As I sit here in my office at the Mother House tending to a computer issue with Sister J and the Dell Gold technician by way of conference call, fleeting thoughts about the weather keep popping into my head. This morning Weather Dude announced that we will be experiencing some seriously icky rain and ice after midnight, potentially weighing down trees and power lines across the area. This is not good news to my ears, because well… there goes the Internet Saturday morning. *iggs*

And the Catholic Son will attempt using the ice factor to his advantage by trying to get out of attending mass again. I know this. Because that’s what he does. Always. But I’m already ahead of him on that game. (Sorry dude.)

Meanwhile, Sister J seems to have some sort of bios/boot sector problem and keeps getting that dreaded ‘Non-system disc error’ when she attempts to boot up her computer, even though she swears there’s ABSOLUTELY NO FLOPPY IN THE A: DRIVE. Fearless warrior/Gold tech man, Mike, has been all over the issue for 2 hours now, and so far he’s had Sister J hop up & down on one foot and stand on her head while hitting the scroll lock/alt-f/F2/F12 key combination with her toes.

Only… what’s that you say?

Yes, Sister. Take the floppy out of the drive before starting it up next time. Problem solved, OS repair and all.

Fresh baked cookies are in order. I’m just sayin’.

Today is Thanksgiving Day, and thanks to God Almighty above the Catholic family and I made it safely to Minnesota to break bread and whoop it up for the Green Bay Packers with relatives. But must I tell you, seeing all those jackknifed tractor trailers, cars in ditches and accidents along the way under icy conditions was enough to make anyone reconsider and go back home again. And it was dark out there, no less, because after that last Daylight Savings time shift, we’re in the dark one hour earlier (@6:00 p.m.) There I go digressing again, so back to the topic of this blog: Thanksgiving Day.
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Finally it all made sense. Having a smartphone is an absolute must, especially if you live in tornado alley and find yourself seeking shelter under basement steps during tornado warnings. In fact, earlier this week as the winds kicked in at 90 mph uprooting our deck umbrella from its peaceful slumber and ripping it to shreds before flinging pieces of it out onto the lawn, I found myself tracking wall clouds and storm warnings via weather.com on my sweet little Treo. All this as power outages hit various locations around the city, having no affect whatsoever on our online activity. Oh no. We were good to go with internet access at our fingertips, right down there under the basement steps. Unfettered.

So guess who wouldn’t give this new gadget up for the world after that ordeal?

Today the Catholic Family and I were getting ready to go to mass, and from 2nd floor of the house I hear Catholic Hubs asking, “Does this look ok? I’m feeling a little underdressed.” Taking one look at him in his black polo and jean shorts I respond with, “We’re under a HEAT Advisory right now, so I’m thinking you could just about get away with going to church naked.” Well, why not with 100 degree temps out there… right?

Then Catholic Girlie chimes in saying, “Wouldn’t that be SACRELIGIOUS if Dad went to church naked, Mom?”

*chuckle, snort, laughter eruption*

From the mouths of babes a soon-to-be middle schooler. Now, isn’t that sweet?