# 310

Wow--I just found out that this is my 310th post on this blog! That is alot of writing!

I am getting so excited for the holidays. I'll have family here in just 5 days!!! We went out and got some fresh wreaths--they smell great! We also found some stockings that look great with our fireplace. And of course, the first light we flip on every evening when we get home is the switch that turns the christmas tree lights on. I listened to some Ella christmas songs, and the charlie brown christmas cd yesterday. I find myself singing christmas songs even when the music isn't on.

I've been so bad--I took pictures of our lighted tree 2 weeks ago, but I still haven't downloaded them to the computer. I'll have to remember to do that soon!

a million homes without power

And we got lucky. No power outages, no real leaks ( although we did see a little water in the basement, it actually seemed to be even drier there this morning). Both of our workplaces have power. But it is kind of a ghost town at work. I guess some people decided it would be better to stay home than make their way into work. There has been some flooding and cars stalling out in the water, so depending on where you live, it probably does make sense to stay home.

Just wanted to let you all know we are safe and uninjured!

big storm--worst winds of the season

They are predicting many power outages as a result of the wind/rain. It has been pouring here all day--and from 2pm on, the nat'l weather service is putting out a high wind warning for this area of washington. I really hope we don't get our power cut off, but just in case, we've got duraflame logs! Those won't get us very far, though. I heard that an alarmist email went around that was saying things like make sure you have wood and food and plenty of cash (because credit cards won't work). It makes it sound like we are in for a hurricane or something. I guess the winds might be that bad--but I think they usually make it out to be worse than it is.

I postponed a dinner party I had planned for tonight so that everyone can be home safe before anything gets too bad. Luckily everyone is available for sunday night, so we rescheduled for then. Also luckily, we had not bought the fish yet, so no worries about it not keeping!

did you hear? .....soy makes you gay

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've heard in a long time. Apparently there is a guy out there who is saying that soy is what is causing more and more people to be gay. See his whole column here . I don't even know what else to say--in some ways I find this ridiculously funny--how could someone be so stupid. He actually says that soybeans are feminizing! If that is his argument, then how do you account for the lesbians? Is he saying that soybeans only affect men and their propensity to be gay? I think he is missing a link /or has a synapse somewhere that just stopped firing.

This quote "It is difficult to imagine just what WorldNetDaily’s standard is for rejecting a column or article – but whatever it is, it is apparently set so low that “soy makes you gay” manages to exceed the criteria" is so true. Who would ever think to publish something like this!

bit breezy

To say the least! Last night we had some hard rains and heavy winds. Let me tell you --when I was walking to the car, I had my umbrella completely horizontal to block the rain and wind. My top didn't get too wet, but my pants were clinging to my legs by the time I got to the car. And the wind was so bad that it stopped me in my tracks a couple of times. Of course, since I was holding the umbrella horizontal, I also had a hard time seeing where I was going, so that made the walk a bit slow! ;-) I have one of those automatic umbrellas, and the wind was pushing the umbrella from the undone position almost back to where it is before you open it up!

What a mess! But this morning David and I discovered the tiniest blades of grass sprouting from our muddy backyard where we laid down grass seed. Yea!!! Maybe we'll have some visible green color by the time my family gets here.

no more phone

Not only have David and I moved into the information age by getting cell phones, we went so far as to cancel our home phone line. You can no longer reach us on the 729 number. Big stuff. As far as I can tell, we have way more minutes than we will ever use, so please don't hesitate to call. If you need either of our new phone numbers, email me.

It has been a rough few weeks, and it seems that sometimes I think I can deal with the sadness, and other times, when people send nice cards or say nice things, I can't hold it in anymore, and I just start crying. I miss Maggie ALOT.

So many people have told us that we should get another dog soon, that it helps with the pain. Well, we started looking for dogs. I'm hoping we'll find one by christmas. We've seen a few we liked on petfinder.com, but when we met them, they weren't quite what we thought. I'll keep you up to date on the search, and post pictures as soon as we find our new family member.