Hurricane Irene arrived in North Carolina early this morning. It hit Ocracoke Beach (where we spent our honeymoon) and New Bern pretty hard, but we are relatively safe here in the Raleigh area. We got a bit of rain, but not much more. We dodged this bullet… Katie was up early and after her usual [...] Read more »
Day #600 (Fri., Aug 26, 2011) – Here Comes Irene…
Hurricane Irene is barreling up the Atlantic and it is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow morning. Today is the day to prepare. We brought everything in from the patio…but left the canopy intact. Hopefully it won’t blow away. We also found our flashlights and charged the batteries. Now, just sit back and wait. I put [...] Read more »
Day #599 (Thu., Aug 25, 2011) – Sand On The Head
I went to Trader Joe’s this morning to get supplies as it looks like Hurricane Irene will be here on Saturday. I stopped off at the Dollar Store as well…my wife wanted me to get 10 packages of magnetic letters and 3 packages of magnetic numbers. We need them in case Katie happens to misplace [...] Read more »
Day #598 (Wed., Aug 24, 2011) – Number 8 Fridge Magnets
Katie slept through the night last night…glory be. Life is so much easier for us when she lets mommy and daddy rest. Katie scraped herself along her tummy on our old coffee table, so I took out an exacto-knife and cut off the trim. You can see the finished result in the photo to the [...] Read more »