Stormageddon 2010

Oh the weather outside is frightful!

But in here, it's so delightful.

Since we've no place to go,

LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!

The reading on our deck is a mere 25 inches, but the official reading at Dulles Airport was 32.4 inches!

Our little snowstorm has been called Stormageddon and Snowpocalypse, but I think the official title is simply "Blizzard of 2010".  And to add insult to injury, there's another foot of snow in the forecast for Tuesday!  Enough already!

4-year-olds say the cutest things...

This morning Tressa was playing with this Leap Frog recording thingy and it said: "after the beep, say the longest word you know".  I was curious to see what she would say... and without skipping a beat she says, "anti-disestablishment" and then she trailed off. HOW CUTE! It was totally out of the blue. She must have been trying to say, "anti-disestablishmentarianism" which we had told Meghan some time ago was the word with the most syllables. I tell you, that girl is always listening and remembering.

A couple weeks ago I was singing, "You're so cute, you probably think this song is about you, you're so cute, so cute," etc. So Tressa looked at me, arms akimbo, and said, "is that song about me?" It was very sweet (and cute of course!)  I had forgotten all about this incident until a week later when we were in the van and "You're So Vain" (by Carly Simon) came on the radio. As soon as she heard the chorus, Tressa piped up, "Mom! This is where you got the "you're so cute song" from!"

The NERVE of some salesmen!

I just got off the phone with a svc manager from our heating/ac service. He was trying to get me signed up for a plumbing contract....
"I have to talk to my husband about that."
"Is he at work right now?"
"yes, he's at work and he's out of town until Friday night"
"oh. well just imagine if something went wrong with your plumbing. a pipe sprung a leak. and you picked a plumber out of the phone book... and Joe the Plumber shows up!"
This apparent Obama-kool-aid-drinker starts chuckling, expecting me to join in.
"I like Joe the Plumber. That'd be great if he showed up."
"oh. um okay. so you go ahead and talk to your husband. and give us a call if we can do anything for you.  Click."