We're expecting a full house this weekend. Barbara and Scott, Val, & Russell will stay here Saturday night. Sandra's parents are planning to go back to Prince Edward Island in a week and a half. SV&R returned from Brazil last Sunday, where Russell was christened and Val's brother was married. We need a chart on the wall to keep track of who's going where for how long.

Tuesday night's storm moved on to the Maritimes with a lot of wind. On Saturday, we're expecting another storm. Our guests will encounter a sloppy mixture of rain to freezing rain to snow as they travel from the Cape. Average snowfall for a season in Worcester is around 60 inches. I can't locate the latest seasonal totals but seem to recall that we're upwards of 90. The record is 125, so we have a ways to go on that.

It's official. Worcester's new baseball team is called the Worcester Tornadoes. Their web site is under construction. Rich Gedman, Worcester native and former Red Sox catcher, is the manager.

Our first cell phone was one of the bag phones. It was bulky to carry and clumsy to use, best suited for the car. Adam used it for a while as well. The reception was pretty good. I think our calling plan gave us 30 minutes a month. This morning's Wall Street Journal reports on new lines of cell phones targeting the under-13 crowd with phone models such Barbie, Hello, Kitty, and Firefly. The Firefly lets the child call Mom or Dad by pressing a single button. I wonder if they'll make a special model for Massachusetts.