I am so sorry that I am putting up this depressing post today. My neighborhood was hit hard by the tornado last night. My windows all shattered, no electricity, no buses…it’s a major havoc. Everything in the fridge will probably go bad. While this is a very frustrating and costly (I am already on a tight budget) ordeal for my mom and I, I still have to feel blessed that nobody got hurt. Natural disaster can happen anyway, but this event also taught me to cherish the people around us.
Take care everyone. Hope you will have a pleasant weekend.
UPDATE: Electricity is finally back after 58+ hours! What would be the first thing you do? I did what any practical person would do – cleaned out the fridge, and then, as any OCD person would commit…do laundry. 😛 It was just so nice to have fresh, clean-smelling clothes again.
So the photo is just an example of the destruction in my neighborhood and also, one of the three ‘candlelight’ dinner I had with my mom. You probably could not even make out what we ate. But…is not dining in the dark the trend these days? 😛
Thoughtful Plate 
I am so sorry to hear about what happened! That seems quite odd, yes? I live in Kansas and am no stranger to the damage tornados can do. They are no fun!
By: ezsrecipes on September 17, 2010
at 11:20 am
Thanks for your kind words.
By: gargupie on September 17, 2010
at 1:38 pm
yikes, sorry to hear you got hit so hard. i just got rained on. glad to hear everyone is ok.
By: Howard on September 17, 2010
at 6:04 pm
Thanks Howard. Still no electricity…:(
By: gargupie on September 18, 2010
at 7:11 am
I’m so sorry to hear about this! I’m glad that you and your mom are both ok though.
By: Faith on September 19, 2010
at 5:12 pm
Thanks Faith. The electricity is back on after 58 hours. Got to throw a lot of things out of the fridge. 😦
By: Kim on September 19, 2010
at 6:15 pm
Laundry? Was the first thing you did? Hahaha, I sometimes put off laundry for weeks at a time, I think I’d just use the power outage as an excuse to not do it for even longer :p
By: Nicholas on September 21, 2010
at 4:20 pm
Actually, I cleaned out the fridge the very first thing. Threw out some ‘soggy stuff’ from the freezer. THEN I did laundry. I wore my jeans like 3 days in a roll. I think that justify for a wash. 🙂 And of course, I turned on my computer to use the Internet 😛
By: gargupie on September 21, 2010
at 4:24 pm