Synttareita ja "Frankenstormin" odottelua / Birhdays and waiting for the "Frankenstorm"

Tanaan vietettiin sitten esikoisen synttareita. Pizzaa ja muffinsseja jai yli eli niita syodaan huomenna. :) Lapsilla oli hirmuisen hauskaa ja sehan on paaasia. Aikuisetkin tuntuivat viihtyvan. Oikein onnistuneet synttarit.
Taalla paassa odotellaan myoskin hurrikaani Sandyn tuloa ja sen vaikutuksia elamaan. Melkein tasan vuosi sitten (taisi olla pari paivaa aikaisemmin) tanne iski hirmuinen lumimyrsky, jonka seurauksena olimme 4,5 paivaa ilman sahkoja. Ei ollut kauhean hauskaa puoli vuotiaan vauvan kanssa. Mutta siita selvittiin. Nyt tannepain on saapumassa hirmumyrsky Sandy. Vaikkei se ihan tanne varsinaisesti iskekaan, niin vaikutukset tulevat tuntumaan taalla varsin hyvin. Meidan kaupungin koulut on suljettu huomenna. Mieheni tyopaikalta tuli juuri viesti etta yhtion kaikki toimipisteet Uudessa Englannissa seka New Yorkin ja New Jerseyn osavaltiossa on suljettu huomenna. Meilla on siis tiedossa kotipaiva. Myrskytuulta ja kaatosadetta tanne on luvattu. Toivon vain ettei sahkot katkeaisi. Takalainen sahkolinjojen infrastruktuuri on vaan sellainen etta se on melkeinpa itsestaanselvyys etta ne menee. Toivon kuitenkin ettei mene. En haluaisi heittaa kaikkia pakastimessa olevia ruokia menemaan. Varageneraattoria meilla ei ole. Jos tanne kuitenkin jaamme pidemmaksi aikaa niin sellainen hankitaan ihan varmasti. Ulkokukat on kannettu autotalliin, samoin kaikki tuulen mukana lentoon lahteva. Grilli pitaa viela aamulla siirtaa lahemmaksi talon seinaa.
Siirsin lentojamme paivalla eteenpain. Saimme siihen mahdollisuuden ja kaytimme sen hyvaksemme ollaksemme varmasti turvassa ja nailla nakymin paasemme kuitenkin osallistumaan haihin, joihin Irlannissa olemme menossa. Ei kylla kamalasti naurattanut kun tajusimme etta tama myrsky tulee sotkemaan matkasuunnitelmat. Nyt ollaan sitten jarjestelty uudestaan vuokra-autoa, peruttu yhta hotellia jne.
Pitakaa siis peukkuja, etta meilla ei taalla puita kaadu ja etta sahkot pysyisivat ja etta myrsky tuulineen on keskiviikkona illalla jo sen verran kaukana tuulineen ettei se enaa vaikuta lentoomme.

Today we celebrated our daughter birthday with a party. We have so much pizza and muffins left overs that tomorrows menu is pretty much taken care of. ;-) The children enjoyed themselves immensely and that was the main thing. Even the adults seemed to have good time. Good party over all.
We are waiting for Hurricane Sandy to arrive and how it will affect our lives. Almost exactly a year ago we had a big snow storm here, because of which we were 4,5 days without power. It was not particularly pleasant experience with a 6-month-old baby.n But we managed. Now Hurricane Sandy is coming towards us and will affect the weather quite a lot in the are even though it doesn't hit quite here. The town has shut all its schools for tomorrow. My husband just got an email saying that his company is closing all offices in New England as well as the states of New York and New Jersey. So we are in for a home day tomorrow. Very strong winds and torrential rain is in the forecast. I'm just hoping the electricity won't go. However, the way the US electrical infrastructure is set up it's almost given that the electricity will go at some point. I'm just hoping really badly that it won't. I really do not want to throw all the food from the freezer away. We do not have a generator but we will definitely get one if we will stay here for longer. I've carried all the outside flowers in the garage as well as all loose items that could be tossed about with the wind. Just have to pull the grill closer to the house wall.
So because we changed our flight a day later because of this weather. We got the chance for it without any extra cost and we took it to be on the safe side. At the moment it still looks like we can attend the wedding we are going to Ireland for. You can imagine that we were not amused a bit when we realised that this storm was going to affect our travel plans. Now we're been re arranging some hotels and rental car at Ireland end.
Please keep everything crossed that we won't have any trees falling down on us and that the electricity would stay on and more importantly that the winds will have subsided enough for our flight on Wednesday evening.