Snowbound and iChatty
Well, this is the hardest part of the New England winter--after the frosted window pane goodness of Christmas, the silent pristine icy landscapes of January, comes the wet, tired, frozen, leaky muck of February.
We have received 50 inches of snow in 20 days. Add on to that two inches of rain last night, and everything, including the kitchen entryway is soaked. We have a leak from an ice dam (or ice, damn) over the kitchen and as I write this snow is falling onto the office roof. It is tough. Dad even climbed on the roof in hopes of chipping away the ice dam. It was an exceptionally dumb and dangerous idea. I quickly decided an intact spine was worth more than non-leaking roof.
All the snow means we have been cooped up for days. Other than work and the grocery store we are in Howard Hughes mode. We have, however, stayed in touch. iChat is a fantastic invention and yesterday when I booted up Isaac's cousins I realized that the "video phone" has surreptitiously arrived via the computer. I am not sure why we even have phones or cable boxes anymore. Why doesn't everything run through a computer? I would LOVE to have a buffet style cable package where I could pick my channels and my price (Let's see, 10 channels for $10: NESN, Fox, Discovery, CNN, NBC, HGTV, ESPN, and I don't care about the rest). It is possible and feasible right now, but the cable companies the FCC don't want it to happen.
iChat was awesome though. Isaac saw Colby and Myles (how many brothers do you know whose actual names, not nicknames, both have "y" in them? These are the only ones I know) wave and say hello. It was one of those "oh this is too cute moments". Myles has become very articulate and interactive. He told Isaac "I love you Isaac Anthony." We agree. Colby was pretty gabby, saying hello and yes and no to questions. He is a really sweet kid, even when his brother is elbowing him in the ribs to get out of his way (be careful Myles, Colby is built like an armored truck and one of these days those elbows are going to do nothing but anger him).
We also iChatted with the grandparents. Who would have thought that my Dad would don a puppet (a piggy puppet nonetheless)? It is downright hysterical. I wonder if all the people at his work could predict he would be this silly. We got a nice shipment of bibs and books from the grandparents as well. Just in the nick of time too, as we have just about worn out the Shapes book.
We have some pictures and video uploaded. Here is a sample:
Isaac and his new move, the Bail Out:
And here he is with his Momma doing some Itsy Bitsy Spider:
And some pictures:
More Bail Out:
Isaac hanging with Dad in the office:
We have received 50 inches of snow in 20 days. Add on to that two inches of rain last night, and everything, including the kitchen entryway is soaked. We have a leak from an ice dam (or ice, damn) over the kitchen and as I write this snow is falling onto the office roof. It is tough. Dad even climbed on the roof in hopes of chipping away the ice dam. It was an exceptionally dumb and dangerous idea. I quickly decided an intact spine was worth more than non-leaking roof.
All the snow means we have been cooped up for days. Other than work and the grocery store we are in Howard Hughes mode. We have, however, stayed in touch. iChat is a fantastic invention and yesterday when I booted up Isaac's cousins I realized that the "video phone" has surreptitiously arrived via the computer. I am not sure why we even have phones or cable boxes anymore. Why doesn't everything run through a computer? I would LOVE to have a buffet style cable package where I could pick my channels and my price (Let's see, 10 channels for $10: NESN, Fox, Discovery, CNN, NBC, HGTV, ESPN, and I don't care about the rest). It is possible and feasible right now, but the cable companies the FCC don't want it to happen.
iChat was awesome though. Isaac saw Colby and Myles (how many brothers do you know whose actual names, not nicknames, both have "y" in them? These are the only ones I know) wave and say hello. It was one of those "oh this is too cute moments". Myles has become very articulate and interactive. He told Isaac "I love you Isaac Anthony." We agree. Colby was pretty gabby, saying hello and yes and no to questions. He is a really sweet kid, even when his brother is elbowing him in the ribs to get out of his way (be careful Myles, Colby is built like an armored truck and one of these days those elbows are going to do nothing but anger him).
We also iChatted with the grandparents. Who would have thought that my Dad would don a puppet (a piggy puppet nonetheless)? It is downright hysterical. I wonder if all the people at his work could predict he would be this silly. We got a nice shipment of bibs and books from the grandparents as well. Just in the nick of time too, as we have just about worn out the Shapes book.
We have some pictures and video uploaded. Here is a sample:
Isaac and his new move, the Bail Out:
And here he is with his Momma doing some Itsy Bitsy Spider:
And some pictures:
More Bail Out:
Isaac hanging with Dad in the office: