not much into Nascar and the like, but yes, that would be heart breaking and frustrating to ruin it one wear in.

But tomorrow or the next day we go home.

I suspect hubby will want to go home tomorrow.

He wants his own bed, Jean? That's how Rodd gets when we are nearing the end of the trip. Then again we have an awesome mattress and I start missing it too.

If we go tomorrow, we won't get a quick start since we have to take my sister to the airport at noon.
That means we would be driving through Austin during rush hour, which isn't good.

Eh, rush hour doesn't sound so nice. Will it be really bad?

It's like a parking lot.
The route we have to take goes directly through Austin (we live in the south).
Also, there's a chance it may be dark by the time we get home, and hubby hates to drive in the dark.

Perhaps waiting would be the best thing.

I may tell him that we'll go up to the casino just to keep him from leaving for home.

a casino sounds fun! by me a drink!

But I'll spend too much money and lose it all!

Jean, just steer clear of the tables. I love penny machines! They have the smallest bids and it takes forever to lose $20. Rodd managed to win $350 sitting next to me. So unfair.

I haven't ever been to a casino at all.

You can spend tons of money on a single pull on those penny machines.
You've got to be really careful. They have so many lines and stuff...

yeah, just buy me a drink. I don't care about gambling.

You're even a legal drinker now, aren't you?