Ike update

here in the land of sugar the winds are picking up, the skies are filled with clouds, a few rain drops sprinkled down and we just spent as much time this a.m. as we could outside, as we will be stuck inside for a couple of days. the dishes are done, laundry is clean, windows are taped and pantry is stocked. my next order of business is to get the boys down for a nap so mike and i can watch channel 13 without interruption. the last we saw we will be seeing around 40-60 mph winds and of course a whole shitload of rain. so after we relax a bit we are going to take showers and i am going to fill our closet with some supplies JUST IN CASE we end up needing to be holed up in a safe glass-free area.

wow. this is erie. 3 years ago when rita came it was just as scary, if not more so. mason was 9 months old and it was my first confrontation with the fact that, yeah, I AM RESPONSIBLE for someone else's life. now i am responsible for 2. well i guess i should say we. i am blessed with an incredible husband (who lets face it truly irritates the crap out of me on a regular basis) but my life would be less shiny, meaningful and fun without him as my partner. he went and helped out a friend of mine today and secured their patio furniture. he did not even protest or complain. he just did it. what grace.

so we're as ready as we can be.

one positive out of all of this - i have not watched msnbc in 2 days. so no politics or frustrations regarding the presidential race. because i am obsessed and need to be stopped. i have purposely not blogged about it because if i get going then i don't think i will be able to stop.

i am praying for the safety of all of us. i believe God will not give us more than we can handle. but i also believe shit happens to good people. but whatever happens as long as my little sweet angel baby boys (or big grumpy devils - whatever) are safe then it is all good.

see yall when the electricity is back.