Its snowing. We've already got about 2 1/2 inches of snow with an 80% chance for more. On the good side its all snow with no ice, though I expect the roads to ice over this evening after the sun goes down. We canceled church last night which may have been for the best. There probably would have only been two families that would risk the roads. I sure am ready for spring. On the other hand with spring comes tornados, so, after last year, maybe not.
FEMA has declared our area a major disaster area. I think everyone finally got power last week so we are basicly ok except for the damage that needs cleared away. We bought a larger chain saw so that we could cut down trees. Now that the government has finished their examinations we will probably start trying to get it all cleared out. Some of it is higher than we can reach though. I'm not sure how we'll handle that. I don't think we can aford to hire it out.
I'm excited about Easter coming. Christmas and Easter are my two favorite times of the year. The last few years we have used the Resurection Eggs for devotions the two weeks before Easter. I really like them. It lets me tell the Easter story in small bits that the youngest can digest and gives them a physical element to latch onto and help hold their attention. I some times wonder if the oldest boys will get bored with the holiday traditions since we do them over and over but they always suprise me by insisting that we do them.
My oldest middle son was pretty pleased. He was the only one to get a perfect score on his English test. He suprised his instructor. The instructor didn't think anyone would be able to get all the questions right. I think my son has decided to stick with this class rather than taking the honors class. While the honors class would have allowed him more freedom, he really likes his instructor.
My eldest is doing well too. He's pulling a straight A in his remedial Algebra class (duh) and Calculus is coming along well too. I still don't understand why he has to take a remedial Algebra class when he is doing well enough to take Calculus but the state requires it and the college wont release his transcript so that he can transfer to OSU without it. If it was just the college I would say that it was a money thing but they insist that it's a state requirement. Oh the wonders of governmental bureaucracies.
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Good post. I always enjoy catching up on what's going on with blog friends. I find it so interesting to learn about what it's like in your respective corners of the world. Wow! you guys had it bad during that ice storm I guess? Did you have any serious damage to your home? Hope not.
Actually, when we put in the new house we put it by the trees but we put it far enough away that if one fell it wouldn't fall on the house. The only way we could end up with a tree on our house is if a tornado picked one up and put it there. If a tornado is that close all bets are off anyway so we don't worry about that. The old house on the other hand wasn't so lucky it took some damage but we were thinking of tearing it down anyway. We were just using it for storage. The only reason we hadn't done it was because we thought that one of the boys might need it.
Glad you are safe my friend, love you.
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