My name is Janie. I am a blogger. I am in Florida. My children are young. My husband has an xbox. I enjoy shopping.
I am in Chicago. I enjoy playing quake on slackware. I have 3 dogs and 2 cats. My condo smells because I have a lot of pets. I enjoy reading online reveiws.
What's the weather like in Chicago now? I have not been outside yet today! Even though I like the heat, sometimes I jealous of you in Chicago. I just wish I could see some snow. All we get in Florida are hurricanes. Hurricanes are very scary, but the snow can be incredibly inconvenient. Last week I had to spent an hour shoveling out my car just to go to the store. What kind of things do you have to do to prepare for a hurricane? The grass is always greener I suppose, haha!  Get lots of food and water, and prepare for the power to be out. Last year though we bought a generator, just so my husband can play his Xbox whenever the power goes out. Videogames can be a great way to keep sane during terrible weather. They kept me wonderful company last week when we were snowed in. I tend to get really sucked into games and can kind of ignore the world around me when I play. Does that happen with your husband too? Yes, he completely gets sucked in. My kids are old enough now so they can play some games with him. I don't mind though, it makes the house a little quiet so I can do some amazon shopping on my phone. I am glad that it's not a problem that he gets sucked in. Thankfully, I only have to worry about my pets needing attention when I play games. I worry that I might ignore something important if other people lived here.  It sounds like you have a full house in your condo with all those pets. Are they ever able to go outiside, being in a big city like Chicago? The dogs absolutely have to go outside. Thankfully we have some small parks. I try to keep the cats indoors, though. More and more studies are showing that the idea of an 'outdoor cat' is, bad for the cat and bad for the environment. Our neighbor has some cats that always stalk our birdfeeder, kinda makes me wish they lived inside. At least they take care of the voles though. Yeah. Cats can be absolute menaces to the local bird population even in the snow. I don't actually know what a vole is, though! I don't think we have those around here in the city.