Hope Valley, RI

, a photo by jennluvsgable on Flickr.

Hope Valley, RI

, a photo by jennluvsgable on Flickr.

Narragansett Town Beach

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Our little spot was whored out to The Weather Channel for the duration of the storm. This was the Tuesday after the storm. Life is back to normal as you can see. The last of Irene's tracks went southeast of Narragansett and we got less than an inch of rain and minor storm surging. We did lose power for 31 hours. Portsmouth, RI got power last night. Parts of NK was still out when i drove through and my cousin Tammy said it was still out where she lives in Woonsocket.

Waiting on Irene

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Bella boo had lots of fun during the storm!

Chaffee Nature Preserve

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This is the harbor seal habitat and you're supposed to be very quiet when you walk the paths down here so you don't scare the seals off of get into a tussle with one.

Zachary at Blue Beach

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I love how the sunburst is in the right corner. It reminds me of when I used to draw pictures when I was a kid and make the sun in the corner of the picture like this.

Worden's Pond

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Can't wait to kayak here!

Worden's Pond, RI

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My favorite spot and my favorite pic.

My FavoritebSpot

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Worden's Pond

Tuesdays with Bella

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Irene

The rain is just starting a bit. The storm itself is still in Virginia area so we have some time yet. Our town has a mandatory evacuation in effect tomorrow in ocean front property...we literally are like one house over from the evacuation zone. Big worries are power outages and flooding!!! The Weather Channel guy has been here in Narragansett, RI all day.

Tomorrow should be interesting to say the least!

Weird Dreams

The hurricane must be on my brain because it's spawning some weird dreams. Certainly entertaining but weird. I'm not worried about the storm. Not even stocking up on water because our grill has a burner and we'll just boil it if we have to. I'm not stocking my fridge or freezer because of the real threat of losing our power, and I'm not about to lose a whole fridge full of food! So it'll be mostly snack foods, canned veggies, meal replacement bars, etc for Sunday if we really do get nailed. Bella has formula, cans of food, etc, plus she eats what we eat, so I'm not worried about her starving.

I'm most worried about losing power and being bored to tears for the day/evening. I'm going into to work at 7 tomorrow night and staying till 3 the next day. Scott is coming in at 9 Sunday morning so if I have to go home to get the kids, I can. We're right on the water and I guess there's potential for flooding, but we're midway up a hill, so I guess I'm not worried. The boat is in the yard and boats float! Plus we have a raft. If they evacuate the neighborhood, Zachary and Hayley are both capable of driving to the shelter (the high school). The house I work at floods randomly (we have an alarm) so it is more likely to happen on my end of things.

If everything goes right, we will be in no real danger and will be able to enjoy some wild weather and maybe get some awesome pics of the big swells that are being predicted!

8/24/11

I went to bed late, woke up early, tried to fall back to sleep, finally out of bed by 9:20. Workout completed. Coffee ingested. Now I have to go tanning and then work, then home to watch Bella, get dinner, do timesheets and paperwork, and go to bed. Inservice tomorrow morning.

Annabella

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Meee

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Ok...Serious Wants...

I just fell in love deeply with Elie Saab le Parfum. IN SERIOUS LOVE! (Available at Saks and Nordstroms in case my husband is shopping.) I just may trade in my Eternity for this! Been wearing Eternity since it debuted forever ago.

I also really really like the new Mountain quilted short (Ugg boot) in seal.

I also fell in love with Dooney & Bourke's The Smith Bag, in camel.

Grand total: $650

Price of keeping your wife happy...$priceless

Oh, oh, oh...still NEED Nikes Legend amazing butt pants in Capri length.

Currently listening to Pandora. Chilling in my bed wearing some cut-offs, reading Vogue, drinking coconut water, smelling like Elie Saab.

Better

Feeling so much better, which is a good thing. So much to do. I have to squeeze in two workouts today because I was feeling so poorly on Saturdy and Sunday, that I didn't work out. I only tanned one day last week. I haven't gotten my nails done in like a month. I have to work for a bit and figure out a yummy dinner. I think we've decided on a quinoa base with strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and bananas mixed in, with a little vanilla flavoring, and coconut on top!

Yuck

Headache, sore throat, stomachache.

After 8 AM tomorrow, I will have the next 30 hours off.

So yesterday, we had a Spanish rice version of quinoa. Made the same way, just substituted the rice with quinoa. I completely love how versatile this food is! Also used chicken broth instead of water to prepare it. Very yummy.

Success!!!

American Eagle jeans are ON!!! Zipped!!! And buttoned!!!

They're tight, and not necessarily a flattering tight right now, but dammit, they're on again!!! Another few weeks and these will be loose! I don't want them to get too big because these jeans are like five years old. I doubt American Eagle will ever push out awesomeness likethese jeans ever again!!! I read an article about favorite jeans and the two were Gap and American Eagle. Gap is a no brainer. They're stretchy and run big. American Eagle runs smallish to true to size I guess, so I'm surprised they made it to the top two. They make your butt look AMAZING!!!

Lucky!

My Lucky jeans fit too! Now I'm crossing my fingers that my very favorite of all lifetime American Eagle jeans fit again too! That may be a few weeks off yet, and I'm fine with that. I need something to work towards.