Disheveled Rambling's

It seems that there are a number of "Updates" posts on my blog, having looked back today through the history.  I am actually not suprised at that considering that the busy meter has been pretty well pegged for a while.  Hopefully nobody minds as it allows me to get a number of things out at once.  Ok, here goes.

Well, we are expecting more of that fluffy white stuff that they call "SNOW".  It is supposed to start this evening and go until tomorrow evening.  My wife would like me to stay home tomorrow, but unfortunately my work requires that I make every effort to make it in.  While I completely understand why they would like this, I would l love it if there was some leniency with that policy, especially when it is snowing heavily.  Its not like I live around the corner and down the street from work.  No, I work in Boston and commute their from up here in NH.  While the commute actually STINKS, I make it into the office regularly.  It is storms like the one we are expecting that make me want to work from home. 

Well, on to other things.  We are somewhat cleaned up from the holidays.  The tree is down, the decorations put away and all, but one of the bigger chores still lies ahead for us.  We plan on going through the kids toys and eliminating all of the baby toys that remain, and there are quite a few.  They have advanced to a higher level of toys and don't really play with a bunch of the older toys.  So, we play on good-willing them sometime soon in order to rid our house of them (and the clutter they are providing). 

I have to get off my butt and send an email to the writer for the column "Chris' Mailbag".  Chris' Mailbag is a column in the Sunday version of the Nashua Telegraph in which people write in about things they need or things they have that are available to those who need them.  The items are not for purchase or anything, it is kind of like one big newspaper based, swap meet.  So, I am going to let them know about a few items that we have that we would like to give away to anyone who needs them.  Specifically we are talking about:

1. A crib  -  This is a nicer crib that has a drawer underneath and is rather sturdy.  We obtained this from some friends and are not in need of it any more since our children haven't been in a crib for some time now.  We have checked with the family that gave it to us and they are completely ok with this decision.
2. A Graco double stroller - this is something that we have gotten a fair amount of use out of, but unfortunatley both of our kids have now pretty much outgrown it.  It is great for those with two children.  The steering on it isn't too bad, but like all double strollers, it is quite cumbersome.
3. An electric dryer - We have had this sitting around for quite some time, specifically since around the end of 2000 when we moved back up to the Northeast.   It is a plus capacity dryer that can actually dry a king size comfortor (the reason we bought it)

I think that is about it, but who knows, I might have more later when I go through the basement.