Hurry Up and Wait

Received phone calls from a few of you and just thought that I would give a 'status report'. Gary and Ryan are out getting lunch somewhere since they are bored. We have been watching the news (man ... commercials are as annoying as I remember). They are saying the winds - hopefully where we are just 50 - 70 mph - will start about midnight and continue for 12 or more hours - so straight through the night. They are saying to stay in an interior room. Our options: Gary's master closet, my master closet or the laundry room - way too much family togetherness!!

The laundry room at least has the freezer - which has 120 bottles of frozen water in it. We hear that electricity going out is a given, but for how long, don't know. We have the water and big chunks of ice that will hopefully keep things OK for a while. We might have to have a really big barbecue at some point after the storm! Since there are a bunch of evacuated missionaries with the Randall's, Normans and others in the ward maybe we have a big missionary dinner. We signed up a month ago to feed the missionaries on Sunday ...
We have enough water, and a walk in pantry full of food, so we are set:

Plus we have pulled out our 72 hour kits - which expire in just a few days since I made them last year at an enrichment night in September. We have radios, flashlights, first aid kits ... all we need is the cards and we are in for ooodles of fun all night long.

The weather right now is fine - getting a bit windy, but we plan on watching DVD's all day and trying not to kill each other. Then - who knows - maybe we all will be assigned to our own walk in closet - sequester ourselves for survival.


Glad I let Jessie evacuate with RSS - it would have been a mess with her here - especially if the power goes out (I hear it is a when and for how long - but I don't know if I should believe the news people -they seem to be sensationalizing everything).


If we lose power for very long - we will make any repairs that need to be made - then take Connie up on her offer and head to Dallas for a visit. Thanks Dallas Hurst's.

.... Something tells me Gary is not flying to London on Sunday ....