Kiddie Art & Post-Hurricane

We are fine post-hurricane. Our home has very minimal damage, and our power was restored within 36 hours or so. There is a minor leak in the ceiling in our gameroom. A wasn't able to find a source for the leak, other than perhaps some rain sneaking in through the turbine. There dooesn't appear to be any loose shingles on our roof, although that is difficult to tell from a distance. There is something about sleeping in one's own bed with a giant snoogle pillow that is just divine.

My sister and her family, on the other hand, didn't fare so well. The strong winds blew the turbine off of her roof, which let in a ton of rain which led to the caving in of her bedroom ceiling. It is a hot mess. She has registered with FE.MA, so we'll see how that turns out. My parents are going on over a week without power. A & I have offered for them to both stay with us, but my parents give me the speech of "We've got water and gas, we're fine and we grew up without AC as kids anyway." But my mom did come up to do some laundry, finally. My parent's house in the country is more convenient for my sister and her family (especially with the gas situation) so she prefers to do that.

I've returned to work (and avoided preterm labor--woohoo!), and feel even more fortunate. Several people I work with have homes that are essentially unlivable, and they aren't even that close to Galves.ton! One of the managers has a tree splitting her home in half, another girl has only a living room and kitchen that she and her family can safely be in. Some are still without power, like my parents. So, things are still one big hot mess down here, although things are getting waaaaay better. There are no longer lines wrapped around the corner at the grocery stores or cars around the block waiting for gas. Debris is being cleared from the streets, and the roads are a bit safer to drive on. There is actually a curfew (9p-6a) still in effect. When we went to Chuy's last night for dinner, and a sheriff actually blocked people from coming in for dinner after 9, which I don't think I'd ever seen happen before!

My husband has been off all week since his office doesn't have power and their servers are down. He has actually made up for a bit of foolishness last week (whining about not getting to play golf on his birthday because we had a baptism class, yammering ad nauseum about Fantasy Football with one particular friend that has no job, no girlfriend, no life--please help me feel better by offering up tales of similar suffering related to Fantasy Football) by taking care of more than a few things for me.

Today I went looking for a grandparent-type gift for my parents and MIL. Nothing out there seems quite special enough, though. I tried looking for a fancy keepsake frame but couldn't find anything tasteful and non-cheesy/cutesy/crappy quality. If any of you have ideas, I am game.

I did, however, find the perfect wall art for Ben's room.

I am just getting the canvases for now. They are cute enough as is that I don't think that they need a frame. Oddly enough, they actually featured my chosen bedding on the giggle.brush website. Apparently, someone else thinks it is perfect too. I'll post a pic when I hang them.

My blood pressure was up a bit the Thursday before Ike it. It has since come back down, but my doc wants to see me weekly now here at 32 weeks. Ben still felt breech to him, but he doesn't worry about it unless they are in that position around 36 weeks. A friend of mine says there is some exercise from the 70's that involves elevating your hips on pillows and laying with your head down for about 10 minutes daily starting right about now that helps them flip around. I am not sure what kind of merit this has, but if any of you have heard of this, or know of any ways to flip a breech baby, please pass them on! I thought it was enough to simply jump the hurdle of getting pregnant.