Thank goodness Philip uses his cell phone as his alarm clock, because the electricity was off when we woke up... and all our clocks are electric except one battery powered one.

It was a typical day. Philip worked at the renovation house... I filled orders at home... and made several walks to the post office to mail out packages.

I also started loosely preparing a third BLATHER column... since my second one gets posted tomorrow on outinamerica.com. My editor suggested something about reality television, since I know someone on PLAYING IT STRAIGHT.

I made dinner for us. Then we watched WILL AND GRACE and THE APPRENTICE.