Its raining again today. Thank goodness. As much as I love the temperate weather here in SE Gulf Coast Texas, We have our times when there is hardly any rain. It hasnt rained good since Ike hit 2 months ago. It rained all day yesterday and looks like its going to rain all day today. its been steady with a few occasional downpours. The thunder started this morning. That is fine with me if it continues today. Its veterans day so the mail wont run today so i dont have to worry about getting the mail in the rain. I made a new dish last night for supper. Low carb, Low fat and high protein. DH liked it. Its called grilled chicken piri piri. I made the sauce from scratch. It was really easy to make. Quite yummy as well but pouch didnt like it too much. I didnt get toilet visiting sick but i was laid up in bed not feeling well rubbing my stomach for over an hour. The sauce had bell peppers, serrano peppers, lemon zest, lemon juice, red wine vinegar and olive oil as well as fresh parsley and paprika in it. Basically you food processor the stuff up and just use it as a marinade on the chicken. I let it marinade from about noon until 5:30 last nite. The chicken was very moist and tender and fell off the bone. Other than that, it was decent day yesterday. Got a lot done work wise. I am going to have to find a second job, our electric bill this month was 430 bucks. Its because they UNDER estimated last months bill and made up for it on this months bill. We only have 250 budgeted for electricity. Its aggravating to say the least. That is one thing i miss about mississippi. Regulated energy costs. In MS even if i worked from home and ran my ac 24-7 at 72 degrees, my bill would never have gotten over 200 bucks. and that bill would have included water and sewer and garbage pickup. Instead i get a separate bill here for water sewer and garbage pickup for another 65 bucks a month. one of my coworkers bills in an Austin apartment is always under 75 bucks a month - usually under 50 and that includes her water and sewer and garbage pickup. That would be nice to see on a regular basis here. This Energy Star home is a bunch of bullshit if you ask me. Just a way to sell houses to make people think that their bills will go down. We have been in this house 2 years and I have yet to see a bill under 200 bucks a month for electricity alone. Oh well, enough ranting about the bills, I need to get dressed and get the kids fed so we can go to school.