Are you ready?

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WOW!  A blizzard.  I can't remember the last time we had a good 'old fashioned' blizzard here in Utah.  Usually it's a midwest thing.  It's been so long, I don't think people remember how to deal with one!  Well, ready or not, here it comes....

We're as ready as we can be on Lark Circle.  The snow blower has been serviced.  The winter gear is out and ready.  The furnaces are cranked up, warming up the cavernous house.  Wood is next to the fireplace and blankets are available to bundle up and keep warm, in the likely event the power goes out.  The truck has a full tank of gas because I have to go to work today.  No closure yet and I hope they don't wait till it gets here before they get smart and call the whole thing off for the night.

The family of pussycats is hunkered down.  June fixed them a place to stay warm and dry, so no worries there.  Moo, the fat little one that likes me may become part of the family though, whether or not he wants to.  He kind of reminds me of Ba, Wendi's cantankerous cat that hates me.  Someday, I'll have her post the story of the time he tried to crap in my shoe!

Stay warm and safe, friends.  I'm keeping my deployed friends in Guam in my prayers especially.  Stay safe guys, and enjoy the tropics while the rest of us are dealing with what the news is already calling the "Blizzard of 2010!"

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