HYPESTORM 2009!!!!

So we had our first Hypestorm of the year, as James lovingly calls them. That's basically when we get some freezing rain and a nice sheet of ice on all the roads and sidewalks. And while yes, it can be quite dangerous - it is ice after all, not just snow to be plowed - it is certainly no cause to rush to the store and buy bottled water and batteries. Seeing as the temp should get to about 40 today, everything will be melted by mid afternoon. But that doesn't stop ALL the schools from closing, and ALL of downtown from shutting down. Seriously, it is a ghost town here, I can see 5-10 cars on all the street surface parking lots down there. And of course it's a great excuse to skip work if you live any sort of distance away - which we don't. So of course James and I are both working today. We did see 3 fender benders skidding around on our way to the office this morning, but I attribute that to lousy drivers more than anything. Really? Riding your brakes down a slope in the road? Good idea? Not so much.

And of course, Bruce loves this weather. James like to say that's because "he's from Labrador and loves the cold!" Of course I have to remind him, while Bruce does wear a fur coat, he is in fact from Florida and lives in hot-most-of-the-year Texas. But it's in his name, so he's from Labrador! This morning I wanted him to go potty before we left so I didn't spend the day wondering if he used his dog door then wiped out and was laying in the driveway with a broken leg (see what a good mom I'll be??). So I shoo him outside and it was like a cartoon. He doesn't carefully cross the tile patio, no he hauls butt across it with all four limbs flying under him like a crazy man. Across the driveway and into the grass he goes, does his business, and races right back across the ice in the same way, skidding inside the back door. He may be getting grey beard, but he's still a puppy at heart.

In baby news, well there isn't much. Still moving right along, I'll be 30 weeks on Friday and seeing the doc every 2 weeks now. I feel like I'm bigger by the day and this boy is going to be an acrobat I think, but we are both healthy. He likes to crush my lungs a lot and I have a nice backache every night, but that's about the worst I can say. The nursery still isn't done - OK it isn't really started, but I think about it a lot, that has to count for something. We really, really plan to make progress on it this weekend. All I really need done is getting rid of the furniture in there, clean the carpets and paint. We're ordering furniture online that James will have to put together - that ought to be a treat. (Love you babe!) But we figure no matter how good your intentions are to use that convertible crib for years to come - it's just not gonna happen. So we're going the cheap and easy route instead. We think he'll want the race car bed in a few years anyway.

That's about all the news recently. Thanks for checking in!

I am so handsome. Even with my grey beard!