LIGHTS

Today we got our lights back on at 10:30 a.m. So now we will begin getting back to normal....yay!! Here are some pictures from our street. The first pic is directly across the street from our house...a tree fell across the backside of their house

We're home...for now

Well, we are home...for now anyways. Still no lights, or air conditioning, or TV......I could have said no electricity, but that would have been too easy. We are expected to get lights sometime between now and Sunday. The kids have not taken to the house without the things listed above, and definitely do NOT like the sound of the generator. So with that said, we may be going back to lake charles tomorrow for the weekend. Our street is filled with mosquitoes, the sounds of generators buzzing, and nasty, stinky water sitting on the street.

Although I can definitely see damage to the subdivision, it is mostly trees down, and a general messy look that is not usually seen past our waterfalls, which are not yet working either, by the way. Of course let's not forget that it has been a full 2 weeks since Ike hit. A lot of cleanup has already been done.

Thankfully, the extent of our damage was to our plumeria tree in our flowerbedwhich is actually hard to see from the angle of the picture...

Our neighbors were not so luck, tomorrow I will post more pictures from OUR street.

10 days and counting....

Well we are going on 10 days with no electricity...10 days since we have been home and a whopping 15 days since my kids have seen school! Wow! The latest word is perhaps by 9/29/08. We will see. I have migrated to Lake Charles now. Richie is at home and working during the day and living by generator at night. The neighbors are fixing meals and they are all sharing. He is coming to Lake Charles for the weekend and to restock on food and supplies, then will go back on Sunday. (so no fears...he will catch the LSU game ;) ) We are all doing ok. The kids are starting to get wild, but that is about the worst.

We Evacuated

Just in case some of you can't find us. We have evacuated to Bogalusa, La. We had little to no weather here, however despite the good weather we are out of cable....go figure.

As far as outr Houston home....We hear that our neighborhood did pretty well. The eye of Ike crossed directly over our house. There is moderate wind damage, but I don't think there is too much trouble. We are out of power and they are expecting it to be weeks.....wow does this really happen to people twice in 3 years.......hmmm


On the Lake Charles front...my parents house did fine, but my brother and sister may have water in their house....they can't get there because the water had not receeded enough to see, but please keep them in your prayers....they both had a lot of wind damage from Rita, and there houses are only about 5 years old......

Well we will check back later....