HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANASTASIA!

Happy Birthday to the one who keeps all of us on our toes! She looks great for 96! May you have many more Grandma, many more.

Super Storm Snowpocageddon 2013. The Snowpocageddonist

If you really want to hear about it The first thing you'll probably want to know is that it all started on Thursday morning.  Amy and 1 day old Benjamin were luxuriating at exquisite Beth Israel resort and retreat. 

Benjamin had been escorted to and from a private bath, sauna and circumcision combo, while Amy was resting comfortably trying not to think about how much her womb hurt.

 

 

 

When in I walked; harried, hurried, full of dread- "The Sabres lost...Again!!! Oh, and the storm, its a comin'!" I cried.

  "We gotta get out of here!  We gotta get home where its warm and safe!" I said.  "But honey," Amy replied, "I'm hemorrhaging massively.  I just gave birth 18 hours ago."  "Pish posh" was my retort.  "You're fine.  Besides, I need Ben's help hunting, gathering and preparing the homestead."  So we packed up and headed out.

We were greeted at our front door by a human harbinger of the doom that was about to befall us.

A scary sight it was!  Oliver and Audrey did have a wonderful time bonding with their little brother...

The storm started off innocently enough.  Just a bit of snow. 



But then... it happened!

At 7:23 IT HAPPENED!  We tried to make the most of it at first.  Candles, parcheezi, books.  It was quite nice for a while...

But then it got cold.  Really freaking cold!!!

 

So we decided to get the hell out of Dodge.  But wait!  Where did I park my car?



There it is.  3rd lump on the left.  So we disobeyed the governor's orders and joined the exodus.  Driving was slow...

 

But we finally made it to our salvation.  The Hampton Inn!  And we lived happily ever after.  Until the power went out at the hotel on sunday morning at 11am.  But that, as they say, is another story.