Three Days at Home

Here in Oklahoma, we've been hit with a blast of winter in the form of freezing rain, sleet, and ice. Thousands are without power--the hardest hit area around the Muskogee area (southeast of us). They are forecasting a low temperature tonight of 1 DEGREE!!!

My oldest son and I got out this morning and cleared the ice from his car (the wife and I park in the garage), then went to the groceery store to pickup a few things since it looks like there won't be any significant melting of this mess over the next week. I slipped and fell in the Wal-Mart parking lot. If I were a real American--I'd sue their butts! Needless to say: "It's slicker'n snot on a hoehandle." (If I have to explain it...you're not from around here.) Anyway, we are very fortunate here in Owasso; we have electricity, food and water. According to the news over 112000 people are still without power and at least 15 deaths have been blamed on the storm.

Since I didn't go to work today, I took the opportunity to clean up some files and start getting things together for the "taxman." My wife teaches three and four-year-old preschoolers at a private Christian school in the area. She figured today that in just the past six months, she's spent over $1000 out of her pocket for school supplies/items for her classroom. That's on top of what the school supplies! Teaching is NOT a profitable profession.