Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Time Warp Tuesday: The Announcement

I don't trust the media.  They've cried "WOLF!" so many times, that I tend to ignore most talk of "emergencies", so I wasn't too concerned about Frankenstorm Sandy.  It was my friends' Facebook posts yesterday that finally got me concerned.  When Jim got home last night I was in full freak out mode, gathering batteries, filling containers of water and ice, and searching for firewood.  The one thing "WE" didn't do?  Secure the trampoline.

This morning when I looked outside to see if there were any tree limbs in the yard, I noticed something was missing right away - our trampoline!!  To make a long story short, we got extremely lucky and it was stopped just feet away from our neighbor's house by a tree.  I went out in the pouring rain and somehow managed to roll the dumb thing from their yard back into ours and secure it to our tree.  It's ruined, but I still feel pretty lucky.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming... Jenn's Time Warp Tuesday!  If you get a chance, head over there and check out the other participants and leave them some comment love.

Since my sweet boy is turning SIX(?!?) in three weeks, I wanted to show this photo...



After two of the longest years of my life, "trying" to get pregnant, it had finally happened.  When we went to my parent's house for Easter, we were taking pictures and asked both sets of parents to get together for a shot.  Jim stood off to the side, and I was taking the shot.  I think I said, "Say Cheese!  No, that one wasn't good.  This time... say... "Jen's Pregnant!!"  Then I snapped this shot.  Jim's mom was asking Jim, "Is she serious?"  My mom was looking at Jim to see his reaction.  My dad was in disbelief... or shock.  Jim's dad seemed to be the only one who immediately got it.

It is a moment I'll never forget, and I'm so glad I have this picture!

6 comments:

Karen (formerly kcinnova) said...

What a fun way to tell them and a precious picture to have now!

I saw a photo online yesterday of a trampoline tangled up in some power lines (yes, up in the air). So I'd say you were VERY lucky with yours!

Glad you are safe and have power today!

Janet said...

that's a great picture and story!!! As for the trampoline, that happened in the next town over from me, too. They ended up tying it down with a garden hose LOL! And I did see one on tv that flew into power lines!

smalltownme said...

That is the greatest way ever of making the pregnancy announcement!

Jenn @ Juggling Life said...

That's fantastic. I am totally digging the story behind the photo posts.

MVP said they got more rain Tuesday than today. Glad you came through it okay.

Gary's third pottery blog said...

OH! Your trampoline! :( Ha, yes, click away when you drop the bomb :)

Elissa said...

so glad you guys didn't have any major frankenstorm trouble either. we just have a lot of branches and leaves in our yard, but that is far from unusual :-)

great pic and story too. How fun is that?

hope you have a safe and happy halloween....