{"id":992,"date":"2012-10-29T14:24:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T18:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=992"},"modified":"2014-09-03T21:35:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T01:35:57","slug":"a-greeting-before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=992","title":{"rendered":"A Greeting Before the Storm."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last August I started this blog. \u00a0I intended to write about painting furniture and how cute my dog was. \u00a0That lasted for exactly two posts. \u00a0My third post on this blog was about Hurricane Irene.<\/p>\n

All that seemed like a lifetime ago until this last week. \u00a0Once again buying supplies and getting ready brought it all back. \u00a0The pictures I shared of the flooded basement will hopefully not be repeated this year. \u00a0At the end of the storm we got the generator which has given us some piece of mind this time around. \u00a0I don’t mind sitting in the dark but those sump pumps have to keep pumping!<\/p>\n

Now we are at the point where we have done all we can to prepare. \u00a0We have the batteries and the food. \u00a0The things are up off the basement floor. \u00a0 I bought a 30 pack of Bud in case I needed a little sanity. \u00a0And now we wait. \u00a0The pictures from friends online show things have gotten crazy already before the storm is even here. \u00a0I am of course worried about, well, everything.<\/p>\n

If you are in the Northeast, stay safe. \u00a0Don’t go out surfing or do any of the other dumb things I have heard have been going on. \u00a0Take care of your family and hug your dog. \u00a0It always makes me feel better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last August I started this blog. \u00a0I intended to write about painting furniture and how cute my dog was. \u00a0That lasted for exactly two posts. \u00a0My third post on this blog was about Hurricane Irene. All that seemed like a…
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