Last Week

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Well last week was a long week. Here is a breakdowm. As you know from the last blog we were headed to Dallas on Monday. We arrived and went to eat @ O'Jeda's Mexican Restaraunt. It was very good. I was craving mexican food.

Tuesday i left for Waco @ 6am for work. Headed to Clifton @ 6pm and ate at Bunkhouse BBQ. Also very good. Spent night in Clifton.

Wednesday worked in Clifton at the Raney Ranch, and basically mowed all day long on the bobcat. Lot of fun. Allergys kicked in like crazy. Headed home around 5 and ate at Texas Roadhouse on the way home. Always good. We got power around 9pm on my way home. i got home at 11pm.

Thursday worked in Pearland.

Friday worked in Pearland and headed to Dallas at noon. Got there and went to a crazy Rangers Angels ball game. Ang, Caed and I went with mimi, pops, and andrew.

Saturday ate at Hickory House in Lancaster for breakfast, which is always a highlight for my trips to dallas. went to waxahatchie to pick up some stuff. went to rangers game to get some autographs and got nothing.

Sunday we came home and went grocery shopping.

PISD is still out of school for the moment.

Angie and i went to see her DR. today and confirmed SHE IS PREGNANT. Child #2 is on the way!!!!!!

Hurricane IKE

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We live in Pearland, about 15 miles SW of Houston. We boarded up the windows, which was a new experience for me. they were not straight but the windows were covered. angie had gottten plenty of food and supplies. i had gas and a generator from work. thursday at noon PISD decided to close Pearland schools for Friday. we decided at work to close at 12 on Thursday after securing everything at work.

well ike came and went. it really hit us around midnight friday. we lost power right about that time. the 3 of us slept in the closet that night. we woke up and found the following damage. Here are a couple of pics.

We finally needed to get out of the house and check out the damage. my parents who live 1.5 miles from us had leakining in the roofs of the garage and house. my dad and i covered them up with 3 tarps. they had some down trees and shingles flown off the roof. i checked out my boss' house, his mom's, and some others. lots of trees and wood fences were down everywhere.

saturday night was the worst. no breeze, and 100% humidty. just nasty weather to try and sleep in. i ran the generator a couple times a day to conserve gas. i kept waking up every hour checking on Caed, who was the biggest trooper of us all. he did a great job.

our friends Melissa and Talon got power back yesterday morning. so we grilled some chicked and pork chops and had dinner over there. it was nice. then the cold front came in last night and it got really cold, but felt great for sleeping.

this mornig i went to work (2.5 miles from home) and we decided to work out of town since we did not have power. 1/2 the crew is headed to baton rouge, the other 1/2 to waco and clifton. hopefully when we come back there will be power. i would say 90% of pearland is without power. who knows how long it will take. PISD is closed through Wednesday as of right now, which that decision came yesterday a about 3pm.

we are on the way to Ovilla. i am leavng from there in the morning to meet the crew in Waco.

lots of damages to business' on 45N in houston. saw a lines of truckers with generators heading to Houston on 45S along with A TON of AT&T trucks.

finally found some food in huntsville @ Mcdonalds. they were very nice and helpful to all.

All in all we survived. We were prepared. WE have GREAT FRIENDS and FAMILY and all helped out each other and will continue to do so until all the messed is cleaned up. Thanks to each and everyone who has helped and prayed for us and who will continue to.

Do justly, love mercy Walk humbly with your God - The Walk by Steven Curtis Chapman

Hello!

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Well we thought we'd give this blog thing a shot. Basically we'll be sharing what's going on in our lives and just random thoughts we have about life.

There is a lot going on. School for Angie is in full swing. Our fiscal year at work ends October 31. Caed is Caed. He's 3. Not much more needs to be said about that. Adam, my little brother just turned 30 yesterday.

So I've had these weird freak little accidents that have happened to me in my life. When working at Wal-Mart back in high school i was walking by in receiving and caught my arm on a pallet that was wrapped with wire straps. It cut my arm and I had to get stitches. In college I was bit my a spider and had a allergic reaction and my eye swelled up like Will Smith in "Hitch." I was playing intramural football and deflected a pass in the end zone and when I landed on the ground I landed like a cat on all 4s. When I got to the sideline people noticed I was bleeding. I had ripped the webbing between my fingers. I also had ended up at another time with fever blisters all in my mouth.

Then last week at work I was cleaning the Dingo ("the dingo ate your baby") with the power washer. I went to asjust the nozzle while holding the handle, my hand slipped and it the trigger and 3200psi went into my left index finger ripping the skin off. No stiches and no permanent damage.

It's just weird.