First tropical system... Alberto!

It is raining like I haven't seen in ages outside right now.... at least the garden & grass will be happy! I'm staying in the office and off the road until it's time to head home (and hopefully it will all have subsided by then)

The NWS in raleigh has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Moore County in central North Carolina
Lee County in central North Carolina
Wake County in central North Carolina

* until 1130 am EDT

* at 817 am EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
very heavy rain over wake... Lee and Moore counties. Between 1.5
and 2.5 inches has fallen across teh warned area since 530 am.
An additional 1.5 to 2 inches may fall through 11 am. This will
cause flash flooding along creeks and streams.

* Locations in the warning include but are not limited to Wake
Forest... Southern Pines... Sanford... Raleigh... Pinehurst...
Garner... Fuquay-Varina... Cary... Carthage and Aberdeen.

Most flood deaths occur in automobiles. Never drive your vehicle into
areas where the water covers the roadway. Flood waters are usually
deeper than they appear. Just one foot of flowing water is powerful
enough to sweep vehicles off the Road. When encountering flooded
roads... turn around... dont drown.
*

(looking down Western Blvd.)

Video! Justin returns to the US

Video of Justin's return to Raleigh on Saturday, May 27th. (test for CastPost)

2 more videos online for Justin's return.


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Super quick update

Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary. :)


Gratuitous wedding photo

The hitch: I am in Atlanta, Paul is at home almost 500 miles away! :(

The bright side: He's headed down here tomorrow night to spend the weekend! It's Justin's big party/family reunion so it will be full of family fun! Both sides! Hasn't happened since the wedding... very interesting! I did realize that one side of the family RARELY sees us in 'summer clothes' so I had a little panic attack regarding what to wear... we've only seen each other at Christmas when long and layered clothes were the norm and did such a great job of hiding the parts you'd rather not admit exist. [sigh] Alas, I have purchased a few new summery items that I'm trying to decide which make me look my best.

Also, we are hoping to check out the Atlanta Ikea on Friday. I hope to bring mom and maybe Justin too. You must bring newbies, it's such an experience!

IKEA Atlanta quick facts:
-15 Acres
-366,000 sq. ft.
-1,497 parking spaces on two levels below store
Virtual tour of the ATL store

Hopefully I will have some time to update (with pictures and [gasp!] videos!) next week (b/c I'm not returning to work until Tuesday!)

Hurricane season starts today

Making it terribly ironic that the Carolina Hurricanes are the 2006 Eastern Conference Champions after Game 7 win of 4-2 over the Sabres. GO CANES!



The Hurricanes are now set to face the Edmonton Oilers in the finals, with the first game set for Monday at the RBC Center.



Caniacs are out in full force... on my way home from work I saw I HUGE mock up of the Stanley Cup in the back of a pickup that also had at least 1/2 dozen hurricane flags flying... and at least another dozen cars with 'canes flags. It's gonna get even MORE crazy around here...

News & Observer spread on "Caniacs"