Feb 05 2010
Where’s the Bread?
Today is Gabe’s 10th birthday. We Manry’s have a rule that you can do whatever you want on your birthday, so he did not go to school. (Luckily his wish to stay home from school aligned with the school closing in anticipation of A MAJOR NOREASTER).
I was making his coca cola cake last night and realized I did not have enough powdered sugar. So, I went to the grocery store at 9pm, the night before THE BIG STORM. Everyone and their brother was there with me.
This is one of those grocery stores with giant aisles of items. The bread aisle must have been 30 feet long and there was not one loaf of bread. Virginians must not like 1% milk, because that was the only type of milk remaining. Most meat was gone except for some costly steaks.
Checkout lines were packed with customers and shopping carts were hard to come by. Snow, in Virginia, is a major deal. We had the 1 – 2 feet of snow right before Christmas. That happens rarely. To have two snow storms (1-2 feet) in the same winter is unheard of. The Minnesotan in me laughs at this drama over snow.
The most listened to guy in DC is not the President, but Bob Marbourg. He has done traffic and weather on the 8′s for thirty years. Zeke is one of his many fans. When he sees the clock in the car with an eight at the end, he’ll tell me to change the channel. After he listens to the report, he’ll ask, “Where’s the bad traffic, Mommy: Maryland, Virginia, or DC?” I’ll tell him where it is and then he will open a map and find the location himself.
They are bringing Bob in early today to report on the traffic during the possible BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. Good thing we have him to see us through.
I wonder if he can tell me where I can buy a loaf of bread?
The bread? Are you your mothers daughter? The bread is in the cupboard in the form of flour eggs and whatever else goes into making homemade bread. Remember … your from Zim!
Tee hee i like how she thinks ;)