home without hubby for weekend

[DrBee]

We've had a power outage for the last 2.5 hours. Nice storms passing through. The kids (especially the little one) haven't been more than about 2 ft from me. We had fun playing games and cuddling up. I'm getting ready to put the kids to bed - I'll post some pics in a bit. What a night this has been so far!

[DrBee]

Here are a few pics - I'm pasting them in here, I don't know if this will work. To answer the questions - my husband is a stay-at-home dad and a woodworker. He has sold some pieces. He makes everything from rocking horses, scroll saw portraits, furniture to bowls. I just play around with the lathe.

I'm trying to attach pics, but in the preview it doesn't show up. we'll see if this works.

This is taking me forever, because the tornado sirens went off and I had to decide whether or not to get my kids out of bed. We had hail larger than a quarter!

edit: ok - pics are here. Now for the explanation.

the first one is my 2nd bowl - made of Ash
pic 2 - a small cedar bowl my husband made
pic3 - my daughter (at 14 mos) on her horse her daddy made for her. It was his first major project.
pic4 - ex of scroll saw portrait of my daughter - these are big sellers.

[maillotpois]

Wow - beautiful pieces Fishdr! And your daughter is darling!

Stay safe with the tornadoes....

[DrBee]

Thanks! I think the storms have pretty much passed by us now. The lightening display is pretty amazing, though. I just did a tour around the outside of the house. The water is backed up in the street as bad as it was when Rita came through (~ 6 in to 1 ft deep) and the backyard is almost completely under water. I just cleared the drain in the back (luckily the previous owners installed a drainage system) so hopefully that will help. Our house sits higher than everyone else (built for a realtor), so we're nice and dry. Can't say the same for the neighbors, though.

[maillotpois]

Boy you're lucky.

We're on the side of a (small) mountain. The flat part of town is sunnier (we're in a redwood grove so it can get dark), and the houses in the flat part of town were way over our price range when we bought 2 years ago (million dollar tear downs). But... the flat sunny part of town floods, and has flooded several times this year.

So as long as our house stays attached to the hill we're doing okay!! (Although I don't feel comfortable letting our daughter ride her bike down the 14% grade that goes from our house to town yet.)

[DrBee]

Yikes - that's a bit of a drop. Here, my daughter is afraid to ride her bike down the "hill" that is literally a 1 foot drop out of our driveway to the road. It's all relative, I guess. The redwood grove sounds nice - very nice - except for the hoping your house stays attached to the hill part.

[pkq]

Y'all do really good work. You have to love the rich, dark character of wood along with the feel of it.

Glad you survived the storm. TN has been hit pretty hard again. I was born and raised in Louisiana. I miss the violent thunder storms but I do not miss the flooding and humidity. Good thing you bought a house on high ground. Flooding really sucks!

[Waverly]

The pieces are gorgeous. I wish I had some sort of talent like that! We had some bad weather about 4:30am that freaked the dogs out, but not much really happened at my house except a lot of lighting. Other parts for the state were hit harder though.

Jessica

[DrBee]

Thanks for the complements - I'll pass them on to my husband. He's a biologist, but when he decided to stay home with the kids, he found that woodworking was a hidden talent.

Hopefully all of us over here in the southeast made it through the storms last night. It's 20F colder today than it was yesterday. Yikes!

I was born and raised in Louisiana.

pkq-where in Lousiana? I went to grad school there (USL) and my husband is a south Lousiana native.

[solobiker]

HI there, love the pics. I too am a woodturner. I have made bowls and several wine stoppers. My next project will be to turn some pens.

[DrBee]

solobiker - that's funny because our next endeavors are winestoppers and pens. Let me know how it goes!