December 1, 2006

• Friday, Dec 1

   

                                                 BRRRRRR.....

  Wow, either ya'll are as busy as I am, or I don't get on here often enough to rate a howdy!!!  Our internet connection at home keeps going down...I had planned to go to everyone's site when I posted the other day, but the stupid computer said no.  We're switching internet companies REAL soon.  I'm sitting at my husband's work right now...may not have ANY computer at all for a little bit.  No power at all.  Gone.  And freezing.  Power went out last night about 11:30 or so with that huge ice storm that hit.  Apparently most of the metro east (of St. Louis) is without.  Last rumor I heard is we'll be without for more than a few days.  REALLY REALLY hope and pray that is false.  They're saying this is worse than that spring storm we got last year...lines were busted, transformers were blown...too much ice.  It is beautiful outside, though...like crystal sculptures everywhere.  Alot of our branches are down in the yard, lost one pine tree...couldn't take the weight...and the gum tree that's really close to the house apparently has a crack in it near the point where it will fall right on the house. Great. How're you doing, sherrytwinklz?  HOPEfully that is a false rumor...I can't imagine not having electricity for that long.  In this cold.  Get our temps back to where they were last week and no problem...but this is just a little brrr.  My bil and sil in Chesterfield called and said we could shack up with them...probably thinking this wouldn't last too long...though they did say we could bring our kitties with us.  They're so sweet. 

  Kitties.  We do seem to have an extra kitty right now.  Coming home from church on Wednesday, Jas and I see this cute little kitty outside the car...and SO friendly and cute.  Wrapped right around our legs and everything.  So we go inside, thinking the kitty must belong to someone to be so friendly.  Jess comes home an hour later, knocking on the door with kitty in her arms.  So we sit out on the front step loving on this kitty cat...and it comes up that it's supposed to freeze, and we're feeding kitty on the porch at this time.  Jess bursts into tears that kitty is going to freeze to death, can't we please just shelter it for the night...I'm thinking cracking the garage door, letting kitty decide to either go to it's home (I really think it has one...it's just too friendly and not bony enough...plus it pawed at our door like it expected to go in) or go in for shelter.  Call Dad, he doesn't want the door open (he has computer equipment inside- it would freeze up, I guess), and to hole up kitty in the office.  So Noel is up in the office until I either get up found kitty posters and someone claims her, or we give up on that and just have a new kitty.  You did notice she has a name, now.  Sigh.  She's mostly black with a white triangle that goes down from her nose to her chest and paws.  Such a cutie.  Name came about by trying to come up with a Christmas-time name since that's when we found her...called her Holly, no response, called her Nikki (for St. Nick), no response, tried Noel, she looks up from her food, does a little chirping meow, and starts purring and rubbing. So, Noel it is.  I think we may have been adopted.  Will have to take her to the vet, though, before we expose her to the other kitties, make sure she's not gonna disease my babies.   Hoping they don't freeze in the house...I can't see taking them to Bil-Sil's...Kiya already pees everywhere when she's stressed out...Callie would be fine, and new kitty can't get around the other kitties 'til she's checked.  NOT new kitty...I mean TEMPORARY kitty.  Good grief.

  Sis just called...her son's snake has gone into hibernation, it's so cold in their house right now.  Hopefully they can pack up and go to our mom and dad's to stay warm for the weekend. 

  I found a building for my business.  Let's all pray that it doesn't get rented before I raise first month's rent and deposit, and come up with a viable business plan.  And a loan for everything needed, though preferably a grant. If you're familiar with O'fallon, the old Parent Teacher Tool's building.  It's P E R F E C T.  And can't actually be rented until March of next year.  So I'm hoping that will put off some people that want something immediately. I really really want this...and I truly feel everything I've done has led me to this, and more importantly, that I'm SUPPOSED to do this, and this is what He wants for me, ya know?  So I'm doing some heavy duty praying, and if this IS where I'm supposed to do this and WHEN I'm supposed to do this, then it should all work out, right?  I'm not expecting it to be easy, though, don't worry!!!  Tons of work in front of me, for sure!!! 

  Hmm...that's about all that's going on right now...li'l guy has strep, by the way.  That's why we're holed up here at St. E's and not at the mall or the Y...3:30 pm is the magic 24 hour "I'm not contagious anymore" time period.  Ever since Dad started working at the hospital, he's become kind of a stickler about such things...Personally, I think if we took ourselves out of quarantine an hour earlier, it wouldn't make a difference.  At 3:30 he's just not going to be magically fixed.  Oh well, at least we're warm and entertained.  We each have a computer to play on...Jess is webbing, Jason is on mspaint, and me on xanga...all is good. 

  Well, I'm gonna head, though...I do want to check out everyone, make sure you're all doing OK...take care all, and hope everyone's nice and warm!

   

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