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Memorable Christmas. Great time with family! Our baby girl turned 16! Where has the time gone. Sweet hubby got me a great little pocket camera as my old one has seen many livestock shows and the sand/dirt etc is hard on it... Girls got me some great munchies an a terrific new work calendar. DH got a new compressor and TWINKIES!

The most appreciated "gift" (other than time with family) was not exactly a Christmas gift. Several years ago my sweet Granny went home to be with her husband, son and Our Father. She left me a little money and we chose to put in a standby generator after 16 days without power after hurricane Ike. We were without power for about 13 hours yesterday and appreciated the generator and knowing Gran was still looking out for me all day!

Power came back on between midnight and 1AM, and went back out at 1130 this morning. FUN! High winds took out a tremendous number of dead trees left from Ike and drought conditions. Today's outage was due to a "line fuse", I am sure with heaters running it is a high load.

We also appreciated the linemen that had to work the holiday as there were 10's of thousands without power in our area. The conditions were nasty, rainy, and tremendously windy. Hoping they are all safe and warm with their families today.

Wishing you all the best! Safety, health and blessings in 2013