After the Storm

Like much of the nation, we suffered a pretty significant winter storm here this week. What made it so bad, was that it was an ICE storm, not a snow storm. It rained and then immediately froze. Many trees lost their tops due to the weight of the ice (including our lone tree in the backyard). Power outages were/are in excess of 100,000. We were very lucky to only lose our power for a short time from 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Tuesday night. We're also fortunate to have a gas log fireplace, so B-man got it started and we all slept in the den and were toasty warm!

Here are some photos.

Our poor tree is missing it's top now. If you look in the background, you can see that the other trees in the neighborhood have also snapped in two.

There are still many without power tonight and they estimate it could take until Saturday night or longer to restore electricity to all customers. Tomorrow brings sunshine and warmer temps(47 degrees). We hope that wherever you are, that you are warm and have power tonight!

Not Me Monday

It's been a while since I've participated in "Not Me Monday", but I'm feeling especially guilty about what I did not do today!

I did not buy Doritos and cookie dough because of the ice storm predicted for tonight (not sure cookie dough falls into the nonperishable food item category)!!!

I did not then proceed to eat said Doritos as soon as I got home from the grocery store. Nope, not me!

I did not eat about 3 cookies of cookie dough before baking the rest and eating about hmmm....6 more after they were done baking!!! Aaack! Definitely not me.

I get it honest though...BeBe does the same thing when preparing for hurricanes, but it usually involves Little Debbie's!! Sorry BeBe, I took you down with me!

Walking...sort of

Lil Boo loves walking around behind his car these days! He's so proud of himself when he takes off across the room. Super cute!

I had to get a shot from behind. Again....super cute!

3

...the number of days in a row that Boo wore his jammers ALL DAY LONG!

It started innocent enough on Thursday when it was so cold. He just looked so comfy and snuggy in his footie jammers. It was too cold to go anywhere, so I didn't think it was a big deal.

Well, Thursday night, I got sick and Friday morning so did Brian. So we all were in our jammers for the next 2 days (different jammers each day though)

All Boy!

It is C-O-L-D here today! But, I think it's cold everywhere today. We've even had a few heavy snowflakes fall this morning.

I know it's been a while, so I wanted to give a visual Boo update. Here are some pics of Boo crawling over and through things...just as a little boy should!

Lately, he's enjoyed playing peekaboo with the curtain that covers the closet in his room.

24

Don't miss the L-O-N-G awaited season 7 premiere of 24!! It starts tonight, on FOX.
2 hours tonight and 2 hours tomorrow night!! Woohoo!
Love that Jack Bauer!