We had yet another snowstorm on Tuesday. It shut down schools for a day, and left the roads icy for a couple of days. But now we're finally back to our 40 degree rainy winter weather and I was able to ride to work again on Thursday and Friday. That felt good.
The snow this time was good enough that Audrey got to build her first snowmen. She loved it, of course. Charlotte had a pretty good time in the snow, too. And they got introduced to the custom of getting cold playing in the snow and then coming in the house to warm up with hot chocolate.
Public Service Announcement: Along with apparently hundreds of other people I responded to an emergency call for blood donations last Sunday. Stocks were very low due to a lot of canceled blood drives because of weather. The center I went to processed 90 people that day - a normal day is half as many donations with twice as much staff and twice as many hours of operation. And with that donation I earned my "3 Gallon" pin. If you've never donated blood, give it a try. It's really almost painless, takes about 30 minutes total and saves lives! I was given a pint of blood about 25 years ago; it was the best medicine I have ever received. Only about 5% of Americans donate blood.
Audrey's hair was getting pretty long again. Carol took her for a haircut this morning and took off more than I expected (I like it short, but it surprised me that Carol wanted it short). We love the new look.
Charlotte has a fever today and is obviously feeling under the weather. But we're very lucky in that even when our kids feel poorly they are great sports and can still eke out a giggle now and then. Carol took a long bath with Charlotte this afternoon and that made her feel better. Charlotte appears to have a whole bunch of teeth threatening to come in all at once.
I spent my morning retrieving cars. A childhood friend passed away last summer. His mother recently sold his house and needed to get his three vehicles off the property an hour north of Seattle. I recruited a couple of friends and after some fiddling we got them all running and on the road. I got to drive home his red 1978 Corvette Stingray which is now parked in our garage until it can be sold. Nothing like a good old American muscle car.
Carol and I are taking a five-session Love and Logic course. In the first session we already learned some great tools to use with Audrey when she whines or misbehaves. The best one is so simple: when she whines we're supposed to "go brain dead" and just say, "I know" with as much empathy as we can muster. It's amazingly effective. Audrey doesn't appreciate it at all. She has already developed her own response, "Harummph!"
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