Ike Update Part 2

Well, we are ok and got very lucky!!

Ike was no fun, let me tell you..

We had a houseful of 6 (which is normal most of the time, when Bryan and Gavin stay over!) Friday, and then as of Saturday went to 12!

We never lost power, Internet or cable!! Woo hoo

(I did forget to go online and change my lineup for fantasy football (I know, I know!) So my team is hurting b/c some of the players were on bye week or my beloved Texans didnt play) :(

Back to Ike.

Our fence is up, trees are still planted, and our roof is still on! Thats more than I can say for most of our neighbors though. We are very thankful...we seemed to have a bubble around our house! (God Bless!!)

I posted some pics on my last page, but here are a few more..they make me so sad





This is where Hooters and Murdock Pier used to be..

and this is what it looks like still at some gas stations around town

Please continue to pray for the victims of Hurrican Ike...it is going to be a while before things go back to normal in alot of places


Ok...CCBC (Cross Country Book Club for you newbies!!)...

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE what happened to me this weekend.

Here I am trying to finish reading Twilight, just sitting back relaxing...

decided I might be crushing on this Edward Cullen character (lol)...

when Bryan walk in the front door and says...
"You are not going to believe what we just found in the front yard"...
(as he is handing me this....)

yes, you read that right...

Holy Cow...I thought it was a joke, because I had literally just finished saying that maybe I should look for a vampire to date (haha)

No, not a joke. It was really in the front yard (and seriously, where would he have the time to find a vampire cd in the aftermath of a hurricane to play a joke on me with?!?!?)

So needless to say girls...garlic is hanging from all the doorways in my house!! ;)
Lets see if I have enough courage to keep reading this series!! lol I just finished Twilight and I cant wait to start New Moon!!)

Well, I hope everyone else is having a good week...I have more pics to come, but our desktop decided to get a virus and wont let me download them yet!

Ike Update Part 1

As much as it pains me to look at these pictures, I think it is crucial that everybody understands what Galveston and surrounding areas went through with Hurricane Ike...
These are 2 link that I was emailed by Jenn and Kirsten...

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html

http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ike/photo-comparisons/bolivar.html

Please take a moment to say a prayer for those that are without their home, their family, electricity, or those still waiting to hear about their loved ones and property.

We are all ok in my family and noone had major damage. We have so much to be thankful for!
I have a full update coming with pics (later today or tomorrow) but I just wanted to update everyone who has been checking in with me!
Thank you guys so much

(on a lighter note..I finally finished Twilight...now I just have to find a store thats open to buy New Moon!!)

Take a Hike, Ike!!!

**Update**

Well, I am one of the 3% of Harris County that still HAS power! They just said that 97% of us were without. (thank goodness!!) We have a houseful now!!

I will update more soon, but just wanted to update we are OK!

Thanks for all the prayers..they WORKED!!

No major damage at our house, but lots of limbs and fences down around!

Hope everyone else is safe and didnt get it too bad!

Hint #1...dont go to HEB at 10:30 at night 2 days before a hurricane is supposed to hit!! This is what I got when I when I got to the bread isle!!!

(and yes, I whipped out my phone and took this pic!)

Umm...those 3 loaves you see were the most random types of bread known to man...blueberry grain pumpernikle, (or some off the wall other crap!!)

No thanks..Landon and Skylah would rather eat spam ;)

Thankfully Walmart (at 11:00 pm!) had some "normal" bread and lots of water!

Here is the projected path...yes, that would be Houston right smack dab in the middle of all that jumble of mess below!!

Heres my problem...I have never evacuated, and as of now, I dont plan to this time.

There are 2 types of people here...

1) the ones that saw what Rita did to the south (and that people are STILL living in FEMA trailers 3 years later) so they evacuate at the first sign of a hurricane...

2) and the people who have evacuated so many times and come home to no damage that dont believe what they see on the news and think we will "just get lucky again this time"

I fall somewhere in between those 2...believe me...I will make the best decision for me and the family in the end!! Its just, we have been SUPER lucky over the last few years in Katy, and I cant imagine sitting in my car for 10 hours just to get a few miles down the highway!

I will keep you all posted after I watch the news in the morning!

What are my fellow Houstonians doing???