Wow it's been a LONG week

Well, there we thought the aftermath of Hurricane Ike was over but it wasn't to be. We lost electricity AGAIN!!! A tree had fallen on an electrical line and it finally pulled the line all the way to the ground and shorted out the electricity. So we lost our electricity for almost two days. We were able to get the FEMA meals, water, and ice that was being handed out. This made Kayla very happy. The meals aren't too bad. The ones we got from town had three meals in a box. You got cereal and box milk for breakfast, a can entree (Dinty Moore Beef Stew and etc) or something like canned chicken salad etc., crackers, and the same for supper. They also had small can of Pringle chips, a cereal bar, a small package of sunflower seeds, 3 small containers of peaches, a small container of pudding and a bag of cookies. Then the meals we got from the church were the military MRE's, which is just one meal per bag. I believe Kayla got a chicken breast, Doug got chili and I got beef stew. But I'm going to trade my beef stew for one of my mother-in-law's chicken fajitas. But I like the cherry/blueberry cobbler that came in mine so I'm not going to give the whole bag to her to swap out. LOL She ended up getting two cases of MRE's because they are still without electricity. And our shop is still without electricity so it makes it hard for Doug to get much work done.
One neat thing about our place after the storm--We sold our old trailer a good while back (like before the storm) but the people weren't able to get it moved until after the storm. Well it left Wednesday and when they moved it out--it left a lot of the old insulation on the ground along with a lot of wood and junk. It actually looks like maybe a tornado came through and totally destroyed our home. If it wasn't for our new manufactured home just sitting off to the side of it. I told Kayla it would be funny if FEMA came by and thought that had happened. I hope to get a picture and get it posted.

Hurricane Ike is almost here

Well it looks like within 12 hours Ike will be hitting the Gulf Coast of Texas. It's supposed to hit Galveston/Houston and then turn north and head toward us here in East Texas. The wind is starting to pick up here. I have things I think we will need. We have already had a fatality accident in our town on the evacuation route. Just now on the news it's saying the eye is contracting and the pressure will start to drop and Ike could go to a 3 instead of a 2. So you all please remember us in the path of this LARGE hurricane. That is another thing they are talking about is how big he is.

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike is breathing down our neck. And our wonderful school has yet to decide what we will be doing as far as early dismissal or missing tomorrow goes. They have been in a meeting since this a.m. and we still don't know anything. I was told that we would know something after the noon hour. Well that could be any time or a long time from now.
I really hope that we are out. Several of the other districts have already either let their students out or are planning on not having school tomorrow. A teacher from Lufkin has called me and told me that the traffic is already bumper to bumper.