Sandy Monday afternoon update

More of the same this afternoon.  The rain has slowed down but the winds have picked up.  The lights have flickered two separate times but thankfully we still have power.  We're off to go do p90x and try and get through our showers before our luck runs out!

This was the rain total at 8am this morning: 1.6"

This was the rain total at 11am this morning: 2.2" (I emptied the rain catcher at this point).

I then stopped working since our servers were shut down at the office which meant I couldn't work remotely anymore.  So I started baking to take advantage of the power we still had!

This was the rain total at 2pm: .8"

This was the rain total at 4:30pm: 1.3" So we now have totaled 3.5" of rain since last night.

Dad went out this morning three times and filled up the cars with gas and bought ice which was awesome.  I also took all the water bottles I bought last Thursday and stuck them in the freezer.  They can last as ice until we need them to thaw.

Dad turned on the fireplace which I must say just makes me feel better.  Instead of cold and dark and depressing the fire makes me feel comfy and just like I'm bundled up for a winter snow storm. 

So far my zinnias are the only things that have been a casualty in the yard, as well as lots of leaves.

My baking efforts of today finished!  Two loaves of banana bread, two loaves of pumpkin bread, one batch of sugar cookies, one batch of gingerbread cookies, and one batch of frosting.  I baked the breads (mom baked the banana bread) because they don't need to be refrigerated, I baked the cookies because Dad needs food for a Halloween party on Wednesday but if we have no power tomorrow today was the only time to make them.  This is also why I made the frosting because it needed power to whip and I didn't feel like lugging the mixer to a Panera just to use their power to whip some frosting ;)  And I baked the gingerbread just because everything was already dirty and we like gingerbread cookies!

The only casualty of my baking spree, a small burn.

They say that the 12 hr window of the strongest winds and wind gusts is going to start in the next few hours.  We're just holding our breath every time the wind blows.  I think we've done as much as we can and now we just have to wait!