Another Round of Ice

Well, goodness, if the deep MidWest is not in the grips of a fierce winter ice. We are on day 5 of "Giant Ice Storm Coming To Create Devastation and Chaos." Alas, the weatherpeople are wrong, and each morning we have ice- but not he 1 inch "threatening to shut down the entire metro." It IS getting pretty awful. I have been wearing snowboots for a week straight. I like snow boots (solid, good grip, waterproof, very lesbo-friendly), but they do require a lot of effort to take on and off. However, living encased in an ever ebbing and growing film of ice has a silence and stillness about it that is rather lovely.

Big News: Newest Niece has been born! She arrived on the 6th, a bit early, but healthy and happy. My sister is doing great (way to breast feed every two hours, Mama)! So my parents have grandchild number 6. Another sister is now pregnant (which will be grandchild number 7). And best of all, I won the baby pool for both date and weight! Bragging rights for life! I did already buy my new niece her first dyke-tastic outfit: cargo pants, flannel shirt, and argyle sweater. I certainly can't let her pass her entire infancy in pink, frilly dresses. It would be a egregious violation of the Queer Code of Raising Gender Revolutionaries.

So.. Congrats to Sweet, Strong Baby Grrl and her Mama and Daddy!