How Did I Spend My Time During Hurricane Irene?!

      'Irene' is gone. Today, I'm back to doing what I really like to do...Gab! ^_^ I don't know why I didn't pay more attention in English class in High School when the teacher was telling us all the ends and outs of being a serious writer. As much as I like to talk, I might've been able to make a 'go' of writing!...But then my crocheting would be considered a hobby. O_0 Nah! Never mind....I like things the way they are! 
         All jokes aside though, I do get a twinge of 'Serious Writer' envy every once in a while. But then I try to read writer's blogs and I think: "What are they talking about?"...The 'true writers' world seems to me to be a place where just 'gabbing about yourself' is NOT COOL!...And since I'm not into making up stories about weird dysfunctional disfigured people that live in basements and eat children for breakfast....my writing is not viable subject fare either! LOL
      The good thing about my writing is that I never get writer's block! ^_^ I'm always me...everyday. And there's always something on my mind! That doesn't mean that it's something earth-shattering...or interesting even,...but it's always 'something'! LOL
       For instance, what did I do with my time during the 'hurricane'/'tropical storm'/'breeze' of 'Irene'? Well, mostly...I waited for it!...And while I waited, I listened to and watched waaaaay too many weather reports!!

     My mother-in-law and my husband were like nervous cats most of the time. My husband was going from room to room 'finding' things to do, like putting his ear-phones on and off, and announcing what was left in the fridge to eat. ^_^ In fact, he may have been responsible for all of us eating until we were like swollen ticks sitting around hoping that 'Irene' was really bad, and the power went out, so we would have an excuse {like: 'the food might go bad if we don't eat it'} as to why we ate so much!!
      Ma kept asking over and over questions like: "Is there anything I can be doing for you guys?"..."You want me to wash that?!"....Uhhhhh Ma, yes there is something you can do.....Please sit down and relax yourself!!!" O_0 Thankfully she finally just decided to go to sleep. In fact we all may have taken a 2 or 3 hour "nap" at one time or the other. :-)
       Surprisingly, I didn't sleep much though. I had music...which I made Ma and hubby listen and 'kinda' dance to. :-) I also had games. Scrabble was my game of choice for us 'shut-ins'...I forced hubby to play with me {actually I had to force him to play with me two times! The first game was ended abruptly, and all of the tiles put back in the box {by a bratty spouse, who shall remain nameless, who insisted on the other spouse's full attention to the game...or the tiles would be put away!!! LOL And 'said' spouse didn't pay attention to the warning!! ^_^}
       {Oh Yeah, and 'said' spouse...won the second game, which was played with full attention!! ^_^.....I hear you saying: 'You're so bad!'....You're right. I'm slapping myself on the back of my 'winner's' hand right now!!! ^_^}
       When I saw on the weather report that hurricane 'Irene' was in New York, but that because she was so big...500 miles wide...part of her was already in our state of Massachusetts, I sent hubby out to the backyard to take some footage of what was going on. Be prepared for the drama!!!

       Okay, so maybe it was too soon to be taking backyard footage. ^_^ ...I had to find something else to do with my time. This was when the 2nd Scrabble game was initiated. Hubby wanted to play this time, but who knew Scrabble could be 'this' time-consuming?!...especially since playing Scrabble with a man who likes to think about every potential word in the world that can be played...for every turn of his!!!...UGHHHHHH!...was what was happening!

          I entertained myself in between turns by taking pictures of his 'groom-needing' eyebrows...YIKES!!...

         ...I just figured out what I can do when we finish playing Scrabble!! LOL...Where are my tweezers anyway?...And the 'weed-wacker'?!! O_0 {I'm so glad he has a good sense of humor...although you can't tell from these photos. He was in full concentration mode at this point and didn't even realize I was taking pictures! LOL}
       Well....it was 'take pictures of his bushy eyebrows' or of these...

        BEHOLD!!!....The benefits of having a 'hurricane shut-in buddy' who works for a snack cake company!! ^_^ {And he gives out all kinds of fun facts about the snacks too. Like, did you know that each Hostess cupcake has exactly 7 little icing swirls?}...As a side note, if you want to make some snack cakes of your own that are Hostess cupcake inspired...

         ...you can go to bouffe e bambini's blog...

           ...She just put up some wonderful photos...(This is only two of them.)...And you can get the easy recipe HERE too!
         A little later on, when 'Irene' was suppose to be HERE, the backyard looked like this....

      ...Sorry. :-( There really wasn't much to see in our area...at least not while it was light enough outside to video it. The wind did pick up quite a bit during the night, but the only damage we got was to hubby's purple sunflowers. They're still there...but not standing. They're all flopped over, and 'willy-nilly' all over the backyard. They look like those people look after they've 'hit the wall' at the finish line of a marathon.

      If I can coax him into taking some pictures of them, I'll show you tomorrow. He's so upset about it though...it may not happen.
         Soooo...me gabbing, Irene meandering, Ma cleaning, hubby eating. All in all...and meaning no disrespect to those who got hit hard (my thoughts are definitely with you)...it was a fun 'Wug' weekend!! ^_^

       What did you do for the weekend?! {By the way, let me remind you that tomorrow is the last day you can enter the giveaway for the scarf. If you haven't entered...or you just want to enter again...click here for rules. No worries. They're really simple.}...Now what?! Oh, I don't know. Perhaps a "nap"! :-)

A Little Doze'll Do You!

I enjoy my sleeping, and a doze,
a nap, and such.
In fact I might enjoy a snooze
entirely waay too much!

At any time of day,
you'll find me like a weeping willow.
Head hung low and dragging,
looking for the nearest pillow.

No, there's nothing wrong.
I'm not depressed. I've still got bounce!
And I can stay awake and be
quite witty when it counts!

But I have been awake for things
where I could have been asleep.
And now my time's so valuable
I don't treat it like it's cheap.

My sleeping, dozing, napping,
is to my life a special key.
It unlocks and refreshes
and dispels anxiety!

Most people try to fill up
every hour in the day.
But me, I'd rather be asleep
and waste it all away.

There's plenty hours left
for all the flit and play and chore.
An hour for a nap right now?!
Why not?! There's 24!!