Six Months

Not to dominate a festive holiday time with an anniversary but today marks six months since the flood hit Cedar Rapids. It has changed life and it has only been six months. Pretty wild! The team put together for flood recovery did a news conference yesterday to update the community on what has been done and rebuilding plans. It was about 45 minutes long but there is a clip that includes my now overly quoted line on kcrg.com. If you click on video you can watch the report which is about a minute long. http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/36075544.html

I'm envious of Aunt Joan's snow storm. I would like one when we don't have to be somewhere. We had a "snow" day Tuesday but it was more an "ice day". Back to where we were last year...covered in ice. And speaking of the floods which were suppose to have been caused partly from the strong winter......we are 5 inches ahead of last year already. So, how do you spend an ice day off of school? Nate spent some time on the computer in between dribbling a basketball and watching some tv. Speaking of wearing hats all the time Jayne........I have the companion to Miss Kitty!

Isabelle got dressed only because her friend across the street asked her to come over and play. She would have worn these pajamas all day if I'd let her.

The dog took a nap on the loveseat she is not suppose to be on and usually only sneaks to when we are out of the house. We obviously altered her routine with the ice day.

No picture of Josh. He slept most of the day....and he needed it so that was a good thing.

He did have a basketball tournament this week-end and that has kept him busy along with us since Nate had practice in Ames today, Isabelle and a 2 1/2 hour dress rehearsal for the Christmas program at church, we went to one of Josh's teammates house for soup and drinks after the game then everyone went to the Linn Mar game tonight. Nate now has a friend staying over. Tomorrow...the Christmas program...dancing, singing and everything. Josh finishes his tourney and hopefully by afternoon I can start working on wrapping presents, baking and writing Christmas cards.