I received a call around 5:30 to let me know they cancelled the cub scout meeting tonight. There is a pretty severe storm making its way into central Mississippi. They have mentioned several cancellations on the news. They don't mess around with thunderstorms in Mississippi. So far we haven't seen a thing, but it looks like it is getting bad north of here. Guess where my husband is? At church which is about 20 miles north of here. He had a council meeting tonight that started at six. It will probably last at least a couple of hours. Hopefully, the worst of the weather will be over before he starts home.
As much as I don't like thunderstorms, I have enjoyed not having to get out tonight. The kids and I had dinner, and they are in the process of getting ready for bed. It is nice to not be rushing around. Tomorrow will be their final Wednesday night play rehearsal. We have a dress rehearsal Saturday morning and the play will be Sunday night. I can hardly wait to see it.
I finally bought Christmas cards last night. Tonight I went through my card list and realized I need another box of cards. We are planning to get a picture sometime between now and Monday. Maybe the kids and dog will be more cooperative this year. It only took us about five tries to get the above picture last year. We will try to add the cat to the picture, but no promises. Wish me luck.
I reluctantly let the kids go out and play. I wasn't planning to since it is so muddy, but we compromised. We went out, but we stayed on the deck. They had a blast making snowballs. Joshua even made a pseudo snowman.
I tried to get a picture of the water on our drive. The yard next to us looks like a small lake. It is a bit difficult to make out but there is a little waterfall behind our mailbox where the water is pouring over the drive.
This morning as I was getting ready to leave for work, John told me to be careful on our driveway. I asked if it was icy and he said no, just under a couple inches of water. The water is still rising. The drainage ditch that runs under our drive is full and so the water is running over the drive. To add to the fun it started snowing around 8 this morning.
At least, the trees look pretty against the wintry backdrop.
In non weather news, Jacob pulled a tooth on Tuesday night. He didn't even need any help. I didn't know he was working on pulling it until he ran into the kitchen with it in his hand. He was pretty proud that he pulled it on his own, and it didn't even hurt.
It is not Christmas at our house until John has gotten on the roof.
I am not ready for tomorrow to be Monday. This has been a productive weekend, but I forgot to plan in time to rest. Yesterday afternoon, we got the Christmas lights up. I think the house is still missing something. We may need to add some wreaths or something.
Once the leaves where piled up the boys had fun playing. 
John also put the seats back in the truck today. That should make it easier for him to drive to work tomorrow.
John does not relax well. He always has lots of projects lined up for the weekends. This morning he put blocks under the slats on our bed. The idea is to provide more support in the middle so our mattress won't sag. A couple of weeks ago when the bed frame broke we put the mattress and box springs on the floor while the frame was being repaired. It was actually more comfortable to sleep on while it was like that. Due to this realization John decided we needed more support under the slats. I told him it seems a bit redneck to have our bed on blocks. Oh well, I guess we should embrace our inner redneck.
Once the garage was cleaned and organized he pulled the truck in to tighten a hose that was leaking. Once that was done, he pulled out the seats so he could clean the carpets. The broken heater core had leaked on them so it needed done. He actually pulled the carpet up on the side where the leak was because it was wet underneath the carpet. We are hoping it will dry out in time to put the seats back in tomorrow.
