New Life.......Storms.........TV Problems.....................................

Got to see our new little niece last night while up at the cottages.........she was born last Friday after they induced labor beginning around nine in the morning and she came an hour later.  WOW........when they induced my labor....it was started at seven in the morning and he finally arrived at 4:24 in the afternoon (smile).  Guess she was in a hurry to get here.  She is a doll....lots of dark hair & can be very "LOUD" when hungry...(smile).  They named her "Linsey Dawn" which I thought was pretty.....seem to fit her.  Their little boy is 3 & 1/2 and his name is Blake.  He is quite a hand full.....very talkative and energetic.  I hadn't seen my niece or her family in some time.....so was nice spending some time together and I appreciate them getting out with the new baby (she had just got out of the hospital on Sunday afternoon.)  I held Linsey twice and was nice to hold a wee one once again even though she was very tiny....I forgot to ask what she weighed & all the details.  We all were in the middle of grilling hamburgers & getting our supper ready between two cottages....going back & forth.....didn't remember to ask all the technical questions.

We've had several thunderstorms and heavy raining off and on since around ten thirty this morning........they said we had a chance of between two and four inches of rain which is not going to be good as the Mississippi is rising already and all this water runs off into the Meramec River which runs into the Mississippi.....as well as some of the other small rivers around the area.....they said this new water is not going to have anywhere to go except out of it's banks.  We can only hope and pray that it doesn't get as bad as it was a month and half ago....... The storm that came earlier today knocked out my power.....I did finally call our electric company and they came and restored my power about two hours ago.  But, I still have no satellite tv yet.  I ran through all the steps.....it's only in the living room,  bedroom tv is working just fine......seems I am having this problem more and more when our power is off for some reason,  so will just let alone for a while longer.....if nothing,  I will then call the tech people and see what we can accomplish.  I just hate to do that because they always want you to unplug this and unplug that......very difficult with our set up. I'm certain when Roger comes home,  he is going to want to go through it all, he's a t.v. junkie.

I have this Baltimore oriole that is coming frequently to my hummingbird feeder and drinking nector;  I had heard or read somewhere that they love oranges....so I sliced off some and threaded it down the hanger of the feeder....now, he comes and drinks nector and eats orange, too. (smile)  He is a very beautiful bird.....lots of bright orange with black trim.