I hear hurricanes a'blowing

Title reference anyone? I know Chris from What-A-Mother will get it...she always gets my references. Maybe Robin from So what happens now too, since I usually get hers. Oh...and do read her last post as it contains the rarely blogged phrase "Monkey Farts."

Anyway...I picked up the paper on the driveway this morning (at 6:25 because my F-ing alarm didn't go off at 5:30, making the first 25 minutes of my morning pure hell...maybe a category 4) and read that here in the Triangle, we are in the path of Hannah, Ike, and maybe Josephine. High school football games are being moved to Thursday night because we should be in the thick of it by Friday. Now, don't sit there and say, "Come on, you are almost three hours inland, why should you be worried." If you don't know the answer to that question, I'd like to introduce you to a little girl named Fran.

The first thing that occurred to me, because I have my priorities in order, was, "OMG!!! We have the Brooks & Dunn / ZZ Topp concert at the amphitheater Saturday night!" The next thing that occurred to me was, "Oh...wouldn't this just be PERFECT! We finally finish building our house and one of the soaring pines in our yard will come down and split it in half!"

So, I e-mailed my husband about this and he responded:

"Ya think its us?  Maybe we should move to Montanna....see if we can screw them up too?"

To which I characteristically responded:

"But then you would have to learn to SPELL Montana!!!"

And he characteristically countered:

"Whatevvvvvvvvvvver"

And that will probably be the last word on the subject of the impending hurricanes. Tony said he would get a case of wine. We have a rack of ribs to cook in his smoker. Pilar will undoubtedly prepare way too much delicious food before we lose power. Marcy will assemble the accessories as she did for a previous hurricane party. Think about it: Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice, Wavy Lays, etc. And Kim will be more worried about the impact of the storms on the Cantina than I am about my house!

Be thinking of us when you are watching the Weather Channel. When the newscasters start talking about us needing donations, remember, we like CHEAP CABERNET!

Di

Comments

[Chris]

Oh yeah, I get it alright. And have a story to go with it.

I was 5 when that song came out and I believe we were living in Kansas, aka Tornado Alley. I remember lying in the backseat and my dad was driving and we were in a mother of a storm. We were beside a big semi truck and I remember lying back there listening to the words of that song, thinking for sure that truck was going to be blown over onto our car.

It's one of my earliest memories and I can't hear that song today and not remember how it felt to be in the eye of that horrible storm, yet feeling perfectly safe in the backseat. It's also one of the few memories that involve both my mom and dad...

A short year later, the real bad moon would rise and our whole lives would be turned upside down.

I hope you and your house stay safe in the storm. Keep us posted

[Robin]

What can I say except, "Farts are Cool" and Biscuitville now has a Meat Plate (no more baloney biscits in our fair town). Just remember, we are okay as long as Jim Cantore isn't in the state.

[Brenda ND]

I will watch the Weather Channel and pray for you guys. I sincerely hope you're missed by Hannah.

[Nicholas]

I checked weather.com just now to see if we need to be worried about Ike in northern Florida and it seems we're ok, and so are you. Rather ironic, after the damp squib of Gustav, but the projected path of Ike has it aiming straight for New Orleans.

[natalie]

I know you are busy with your new house, but i just wanted to say I miss your posts. :)