Jan. 2007

Sat. - Tues.

Two more days of ice and more limbs coming down. Just in case you are wondering, the smoker is just fine, no limbs have hit it yet. There is snow coming the weekend.

Friday Jan. 12th, 2007 Not just another night in Springfield...

This is what it looked like in Springfield Mo. on Saturday Jan. 13th. 75,000 out of 109,000 Utility customers out of power. Drove to Chestnut and Glenstone before we saw any lights. Braums, Krispy Kreme, Mongolian BBQ and the stop light were the only thing on. Hand to go to Kansas and 44 to find anything else on. Walmart, McDonalds, and a couple of gas stations were on. Everyone was in line for gas and coffee. We spent the weekend days at DMP watching tv and playing games. The Mills house was without power until Wednesday, Jan. 17th. The water heater is gas, so we had hot water. With the fire place, we were able to heat the house until Sunday. Temps dropped and we had to block off the living room from the rest of the house. We kept the fire going 24/7. It was about 65 during the day. The nights were getting colder. The hallway was 49 on Wednesday morning. Sam and the kids made it until Tuesday and then they went to my aunts. I stayed with the house and the animals. There are about 20,000 houses still out of power and it is down to basically house to house connection. Some of the folks at work are still without power. We were fortunate that none of the limbs fell on our power lines. They are now calling for 4-6 inches of snow for the weekend.

Christmas with the other Mills

2006 Was a Good Year

It was a good year for the Mills family. Mom and dad went to Vegas for their anniversary, Show-Me Hustle won the City Championship, Lizzie got to play some softball, got a great trip to NYC, had to much fun to put in one blog, the girls got to see Faith and Tim while the boys (and Kayla) went to see the soon to be 2006 World Series Champs, moved in to a new house, got to hang with some stars at the fair and had a good holiday season with Sam's family.

ESPN Zone

4 ESPN Zones in one year. Can you name the 4 cities?