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Things to Remember

Abigail is obsessed with taking a shower. She’ll get in with Jen, then stay through till the end of my shower. She’s also obsessed with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – not the original story but the bedtime quickies we have. Every night it’s the same two Beauty and the Beast stories read over and […]

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Adventure Abounds

Abigail’s off to her first day of play school tomorrow. They’re doing a Halloween thing, so she needs her costume. She’s got a little backpack and we’re packing her a snack. The adventure is all hers. It’s killing me not to be able to participate even in the smallest way. – b

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Very Lucky

We never lost power. There’s a little bit of chainsaw work to do, but only the slightest bit. – b

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Still Have Power

It’s absolutely crazy. We still have power. There’s been a few dips and blips, but the lights are still burning. – b

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Hurricane Helper

As the winds picked up this morning and we expected to lose power, Abigail and I filled all the water bottles we had in the house. – b

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Wind Forecast

Max gusts 71 mph around 10pm. – b

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Daredevil Crows

The crows are out “surfing” the gusts. Pretty wild to watch. – b

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Blip

Power went out briefly – very briefly. Anytime soon it will be out for good. Supposed to just get worse between now and 8pm, taper, then get worse again around 8am tomorrow, then taper away. Abigail’s not making this easy for us. She’s sleep deprived and her schedule is messed up. She’s trying to nap […]

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Picking Up

Forecast is all over the place. Sometimes it’s nothing, other times it’s fire and brimstone. Outside is starting to look like fire and brimstone. Gusts are picking up. Limbs are coming. Creek is filling up. I imagine will lose power before dark. Should start filling water bottles. – b

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Hurricane Abigail

Must be a combination of not enough exercise and living at the height of the terrible two’s, but she’s killing me. It’s not like I don’t have enough on my mind already. I should be showered and laying down to bed, but because of her I’m still washing dishes and likely only dreaming of a […]

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