10/30/12

(hurricane sandy the day after}

well sandy has passed us.  i hear she's over pennsylvania now and is no longer a hurricane.  we spared well here in MA.  some flooding and power outages but no major issues that i'm aware of.  i have some pics and video for you all later. 

the kids were with their dad for both this hurricane and last years.  i dropped them off yesterday on my way into work and they were nervous.  lisa and i stopped by last night when we thought they might need to evacuate over at dad's and they were fine.  :)  they were most excited about another day off from school.  wait until june when they're staying late.  lol.

this is from this morning.  right down the street from us.  such a beautiful sunrise after such a dark day yesterday.
Post #hurricanesandy sunrise in MA.

here's some stuff i found around the web.

this is sandy yesterday at 2:20 PM.  she was huge.
Hurricane Sandy as viewed on October 29

i feel so bad for all of NYC and NJ.  they were hit hard.

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A blacked-out New York City skyline, on October 29, 2012. (Reuters/Gary He)  via {theatlantic.com}

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Seawater pours into the Ground Zero construction site in New York, on October 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)  via {theatlantic.com}

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A surveillance camera captures water surging into the PATH station in Hoboken, New Jersey, as it is flooded shortly before 9:30 p.m. on October 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)  via {theatlantic.com}

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Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, on October 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)  via {theatlantic.com}

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The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina, on October 29, 2012. Of the 16-person crew, the Coast Guard rescued 14, recovered a woman who was later pronounced dead and are still searching for the captain. The HMS Bounty was built for the 1962 film Mutiny On The Bounty and was also used in Pirates Of The Caribbean. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)  via {theatlantic.com}

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11Firefighters evaluate the scene of an apartment building which had the front wall collapse due to Hurricane Sandy in New York, on October 29, 2012. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)  via {theatlantic.com}

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Blackout conditions in Manhattan, after Hurricane Sandy hit, on October 29, 2012. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)  via {theatlantic.com}

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Residents, lit by police vehicles, stand outside their homes during a power outage in Lower Manhattan, on October 29, 2012. New York power company Consolidated Edison said on Monday that it had shut off power to part of Lower Manhattan to protect electrical equipment and to allow for quicker restoration after Hurricane Sandy passes. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)  via {theatlantic.com}

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Seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York, on October 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)  via {theatlantic.com}

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Power outage, caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 29, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)  via {theatlantic.com}

over 50 houses and maybe as much as 100 were burned to the ground in a six alarm fire last night in Queens NY.
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and lastly NYU medical center lost power and needed to be evacuated.  including 20 newborns.  nurses carried them down nine flights of stairs in the dark holding them close and sometimes on stretchers to be able to hold the babies "skin to skin".  amazing.

10/28/12

{hurricane sandy}

let me just say, this hurricane better still be a hurricane when it gets here tomorrow.  we really got the short end of the stick on that one.  i blogged about hurricane irene a lot last year.  like a lot.  i was prepared.  if you're interested there are some posts.....

       here and

for this storm?  nothing.   i haven't blogged about it.  i haven't prepared for it.  at all.  until today.  nothing like the last minute huh?

i ran to walmart {i know} for water on the way home from a birthday party. there was not water in sight. i started grabbing individual vitamin waters just to not have to leave empty handed. then i gave in and headed over to housewares for disposable bread loaf pans. what says hurricane food more than banana bread??! well on our way over i saw an employee pulling a pallet of gallons of spring water. i had bay chase him down for me and grab two. he's such a good kid. and voila! water AND banana bread. bring it on sandy.

oh we're making cookies too. we know how to hurricane it up!
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i stopped by the beach on the way home and it's already so windy out.
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here's a short video of the wind for ya.  :)

{Disney Tourists DIY Halloween Costume}

in true DIY style, lisa and i threw together a costume in a couple of days for a wedding reception we had last night.  we knew the party was coming up but for some reason didn't worry about a sitter or costumes until wednesday night.  oops.  anyways, we can came up with disney tourists.  i've added little bullet points of what our costumes consisted of below.  :)

diney tourist diy halloween costume

i also did a minnie mouse manicure. it didn't come out great. i have really shaky hands and it was a bit messy but i added it below anyways. you could probably do a lot neater. and thanks to lisa for her help with the polka dots! i also had red toenails with white polka dots to complete the look.

minnie mouse diy mani

10/26/12

{insta-friday...coffee date...10/26}

i'm writing this lightning fast before my company gets here and i'm a bad host.  and my boy is brushing my hair so i don't want to miss out on that.  ;)

told ya so!  he wants to be a hairdresser when he grows up.  he's awesome.
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isobel brought home her class book this week.
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if you've ever wanted to see me drunk in a haunted house, here ya go.  like actually drunk in an actual house that's haunted.  oh and lisa, not drunk, just blind.  lol.
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me, eddie and edwin.  two super great friends.  oh and the quija board.  we're not friends at all.
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this guy right here is nuts.  we caught someone this week and had celebratory gelato.  :)
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this girl needed to get a tooth pulled.  look at that root!  and bailey in his costume.
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these girls are cute.
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i love these earrings!
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and these mugs.  i need to have these.
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working on a costume.
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this boy is handsome.
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these kids rock.
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she sleeps the best.  :)  and by the best i mean not at all.
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a grocery store trip today.
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and our coffee date.  the kids joined in this week.  :)



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10/25/12

{fauxlaroid thursday...10/25}

omg!  look at how little they were!!!!!!!!  my babies!

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so make your own fauxlaroids and link up below!  directions on how to get started are {here}

faularoid thursday



10/19/12

{insta-friday...10/19}

guys i am addicted to this song.  like put it on repeat and never ever take it off addicted.  yay for DMB and yay for free songs from starbucks!

Slightly obsessed with this song right now.

fall is here!
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i may have gone a bit crazy with the instants.  it's so much fun!
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both of these happened this week.  i have no shame.
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cute girls.  just realized this is a boy free post this week.  oooops.
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so kodak gallery machines suck.  you can go on and print your fb pics which is great but you can also print other people's pics.  not so great.  i had one of my friends log in to check it out.  boooooo fb.
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hot toy this year....got mine!  ;)
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she may have been super duper extra tired yesterday.
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has anyone read this???
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me and my baby girls.  
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i dontate A LOT of clothes to a co-worker today.  i started seeing cute baby stuff through the bags and almost couldn't do it.
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she fell asleep on top of me today.  she's got a rough life.  lol.
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and i know there's a lot of isobel in this post but this is too cute not to share!  :)
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and.....a coffee date with {alissa} over at rags to stitches.  



life rearranged