Deja Vu

Welcome to our world tonight. So far we're "high and dry", but there are others preparing for the worst. It's very sobering (especially because it's been just over a year since the last devastating flood) to watch people around town sandbagging, moving furniture/belongings to higher ground and so on. The kids were sent home two hours early today after moving their books and equipment up on tables and desks.

No school tomorrow, but shhhh. . . . .please don't tell them yet. I beg you. . . .please don't. They were off two days early, pre-Christmas break for snow days and now this. So let me pretend they go back to school tomorrow. If only for a few more hours.

It's predicted to be worse than December '07. We heard 10 feet above the flood line. Time will tell. The HUGE snow melt is compounding the problem. I noticed places that weren't bothered by the floods back then that are preparing to be flooded this time around. Anyway, we feel fortunate to be sitting up high. Ya never know, though. Our basement could flood, but we hope not.

On to better things. I misplaced my camera on Christmas Day so I didn't get any pictures of the yummy food, table setting, or family. How could that happen? I'm hoping to have my sister-in-law email a few and then I can post some pics. Guess what? I haven't finished posting from our Thanksgiving trip either. Jordan bugs me about it, too. So I better get busy!

The following snow pics were taken December 21. I must have been getting a bit weary of the snow to not have taken more between these and Christmas. Silly me. . . Now I wish for the snow instead of the rain and flooding. We always want what we don't have. Funny how our human nature works!

Happy New Year!

The kids decided it'd be fun to have a little bonfire and roast marshmallows on New Year's night. The snow had just melted in the backyard and we had a big windstorm hence all the leaves. We were enjoying the outdoors once again in spite of how cold it was!