Help.. I'm at a loss

I am at a loss as to what to do. I tried to post pics yesterday and was hit with a "you are at your limit and need to upgrade storage". Yet when I go into my currant plan, it shows I have only used 52% for Picasa and 0% for the drive and gmail.

I am not a computer geek so after trying to research how to fix the problem, I deleted Picasa and am still at an impasse. Not working. As much as I love blogging, I do not wish to purchase additional storage especially when it shows I have'nt even used up the free one offered.

Have any of you been in this situation? Any suggestions on how to rectify my mess?

Until I figure out how to deal with this, I'm afraid I can no longer blog since pics are so much what we all enjoy.

Please, someone rescue me. Or at least steer me in the right direction.

Thanks,

Gail

Total Darkness

                               Have you ever been in total darkness?
            Like when you are deep into a cave and your light goes out?

it would probably look something like this

I received a call from our electric company yesterday saying they would be shutting down the grid to thousands of customers homes in our area. This was to upgrade the system to be able to handle emergencies better. Well this was to take place at 11pm last night and last until 4am this morning.

I told my husband of this and decided to shut down my computer and unplug it around 6:30pm. Since he was still working on his computer, he asked I keep the power on. So eventually I went off to bed only to be awakened by my hubby at 11:30pm with him asking me "Did you shut down the computer because it's now completely dark?" 

                                          HELLO !!!!!!!
                              Wake me up?
                                     From a deep sleep?
                                           Into pitch black?
                                 What was he thinking?
                          Oh my Gosh..... I am now in panic mode.
                 I cannot breath, I cannot see anything.
                                         What's going on?
I am trying to get my senses about me. Am I awake? Am I dreaming? I know I am breathing really hard right now, trying to figure things out.  I soon hear my hubby sound asleep, snoring as if nothing in the world is wrong.
               I can't breath. I am feeling as though someone has buried me alive. There is no light anywhere, the air is being sucked out of my space.

I am like this for what feels like forever, only just minutes have passed and suddenly my hand is reaching over to my bedside table and suddenly finds a flashlight. (I keep one there all the time, duh), I grab it, jump up out of bed, turn it on and proceed to the bathroom. After relieving myself (thankfully not any sooner) and now with light in hand, I walk back to the bedroom, open the blinds and stare up at the stars.
                               Thank you God.
                                   I can breathe again.

With all the darkness, everything around me seems to be gone, but there is still light up above. I have Hope.

And here, just when I thought I was becoming a fairly good "Prepper", it turns out that I was totally not prepared for this.

Is it because I truely fear the total darkness?
Or because I was woken up so unexpectantly? I dare say, a little of both.

You ask yourself, how do I prepare for something like this if it were to happen again?

                                     Are your ready?


              Lock the damn husband out of the bedroom.
 
                                 That's how I'd do it.

                                   How about you?

Happy Birthday!

my beautiful Mother, Dorothy

            Mother, I want to wish you a very Happy Birthday today. I know you say it's just another day, but that's where you're wrong. You are 90 years young today, that's not just any day, that's this day.

Hope you have a very enjoyable time with all the kids and grandkids today. Wish I could have been able to join in the fun. Sending you all my love and hugs and kisses too. You mean the world to me and I hope you are around for many more years to come.

       Love you always and forever,
            You're daughter,
                   Gail
          

Slow cooker soup

I have to admit, I am a lover of potatoes. Any way, any how, I could eat them for most every meal. Dad always said "you got potatoes growing out of your ears." I would always touch my ears to feel for them.  Well Dad, if your looking down on me (and I know you are), you would see that today like many others, I just had to put together this yummy Creamy Potato Soup. I've made lots of potatoe soup in my days, but this recipe I found on Allrecipes.com is definately a keeper. What I really like about it too is that you can through everything in a crock pot and let it cook all day.

 

First you soften up an onion by frying in a pan with bacon bits.

Then you dice up a bunch of potatoes.

Then you put the bacon and onion in the bottom of your slow cooker.

Add the potatoes, chicken broth, water, salt, dill weed, and ground white pepper.

Set your cooker to 6 to 8 hours, then mix all purpose flour with half and half, add to the soup, add evaporated milk and let it all cook together for another 30 minutes

before serving.

Let me tell you, this makes one really yummy soup. I just wish I had made some

corn bread muffins to go along with it.

 

For dessert, I made a double layer German Chocolate cake. I have'nt had one of

these in a very long time.

 

I just love when dinner comes together in a simple way. One pot clean up, too.