January 12, 2011

  • If It's Not One Thing, It's Another....**Sigh**


    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    So I get my camera battery charged up and take a couple pictures of our winter wonderland and, when I go to get my blog ready, I can't find my card reader.  The Beast was in a foul mood so I wasn't going to ask him to help out.  Give me one more day and I'll get these posted if I have to tear this room apart.  I'll have to go through Chewlee's toy box too because I do remember her expressing an interest in it one day.  She's inordinately curious about damn near everything and, if she likes it, she claims it as her own. 

    The Beast decided to venture out in the snow and ice today because he just can't live without his milk.  We both drink milk but he cannot exist without his hot chocolate at night (and sometimes during the day, too).  He was just going to go down to the local gas station, which is about a half mile down the road.  However, as time stretched out, I figured he probably found the station either closed or out of milk.  It was the latter.  He actually drove all the way up to Walmart.  Of course, they were out of regular milk so he ended up buying some organic milk and a quart of chocolate milk since he didn't want to use up all the milk on both his *treats*.  But...the good news is our town has axquired some snow plows and they are plowing the streets.  We didn't really warm up today (it was a high of 34 but enough to make *slush* under the snow) so you know that the streets will be icy tomorrow.  However, the schools are supposed to reopen (including the college campus).  Johnnycakes doesn't have to go into work until later than normal due to late startups at the factory so he is going to drop the Princess off at school.  She will text me later when she gets out of her classes and I will go pick her up and take her home.  That way she doesn't have to be afraid of any slipping or sliding on the icy roads.  Yeah, let ME be the one slipping and sliding.    At least I am not clueless about driving on it like she is.  We will get beyond this weather within the next couple of days. 

    I'm just hoping they either sand or salt the roads after plowing them.  Then *I* won't have to worry about the *other guys* on the road who have about the same amount of knowledge about driving on snow and ice as the Princess.

    I will more than likely have Chewlee tomorrow because the preschool may not be open yet.  Hard to say until we give them a call in the morning.  If the school IS open, I may end up taking her there for the day.  I know she has missed it.  It always screws up their *schedules* they get used to.  By the time she needs to be picked up, the streets should be much better for the Princess to drive on....IF I take her to school, that is.  Otherwise, she will be with the Princess for the rest of the day after school gets out.

    I sure hope things get back to normal faster than they do in Florida after a hurricane threatens.  People buy out the stores it seems and it takes several days to refill the shelves.  It's even worse if a hurricane actually hits an area.  But I don't want to go there today.  Suffice it to say, it seems like we might actually be getting back to the business of living around here.

    Love you all and I hope you have a good day tomorrow.  No clue if we will have garbage pickup or not but I need to remind the Beast to get it out at the end of the drive....just in case.  Stay warm, dry and safe.  Keep a sunny outlook and a smile on your face.  It will lighten the mood of everyone you are around.