Musings of a vivacious mind
Finally did it. Got a new house at a new address.
As with any move, things are temporarily misplaced and unpacking is a bit chaotic. Please bear with me as I continue to exterminate bugs. One bug, in particular, randomly shows up and then disappears (you just need to hit "refresh" and he goes away).
I've got plenty of room here and a whole slew of decorating ideas. Visit often!
update (3:11 PM) - Of course, the newspaper has its own agenda and, therefore, a certain type of story to maintain.
According to our bookkeeper, her son was home with her all evening until she went to bed at midnight. Much later, her son got a call from the teen that died who wanted a ride home from a friend's house. He went down, picked him up (at some point, another passenger also entered the scene), and started back home. They were coming down off of a hill when a deer jumped into the roadway. Her son swerved to avoid the deer, lost control of the car and it rolled up the embankment, hit a billboard which then crashed down on top of the car.
This is a new one. In response to a More ».
Pleased to see that my thoughts were worthy enough of a post. Not sure what to make of the “Lurker” status now assigned to me. Could be worse…
From what we're hearing, NYC and the surrounding areas were slammed with approximately 24 inches of snow. We have about a foot and, yes, we had to get up early this morning to find out if we needed to go to church. Yes, it was cancelled and we went back to bed.
On a related note, we've never had a porch/deck before, so we never seriously considered letting the cats check out the funny looking white stuff. Tessa was too freaked out by the harness and lead, so we didn't even bother with her. Minuet went outside and promptly began crying in an extremely pitiful voice to be let back in.
Tabitha had the most exposure. She wouldn't go out at first, because I was behind her. Once I got outside, she slowly wandered onto the snow-covered porch and began to explore. Some of the snow was 4-5 inches deep at the outer edges of the porch and came up to her belly. Her curiosity won out over the urge to shake all of her paws at every step.
After about 3 minutes, she insisted on coming back in as well. She was rather upset with us for trying to clean and warm up her paws. Apparently, only she is capable of doing it properly.
We did our shopping last night and ran some minor errands early this afternoon. Now we’re just sitting around and waiting to see what happens next. The nor’easter that the weather forecasters have been promising us began in our neck of the woods about 3 hours ago. We’ve been promised anything from 6 - 12 inches (if I had such accuracy at work with that type of “plus or minus” margin, I would no longer have a job. Maybe I’m in the wrong business).
Church might be cancelled in the morning, depending on how much falls overnight. The annoying part of this is that they won’t post the final decision on the church’s website until after 7:15 am tomorrow. There’s no chance of sleeping in - we have to be up at 6:30 to get ready on the off-chance that church is still being held. *sigh*
Bob introduced me to this site. Apparently, DirectNIC.com hosts many, many webpages and did not want to leave anyone in a lurch, so they stocked up on diesel fuel for their generators, food, other necessities and hunckered (sp?) down for the long haul. This is their blog, from inside of New Orleans. It’s interesting to see how their observations at times confirm reports we hear in the media and, at times, diverge from what is being reported.
BTW, the entry titled “Last Night” made me laugh until it hurt. Make sure you don’t have anything in your mouth when you read this …
Bob had a "playdate" (don't ask…) this past Saturday back in NJ. While I don't get involved, his friends are fun to be around, so I typically go along on the trip. I knew I was going to need something to do, so I was among the crazy individuals who went to Barnes & Noble last Friday night for the midnight release of the new Harry Potter.
Never having done that before, it was a sight to behold. One would have thought that BN was giving away the books. I was astounded at the sheer number of people in the store. So much for the thought that people don't read much anymore ….
I have been a Harry Potter fan since before it was popular to be one (if I recall correctly, book three started the media frenzy). This latest release does not disappoint. Having taken their O.W.L.S. at the end of the last book, the new sixth-year students are just receiving their test scores and are now making choices that will affect their future careers in magic. Teen hormones are beginning to kick in, with Ron and Hermione sparking each others' jealousies. Draco is sneaking around, leading Harry to suspect that something foul is afoot. Snape, as usual, is loathsome.
There is another fatality at the end of the book (gee, there's a surprise…). However, I have suspicions that all is not as it seems, based upon some of the details given in scenes leading up to and after the "incident".
I started the book at 2 PM and finished it, all 650+ pages, at midnight on Saturday.
Hey, all!
Several people had suggested that I might enjoy blogging, so here we go …
It’s October and it’s beginning to get chilly. I love this time of year - I have no use for hot weather. Frankly, I also enjoy a really snowy winter (but don’t remind me of that at the end of March while we are experiencing the 22nd snowstorm of the season).
