Windy Day

1.  The day started with me waking before everyone and quickly getting ready for the Easter project.  I have been collecting Halloween candy for the past 4 years and have already shipped 447 lbs to Iraq and Afghanistan.  I took a little break and then hooked up with a local woman on a project to ship Easter goodies to the CT troops in Afghanistan.  We actually had more help than I thought we would, even after two families didn't come that had told me they would.  I still have more candy that, hopefully, the woman will take to donate to the Family Readiness Group here in CT.

2.  Lunch we had at the seafood restaurant in SoNo on the water.  Neither Rich nor I can remember the name of it, but we won't be rushing back.  It reminded us of any number of places in my hometown in Upstate NY.  It's kind of shabby and very basic.  I'm not a seafood lover and only had a salad.  So, I can't vouch for their seafood, but I can say that if you go in nice weather it's packed and hard to get in.  They have a patio overlooking the water-is it a river?  Today the weather was very rainy and windy and it was an interesting day to be watching the water!

3.  We watched The Sword in the Stone this afternoon and then headed out to Stamford to the mall and Kona Cafe for dinner.  We knew it was windy and rainy, but had no idea how bad it was out!  Rich went out to check on the Airstream before we left because the flap on the tent door was blowing wildly in the breeze.  Then he went to get the mail and saw a huge tree down on our street only right down from our house.  We got pictures as we headed out to the mall.  We took the Merritt to Stamford-or started out going that way per the Slingblade guy on my new GPS.  Rich acutally paid $12 for the Snoop Dogg voice and I wanted to hear something else!  Imagine Billy Bob Thornton in Slingblade telling you where to go!  I actually preferred Snoop Dogg to that!  Anyway, on the way to the Merritt there were trees down everywhere.  Then once on the Merritt we were stopped for several minutes waiting while guys got out and moved a tree that had fallen across the road!  While we were sitting there we saw a tree in the median start to fall!  We decided to take 95 to avoid areas with trees!  Once at the mall we had a good time walking around.  Claire's was having a 10/$10 sale and we let the girls go hog wild!  Then we went to Kona Cafe.  It's surprisingly good for a chain restaurant.  I also like that you can book it on Open Table.  While at dinner we got a call from the Town of Weston warning us to stay at home because ours and many other roads in Weston were closed.  When we got to Rt 57 there was a huge tree down that we almost hit as it was hard to see in the dark.  Many lights were out and we could see power was lost in a number of areas.  Fortunately, we don't see many trees down in our yard and our power is still on.   The road is closed right past our house.  It will be interesting to see how long it takes to clean up this mess!