Hello from Upstate Mississippi

Yes that is right, I am at my mother's house in Mississippi. We are out of harms way so to say. Hurricane Gustav was getting a little too close for comfort. The kids and I made it here around 6 pm central time. Driving was not bad but every car had a Louisiana plate on it. It is so sad to see them hauling everything they can away from the storm. I will let you all know when I go back down south and if we receive any damage. Keeping our fingers crossed and praying for all my friends and others down on the gulf.

Just in case....

Well we are bracing ourselves for another tropical system around here. I hate September in the South. We play a guessing game around here wondering where the storm is going to go. One news station last night said it was not coming here and now this morning we are still within the cone. It is not the storm that bothers me so much as the aftermath and the preparation before hand. I have some water, some batteries and my beloved scrapbooks are stored in big waterproof containers. I even filled the tank up in the "grocery gettah" car. I did have to go to three gas stations before I found the gas I was looking for. Most of the were out of regular unleaded. I think everyone believes that we will have a gas shortage like after Katrina or that gas prices will soar. People are bringing big barrels to the stations and filling them up. Well I am not that worried about the storm because I am going to head North to my mother's house as soon as we get word that it is coming our way. Emily actually wants to go no matter what. She just wants to see Grandma and not have school. Well for those of you that arent on the gulf coast please pray for all of us. And for those of you that are on the gulf coast, we will get through this just like we have before.

Fay..Fay..Went Away!

What a let down. I was ready for some rain and winds yesterday and we got diddly squat. The news channels get you so worked up that it is going to be this big deal and then nothing happens.
I got to spend the day with my scrappin sistahs cropping away. Chris and the kiddos hung out and visited me during lunch. So we have had a pretty uneventful weekend. In a cleaning mood today so I am getting off here and tackling the laundry. I will write again soon.

Here we go again!

One of the things I hate about living on the Southern US coast is hurricanes. I dread the months of June through November. I never gave hurricanes much thought when I was living elsewhere. When we first moved here we were hit by hurrican Ivan. Experiencing that storm really opened my eyes to how dangerous hurricanes can be. Poor Emily is traumatized by these storms. She saw the devastation and it really scared her. Then came Katrina and we all know what happened with that storm. I continously say, I would much rather have a good Nor'easter with feet of snow that a Hurricane.
So here we are again...Hurricane season 2008. I am watching TS Fay and I cant believe how crazy her track is. I will be much better once December rolls around. LOL!

Can I just say that I am hooked and maybe a little crazy.

Well I have been seeing these books on other people's blogs like Layle Koncar, Vicki B and my friend Lisa Tanner. Then I saw the author on Good Morning America and the amount of people that were just going crazy over her. I had heard what the books were about and the idea of reading about vampires totally didnt appeal to me. So with much reservation, I picked up the first book a week ago. It was fine at first, a good read but nothing fantastic. Then it hit me hard like a brick wall and I couldnt get enough of this amazing Love story of Bella and Edward. I read all 4 books in a week. Each one being about 600+ pages. I am so surprised how much these books have touched me. I just want to read more about these amazing characters. I know some of you are thinking I am crazy to have wasted so much time on these books but believe me they are so worth every minute! I even have Chris reading them (he is on book 2). I told Emily last night that these books are the absolute best books that I have ever read in my life and that no book could touch them. She looked at me like I was crazy. I think she may be a bit worried about her old mom since I have even added wallpaper to my computer with the characters on it. I know that this will certainly pass in time but right now I am in love with the Cullens and the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer. Let me know if you have read these if not you really should. You wont be disappointed!

Her New Doo!

As you could see from the first day of school picture on my blog, Emily got her hair cut. It was driving me crazy and I talked to her about trying to cut the back off to match the bangs so it would be easier to grow out. She was against it for a while but I had help, her best friend Abbie. When we went to the salon, Abbie came along and convinced her that she looked cute with shorter hair. Our hairdresser Sharlene did such a good job. It is shorter in the back than the front. Alot of women and girls wear their hair like this down south. We didnt go too short in the back the first time and the sides need to grow longer but for now it is much better than before.

5 mile tuneup

Casey was so cute this weekend. Chris always brings the cars outback to change oil, detail them or just plain work on them. So he had all his tools out and Casey decided that he needed to work on his truck too. He drove the truck up on the ramps and proceeded to work on it. He is turning into quite the little man. I think Chris is upset now even more than before because we had to get rid of the truck. Casey is at the age that he would love going "muddin" with daddy. One of these days we will get one back. Maybe once the gas prices have fallen.