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Hurricane Ike

Take a break from Ike… It’s Vegas, baby!

September 18, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!While Ike was pummeling Houston, I was off gallivanting about in Las Vegas, celebrating a friend’s wedding.
So when I wasn’t checking my email (members of my MOPS group in Houston were sending status updates to each other), checking Houston  weather [...]

Random thoughts on my Hurricane Ike experience

September 18, 2008

Driving north out of Houston Monday night I saw 20 -30 utility trucks heading south into the Houston area. I saw tanker trucks likely filled with much-needed gas and several container trucks, hopefully filled with food and other needed supplies.
My cell phone battery was nearing exhaustion. With my charger already in Dallas, and not knowing [...]

Just Serve

September 18, 2008

First, I want to apologize for my erratic SOAPy posting. It has not been easy to find computer time when I can clear my head and focus on what God might be sharing with me. So please know that I am doing the reading, and I will do my best to post. It has just [...]

Cleaning out the ‘fridge, Ike-style

September 16, 2008

Sunday I returned home for a few hours. I was fortunate enough to catch a stand-by direct flight to Houston, and, to make it an even better, I had driven myself to the airport Thursday, so my husband’s car was there waiting for me. Cha-ching!
I was so glad to be getting closer to my family [...]

Ike Update

September 13, 2008

A tree fell on my neighbor’s house, opening the roof. I hear my husband is out there now helping to cover it with a tarp. Lots of trees are down in our area and no one near our house has power.
My sister-in-law, who is not an alarmist, is at our house with her boys and [...]