Outage

IT'S NOT A BIRTHDAY AROUND HERE unless there's a severe weather event. In February, Soup Husband Curt's birthday night was marked by the beginning of three blizzards that dumped three feet of snow on our area and caused me to be off work for a whole month week. And his 30th birthday party was squelched …

Blackout

I had a pretty low-key birthday, but that was all right by me.  Curt presented me with a sentimental gift (priceless!), then we bribed enlisted Seth and Ross to keep Eli alive watch Eli while we snuck away for dinner. Things were going according to plan: We'd left our name at the hostess stand and, …