13Sep 2008 by Kaylene 7 Comments

Our Ike Experience

Aiden, Baby Joey, Family, Grief and Loss, Kevin, Kevin and I, Life in Texas, Me, Memories, Michael, The end is near, To new beginnings
Hand written at 7 this morning~ At 10:30 we lost power lastnight, it came back on but our cable and internet never came back.  At about 11:45 we lost power for the night.  It would flicker on for a few seconds, but ultimately continuously lost power.  Kevin and I finally made it to bed at about 1, and didn't get to sleep because of the noise for a while longer, well and Joey was busy kicking each of us, but in that noise I couldn't just leave him in the other room... Around 3:30 AM the wind REALLY picked up and Kevin had another coughing fit.  He and I both got up to explore what's going on.  We managed to accidentally wake the boys, decided to move them into the…
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12Sep 2008 by Kaylene 2 Comments

Thinking About the Coast Tonight

Me
Pardon my mega blogging today I kinda feel helpless so I'm just writing a lot. I JUST love the coast.  I'm so sad to know what's going on down there.  We've had MANY special family memories there. Here's some galleries with our memories made down there. Sea Day a few years ago. Surfside Vacation, in Early March. Galveston, pics from our family time there when people came down for Joey's blessing. Enjoy browsing our happy memories.
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12Sep 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

The Eyes of the Amaryllis

Me
I wish I had a copy of this book right now.  One of my teachers read it to us I beleive in middle school. From Publishers Weekly~ "The ship Amaryllis sinks in a hurricane, but for 30 years the captain's widow waits for him to send her a message from the bottom of the sea. Her granddaughter waits with her, and "the author reminds us that the line between reality and imagination is undefinable. Babbitt rings the bell again," PW said. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title." All I remember is the discriptive inturpritation of a hurricane through a childs eyes.  I'm gonna have to look it up to compare it to my experience.
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12Sep 2008 by Kaylene No Comments

Pre Hurricane Pictures

Life in Texas, Pictures
Here's my Early AM pics of Ike. None have been post processed, maybe I'll get to that later. 7:00, he's still just on the horizon. A chopper that kept flying overhead. After sunrise, 8:45 The clouds are getting bigger and closer, but still could be mistaken for any other day's clouds.  Looks like I have some sensor dust. And just now, about 10:35, still sunny and just a touch of breeze. Looking South-SouthWest. Looking directly East. My shadow, told you it's sunny. :)
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12Sep 2008 by Kaylene 2 Comments

Be Prepared

Family, Family Fun, Life in Texas, Me, Memories
We're supposed to start getting bad weather about 11 AM our time, so the countdown is on. OK, people have been asking, so I'm going to detail what we've got stored, and what we're up to. I've got a pantry full of food, at least 70 cans of food, 10# of meat in my freezer (which will be getting grilled), plenty of veggies in the freezer 4 cases of bottled water, and we'll have a few more gallons stores of drinking water, and two tubs full for flushing and washing up by tonight, two giant bags of charcoal, two normal size ones, a bag of mesquite chips, a grill, a long burning log, three chaffing dish warmers (or whatever those little can cooking things are), matches, several lighters (the long…
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11Sep 2008 by Kaylene 4 Comments

…everything’s going to be fine, fine, fine…

Aiden, Baby Joey, Family, Kevin and I, Life in Texas, Me, Michael
In all MY panic, I forgot to mention that we've prayed about it and we feel good and safe about staying.  Things are a bit crazy, but overall we feel like things will turn out just fine. It's funny cause as I was at the store I was listening to my iPod, and the song by Alanis Morissette came on, "Hand In My Pocket"  And it says "What it all comes down to, is everything's going to be fine, fine, fine."  And I feel peace that it will be. :) For those who might not know exactly where Houston is in this giant state.  Here's a map.  It looks like we're really going to be getting a direct hit.
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