IKE

We've had a lot of e-mails and calls since Ike made his presence known on his way through Houston. We appreciate the love and concern from each of you. I thought I would give an update here for all to read.

We decided not to evacuate for Hurricane Ike. Our area was asked to "hunker down"* since we weren't in a flood zone.

Ike was a crazy storm!! I think it hit a lot harder than we expected. Our neighborhood took a pretty good hit and sustained a lot of damage. Lots of trees and power lines came down. Our home was blessed with very little damage. We lost an eight foot section of our fence and three of our little trees fell over but all are already fixed.

Unfortunatley we are one of the 22% of people who don't have power back yet. Tonight at midnight will mark our 13th day without power. The Centerpoint website says our neighborhood should have power back by Sunday. We are hoping it will be sooner since there have been a lot of work trucks in the neighborhood.

I wish I could say I was tough enough to handle it and was still in Houston but I am not. The kids and I came up to Chicago last Tuesday. Our side of the street was also having sewage problems and that was the last straw for me.

We will post some pictures after I get home and our power is restored.

Thanks again for all of your calls and e-mails to check on us!

*For you non-Texans out there. Hunker down means to shelter in place :)

The time has come...

We decided to start this blog last spring. I decided I would send the link out after I made my first official post. As you can see I haven't been too good at doing that! I am hoping to turn over a new leaf but I'm not making any promises!!

First Days of School

My good man Jeremy started 1st Grade two weeks ago, having to wade his way to the school entrance through a sea of his mother's tears. I went in to work late so the family could drive him over as Tara was in no state to drive. Jermaine, of course, couldn't wait to start school and was upset a few weeks ago when he mistakenly thought school started a week earlier than it did and he still had 7 more miserable days of summer. weirdo.




Abbie Leigh started pre-school last week, which broke her old man's heart. She is growing up way too fast. She's my snuggle bunny and she promised to marry me, but everday I fear that switch in her mind will finally flip and I'll just be another lame parent like her mother.