Sam's Blog

Too...Busy...

So...I planned to update the blog more often...but I haven't been successful. Here's a quick update:

Christmas Tree
We finally got out a couple of weeks ago and bought a tree. The kids were thrilled. We put the tree up in the living room (so it can be seen from the street through the large front window). Aly and Mitch enjoyed putting the decorations on... Lisa and I are just glad we got that checked off our list...

Christmas Plans
We also made our Christmas travel plans. We're flying into Sacramento at noon on Christmas Eve and immediately heading up to El Dorado Hills to celebrate with Lisa's family. We'll head back down Sunday evening and, hopefully, catch up with Tony, Jennifer, and Nanny. On Christmas morning, we'll head over to my family's to spend the morning. Then, we'll head to Dixon to celebrate Christmas with my family. Afterward, we'll head back to Sacramento and catch up with Christie and Dave. We're flying back on Tuesday morning.

The Storm
Last Thursday and Friday, we had a severe storm in the Northwest. The storm brought heavy rains and winds up to 100mph. Over a million people were left without power in Washington and Oregon (one local power company reported that half of their main feeders were down) - including us. The power started flickering early Thursday evening and went out sometime after 11:00pm. The power was restored for us around 7:30 Friday evening. Today (Wednesday, 12/20), there are still many people without power...


Being from Northern California and having lived in new developments for much of the past 10 years (underground feeders), we're not used to extended power outages like this (second one in the past month or so). Furthermore, we're not used to not being able to drive to the local grocery store or restaurant to pick up items as we need them. Our local Safeway still doesn't have the frozen foods section up as they are on 50% power. Luckily, we have a gas fireplace to keep the family room warm... But we do not enjoy these....

Work
Very busy...'nuff said... Looks to get even busier through the end of next year (and beyond...)....

posted by Sam @ 10:41 AM