The weather has been insane for the last week. On Saturday last (17 Jan) we had tremendous thunderstorms that included lightening hitting our phone line and knocking it out. We were having a welcome to Ireland party. The party is set to start at 6pm. Paula and the boys came over early to help and we were just sitting on the sofa chatting around 4pm when all of a sudden we hear this tremendous crack like a large firecracker right in your ear. Huge flash of light and oh no power. So we called in to ESB and let them know. Figured its a good thing I love candles and figured we could barbecue the meat if we had to. However about an hour later the lights came back on- big relief. Later we discovered that the phone jack had been blown out of the wall by the lightening and we had no phone. The phone company finally arrived yesterday and fixed the phone line. However, the lightening burnt out our vonage modem so it will be a while before we have a phone for the Americans again. I will let everybody know when its back up and running. The rain storms continued for 3 days, and by Monday we were having snow flurries, with great big snow flakes. Unfortunately, it was not cold enough for the snow to stick to the ground. It was fun to sit in the house and watch the snow fall. Today, Thursday it is beautifully clear and sunny - cold though.
I am leaving for Vegas for a week tomorrow and will be back in Ireland on the 31st.
Keep well, Keep Safe and Keep in touch
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