Wow.....another post after an interesting day.

I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. I had an interesting day yesterday. I went to town to finish the commercial ritual of Christmas. I really don't enjoy shopping very much. I was slightly rushed, since we had Keaton and Elli's (my niece and nephew for those who don't know) birthday parties to attend last night. Then, KD calls me to tell me that the police had been to our house to tell us that Jack had been hit by a car, and limped off somewhere, and didn't know how bad he was hurt. KD went to find Jack while I got checked out of the store and headed home. She found him before I got home. When I got home, he was shaking, and wouldn't hardly move. He had hide and fur scraped off of him in about a dozen little places. None were deep or big, but I'm sure they hurt like heck. It also felt like he had a broken rib, especially since he yelped whenever that part of him got moved. I decided to take him to the vet. The doctor was out at the vet, and as I sat there waiting, Jack started moving around and acting better. Meanwhile, since KD still had daycare kids to watch, I had my sister pick up Keaton and Elli's presents to take to the party, and our sis in law Gayle pick up Karly so she could go to the party, since she was dying to go to it. I decided to take Jack home, since he was acting like he was ok. After I got home, I changed clothes, and loaded Sydney in the van to go to the party. While on the way to the party, I had 2 different people call me to tell me that the gas station in Terreton (Ike's) had blown up. The party was fun. It was nice seeing Tom's family again. Elli finally gave me my hugs right before we left. On the way home, every light for miles around went out all at once. I got home, and had KD watch the kids in the van while I got out ye old generator. After struggling for 15 minutes to get it started, I plugged in a lamp, heater, and the entertainment center. I went to put out the oil lamp that KD had lit, and burned the hair off my arm. Then, I drove to Charlie's to load the loot into grandpa santa's pickup to get it up to the cabin. While we were loading it, the power came back on. I went home and put the generator and cords away, and the van in the garage. Of course, with all the goings on, the kids were wide awake, and it was after 10 before they got to bed. I checked the news on the gas station. A tanker had blown up, and a couple of the tanks blew up. No one was hurt, but the damage was extensive. KD had been making Christmas candy and cookies when the power went out, and was up until I don't know when finishing up, after I went to bed. Today, Jack is loath to move, and I had to carry him out and convince him to go potty. I don't think I'd want to go potty either, if that part on me was scraped up like his is. Anyway, that was my day yesterday. Definitely one I'll remember for awhile. The picture of Jack is one from last year sometime.