Armageddon Preparations
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Well, it's not quite the end of the world, but close. They are predicting 1-3 inches of snow in Nashville. I'm hoping that I'm the only one that knows about it. We need to keep this sort of info hush-hush, at least until I have a chance to run to the grocery store and Wal-Mart. Even the hint of a flurry sends everyone around here in a panic. I usually laugh at the people who buy milk, bread, and eggs any time the temperature drops below freezing. With a sick 8 month old at home, I will admit that the pre-snow ritual now intrigues me. I have spent the better part of the morning coming up with a plan of attack that includes buying enough provisions to ride out the storm and enough cases of Pepsi to get me through being stuck in the house with Matthew and Marin.
It is super duper cold here and we, like everyone else in our neighborhood, still have our Christmas lights up. We have a month (by HOA rules) to get them down. But with it this cold, there is just no need to fool with it. It's been this cold since New Year's Day (when we usually take them down), so they are staying put for now.
The only thing getting me through this frigid weather is hockey season. It is the only good thing about winter in my opinion. With this being an Olympic year, the Predators are playing more games per week than usual. Everyone in the NHL takes a 2 week break during the Olympics because a lot of their players play for their respective countries in the Games. Quite a few of our team members are going so that will be exciting to watch.
I have also finished another book! Alter of Eden was completly awesome. I loved every minute of the book. Matthew was in the process of reading The Doomsday Key and finished it at the same time I did my book. So, now we've swapped. We are each a few chapters into our new books. It is hard to read and keep an eye on Marin at the same time, so we get most of our reading done when he's down for the night. He's been taking long naps here lately, so I do get a bit of reading done during the day too, which is nice.
I feel bad for the little guy though, because he still isn't back to 100%. He despises his antibiotics and tries to make sure more ends up on him than in him. I have to squeeze his little cheeks open to make him take it. He does have one bright spot in his week though. He's trying a new food. Mango! He adores them so far. He can't get enough of his pear/mango blend. He makes a "mmmm" sound and holds his mouth open like a baby bird. I can't spoon them in fast enough.
Well, he's about to have a meltdown. I sneezed and it caused him to go into a crying fit. It must be nap time.
Update: 2 minutes later....I picked him up and he immediately closed his eyes and fell asleep. ha.ha.
It is super duper cold here and we, like everyone else in our neighborhood, still have our Christmas lights up. We have a month (by HOA rules) to get them down. But with it this cold, there is just no need to fool with it. It's been this cold since New Year's Day (when we usually take them down), so they are staying put for now.
The only thing getting me through this frigid weather is hockey season. It is the only good thing about winter in my opinion. With this being an Olympic year, the Predators are playing more games per week than usual. Everyone in the NHL takes a 2 week break during the Olympics because a lot of their players play for their respective countries in the Games. Quite a few of our team members are going so that will be exciting to watch.
I have also finished another book! Alter of Eden was completly awesome. I loved every minute of the book. Matthew was in the process of reading The Doomsday Key and finished it at the same time I did my book. So, now we've swapped. We are each a few chapters into our new books. It is hard to read and keep an eye on Marin at the same time, so we get most of our reading done when he's down for the night. He's been taking long naps here lately, so I do get a bit of reading done during the day too, which is nice.
I feel bad for the little guy though, because he still isn't back to 100%. He despises his antibiotics and tries to make sure more ends up on him than in him. I have to squeeze his little cheeks open to make him take it. He does have one bright spot in his week though. He's trying a new food. Mango! He adores them so far. He can't get enough of his pear/mango blend. He makes a "mmmm" sound and holds his mouth open like a baby bird. I can't spoon them in fast enough.
Well, he's about to have a meltdown. I sneezed and it caused him to go into a crying fit. It must be nap time.
Update: 2 minutes later....I picked him up and he immediately closed his eyes and fell asleep. ha.ha.
