The Cusp of the Ice Storm

 

Ah!  A new puzzle to do!  As promised, here's a picture of Maddie working on her Buc-ee's puzzle that she got at Christmas time.  This one might be easier, as there are different images scattered throughout the entire thing, and not so many large places filled with all the same color.  It's a smaller size puzzle, but it's still 1,000 pieces, so it'll take a bit of time.  But she likes doing puzzles, and that's good of course.

I'm still walking with Elvis, about halfway through the journey here.  I finished "Charro!" - which wasn't too bad.  And now on to movie number seven, this one called" It Happened at the World's Fair."  One notable moment is a very young Kurt Russell coming up to Elvis.  Elvis asks the young Kurt to kick him in the shin for a quarter, which of course is odd.  But yes, this of course is all so Elvis can have a bruise and an excuse to go see a pretty nurse.

One of the neat things about this movie is the visit to the Seattle World's Fair, which makes Seattle actually look like a pleasant place to visit.  This is the debut of the Space Needle, actually one place I've always wanted to visit.  But the glimpse at culture and the fairgrounds there is all just a wonderful look back in time.  The songs are fun too.  I should finish this one up soon, and then on to another Elvis movie.  These are all new to me, and sort of one of those things I've always wanted to do:  watch the old Elvis movies.   

Okay, so here we are at the cusp of the storm, and everyone's scrambling about to get those last-minute items, just in case there's such a catastrophe with the power that we'll all suddenly have to live like it's 1830 again.  We're as ready as I think we can be - we were getting items earlier in the week.  Many places are closing up for Sunday, although we haven't heard officially from decision makers at the church.

Here's a picture of our KidPak set somewhat in the dark.  I think it'll be remaining that way this weekend as we go to an online service only.  We just have to wait for the official word.  Many other churches are cancelling already, as the forecast has seemed pretty certain for at least a week now.

Yummy!  Look at this matzo ball soup Mom made me!  Okay, not kidding:  at first, does this not remind you of the Monster Ball Soup that Mavis gets in a "Hotel Transylvania" movie?

That was the first thing I thought of.  And then I promptly ate it, because Mom makes good soups.  There's nothing like a good soup on a cold day, and yes, the weather is a little chilly outside.  It's not too chilly yet, but that's to come.

In fact, tonight there was taekwondo as always, because the weather was just fine tonight - a little wet, but certainly warm enough.  Maddie and the others were continuing their training as I was watching on.  We'll have to see how it goes for Monday night, as there's supposed to be lingering ice.  Everyone is in "wait-and-see" mode at the moment.

Maddie dropped by Nate's afterwards, and the two spent a little bit of time together.  As we're all about to get "iced-in," we might not see him for a few days. 

Tonight's movie was "Night at the Museum," just because I was wanting to see that one again.  I like those movies.  Afterwards, we read from "The Fifth Elephant," where we got to see how Captain Vimes and his team deal with an ambush in Überwald.  After that, prayers - and eventually sleep.  It might be a later night tomorrow night, as we're on the cusp of this ice storm.