This picture was taken the day before Ike hit. We went to park and the kids played and we all had so much fun. That same park was nearly distroyed the day after.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
So grateful!
After all the negative posts about the hurricane I just wanted to say a few positive things. I am very thankful that we were all happy and healthy through the entire event. I am also very grateful for my good friends here in Texas. I also have some of the best neighbors in the world....although it did take an act of God to get us together!
This picture was taken the day before Ike hit. We went to park and the kids played and we all had so much fun. That same park was nearly distroyed the day after.
This picture was taken the day before Ike hit. We went to park and the kids played and we all had so much fun. That same park was nearly distroyed the day after.
The Lake House!
If you talk to Brock right now he would tell you he wants to "live at Walmart and play with A hundred thousand toys." But I think he would choose the lake house after last weekend. It was so nice to get away. We were celebrating My good friend Maureens HUGE birthday...25th I believe. Josh and Ruby came with her sister Sharron and little Lily. We had a great time relaxing, fishing and spending time together. With out family around our friends here are just like family. It was an awesome time.
I love this picture. This is his bear hunting face...so so serious. Jim, Maureens husband came out of the house wearing this hat Saturday morning. Brock looked up and squealed "I did not know we were going bear hunting too!" He is so funny!
How many candles are missing here??? I love her too much to tell...that and she does know where I live.
I love this picture. This is his bear hunting face...so so serious. Jim, Maureens husband came out of the house wearing this hat Saturday morning. Brock looked up and squealed "I did not know we were going bear hunting too!" He is so funny!
How many candles are missing here??? I love her too much to tell...that and she does know where I live.
More pictures of IKE!
This is a Texas MRE. We went looking for ice but there was none to be found...FEMA delivered it to Walmart 13 days after that storm! Are you kidding! Anyway this lovely snack box included microwavable meals that my kids nagged me for over a week.
YEAH! Our first dinner after the power came on. I asked what they wanted...ANYTHING to celebrate. They wanted the microwavable meal from the MRE. God bless them...they are so patient.
Chain saw JOE! Here you can see our tree from the backyard laying on the front of Dave and Dauns house.
This is what our beautiful front yard used to look like! It may be this time next year before it looks the same!
Camp Dignity and "normal" life!
Well we lived through two weeks of no power. Life is SLOWLY getting back to normal for us. They just came today to pick up the heaping (now dead and ready for a match) pile of trees. It only took a month for FEMA workers to take them away. I am not completely ungrateful...the lawn guy wanted $300.00 to take the junk which I refused. We haven't been able to play out front...perfect snake pits. That and I cant tell you how many times I backed into the pile and drug the tree branches down the road. The grass is dead underneath and we are now left with the mess of what they did not pick up.
Life will not be normal for me for a few more weeks. I was taking one of my classes online. It was condensed into 8 weeks. Well with two weeks of no power one would think they would extend the 8 weeks to 10. NOPE! I have had a test every week in that class...one more to go! I also had a paper due in that class and huge paper due in micro. I have not even started the micro paper and it is due on the 27th. I have my research which is a major part of it but I wont even have time to start until Friday. Thats a lot of stress for a perfectionist like me. I also opened the school store for Chase. Yep I am a PTO mom...what in the world was I thinking? I actually enjoy it. It is a good stress. The school is ran by 6th graders. They are wonderful and so bright. I have worked with worse in my training days at Albersons. So life will be "normal" after Halloween.
I wanted to show you some pictures of what came to be known as "Camp Dignity". We left it up until the power came on. All of the neighbors in the culdesac would come out at night and hang out. The first week we drank more beer than we should have but we slowed down after the initial shock of Ike was gone. The real "funny" for those of you who are not from Portland is that Camp Dignity was a camp of homeless people that banded together and moved from place to place. :-) I am so sure the homeowners association would not approve and further more I could care less! Oh and we did have some suspicious people in the neighborhood one night. That prompted Joe to make the sign. Oh and the date on the camera is the date/month/year...I need a minute to figure out how to fix it...time I dont have right now.
Life will not be normal for me for a few more weeks. I was taking one of my classes online. It was condensed into 8 weeks. Well with two weeks of no power one would think they would extend the 8 weeks to 10. NOPE! I have had a test every week in that class...one more to go! I also had a paper due in that class and huge paper due in micro. I have not even started the micro paper and it is due on the 27th. I have my research which is a major part of it but I wont even have time to start until Friday. Thats a lot of stress for a perfectionist like me. I also opened the school store for Chase. Yep I am a PTO mom...what in the world was I thinking? I actually enjoy it. It is a good stress. The school is ran by 6th graders. They are wonderful and so bright. I have worked with worse in my training days at Albersons. So life will be "normal" after Halloween.
I wanted to show you some pictures of what came to be known as "Camp Dignity". We left it up until the power came on. All of the neighbors in the culdesac would come out at night and hang out. The first week we drank more beer than we should have but we slowed down after the initial shock of Ike was gone. The real "funny" for those of you who are not from Portland is that Camp Dignity was a camp of homeless people that banded together and moved from place to place. :-) I am so sure the homeowners association would not approve and further more I could care less! Oh and we did have some suspicious people in the neighborhood one night. That prompted Joe to make the sign. Oh and the date on the camera is the date/month/year...I need a minute to figure out how to fix it...time I dont have right now.
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