Snowmaggedon 2010

The DC area is buried in snow. During the past 7 days, we've had roughly 4ft of snow.
Hundreds of thousands of people were without power, and people are still stranded at home since the streets weren't properly plowed until today.

Our deck is completely covered! I don't know if we'll be able to grill anything before the 4th of July. It took us 3 days to shovel the driveway.

Oh, how much I hate this white sh!t...

My Christmas Gift

WHEELS ARE FINALLY UP!

Congratulations Sean & David Goldman! Father and son, reunited, spending Christmas at the Happiest Place on Earth. What else could I wish for?

A bit of everything

Well, where do I start? I write posts in my head, daily, then I get home and don't write anything...

I've been working a lot. No news there. Times are hard, the company slashed our overtime. We're not authorized to do it, they won't pay for it. I end up doing it anyway, the work has to get done. I guess management did notice I was going above and beyond the call of duty and gave me a promotion. I was pretty happy about that!

Now hubbs and I are shopping for a new vehicle. His car payments ended in 07, mine in 08, so we did have a few extra bucks every month (which was nice considering there is a recession out there). I'm going to get an appraisal on my car tomorrow to see what we are able to afford.

T is his happy self, as usual. We traveled to WDW/Universal during memorial day week. He had a blast, rode 2 rollercoasters with his Dad (which means he cannot possibly be my son) and the splash mountain. The following week was his Pre-K graduation, the same day we met "his lovey girl who he's going to marry". He has very good taste, I must say.

BTW, he has decided the theme of his birthday parties in 2009, 2010 and 2011, which makes everything so much easier for me. 2009 and 2010 are practically ready. For 2011 I already have a few things - yes, I'm a planner!

I am still volunteering my time at the Bring Sean Home Foundation. Despite favorable court decisions, appeals after appeals have been filed. Add that to a slow judicial system... that really makes me mad. The Federal Judge wrote a brilliant, airtight 82-page sentence on this case (followed by a 2nd ruling concerning parental alienation). I feel really bad for this child, all this abuse. The family wants to cut all contact between him and his legitimate father. It makes me sick to my stomach...

I just realized I didn't write a single movie review this year. We've seen a few. There's also the TV series. LOST is more awesome than ever. I can't believe next season will be the last. Since we have a lot of time to kill before the next season, we've been watching it from inception? Who's we? Well, I attend a LOST roundtable every Friday at my friend's workplace (down the street from me). Well, now I'm also addicted to Fringe. I found the episodes from Season 1 online and I'm almost done. It's like the X Files, many conspiracies, twists and freaky stuff (and cutie Joshua Jackson). Lil Ole Nerdy me loves it.

Just wish I were in San Diego for the Comic-Con.

Happy Easter!

I know I haven't been in here forever, but I haven't forgotten...

Things have been busy, @ work and @ home. I guess that can be a good thing, right?

Hang in there, I am preparing some posts, I will write again soon. If all goes well, I'll post something by the end of the week. I even have 2 movie reviews to post.

Don't give up on me yet! :)

I already voted!

Okay, I still owe a Halloween post. But I've been really really busy - and tired - to post. Have I mentioned my parents are here too?

I voted, today, for the first time since becoming an American citizen, back in February. Got to the polling place @ 6:15. Had a book in tow. It was chilly and about to rain. There were about 30-35 people ahead of me. But it was no big deal and I was out of there by 7:20. All done.

If you're out there, I suggest you head to your polling place ASAP. It's going to be a zoo tonight!

BTW, why don't they do this on a weekend? It would be so much easier to vote! People work, you know? My employer sent us an email yesterday saying we had a laughable 30-minute grace period to get to work.

P.S. I will not discuss who I voted for. I loathe politics and radical partisans. Plus I think that people who voice publicly their options to get their "fans" to join in are ridiculous, but to each its own. But I think as citizens, we have the right and duty to vote.

It's the end of the world as we know it...

A couple of weeks ago, we had a tornado hit the area. We were OK, and no damages to our home either. But we lost power for 2 days, and had to throw away everything in the refrigerator. Luckily the freezer kept.

Yesterday, out of the blue, we started losing water pressure. MIL called around 10PM to tell us they were having the same problem. No info anywhere, only about midnight I found a little note on a local paper website mentioning a water main break in our area. It must have been pretty massive, since there are about 5 cities with very little water.

I usually do my laundry on Sunday evenings, and now it's still there, undone. Plus we couldn't shower last night either. This morning hubby and I were able to take a quick one with the remainder of water that was in the boiler. Hopefully it will be restored soon!