Prayers for Louisiana

Hurricane Issac...

I have been glued to The Weather Channel for the last three days. Watching and waiting for Hurricane Issac to come ashore. Weather fascinates me. No, I don't like when homes, businesses or lives are lost but there is something about bad weather that intrigues me. Tornadoes and hurricanes are right up there on my list. Call me crazy or whatever...I just love weather!

I feel so bad for the people who live in southern Louisiana. I realize they made the choice to live there, but I feel bad when they lose their homes and businesses. I am so thankful for the Army Corps of Engineers who have installed the water pumps. They have helped tremendously and have saved many homes and business. Possibly even lives.

Would I ever want to live there? Probably not. The same reason I would never build a home on the Gulf of Mexico. It seems to me, you are just waiting for a disaster to happen.

One thing I don't understand and probably will not unless I am put in their place, is why they don't leave when they are asked or even told to. With Hurricane Issac coming ashore this week, people were told days in advance to leave and get to higher ground, but some chose to stick it out. Thinking it would not be bad. I watched a short video yesterday on The Weather Channel where people were being rescued along with their 4 dogs.

On a good note there are hotels in Birmingham that are making it known that Louisiana residents can stay there. Is it not great to know there are people who are that nice!

Lets all say a short prayer for those in Louisiana.

Weekly Tidbits

Whew...it has been a busy week and I am so glad it is Friday!

•We have been busy at work with political and football season. When those two are together it calls for a busy couple of weeks. The politicians are picky and some will drive you crazy with their ads. Everything has to be perfect! I love football season and when we start doing the ads it really makes it real. It can be a hectic time, but it is fun! I really want to go to a football game at the new school in Clay County. Not sure when I will be able to go, but I can't wait to see the whole facility.

•We have gotten a virus on our computer three different times and have had to have it fixed. I am sure the repair guy loves it, but it is frustrating when you are computer less! Chris thinks he has narrowed it down to a certain website. We have agreed to not visit that website again! I will just bring him a paper home from now on. (If that gives you a hint as to which website we think it is!)

•I am loving this cool weather we have been having in the mornings (60 degrees)! That means one thing to me....FALL IS COMING! I have officially made Fall my favorite season. It used to be Summer, but now it has just gotten really hot and miserable outside. I can't wait to start putting up my fall decor! The only thing I dislike about the weather changing is my allergies. They have been going crazy this week. Thank goodness I have some antihistamine to take.

•Chris' mom and dad had a stray dog that took up residents at their home for about two weeks. Chris and I had started looking for it a home, but one day it just left. We would have taken it, but Bear is not fond of other animals. Most animals shelters were full or not taking any animals at the time, so I posted a picture of it on Facebook at a local shelters page. I actually received a call yesterday asking about the dog....to bad it had left. Chris thought it was an Australian Cattle Dog.

•Last Saturday (8/18) Chris and I went and watched our niece play youth soccer. She did a good job, since this was her first organized game. Her only issue was kicking the ball into the wrong goal. Once she realized where to kick it....SHE GOT TWO GOALS! She also came off the field in the middle of the game to get some water. We were all telling her to go back in that she was not able to just come get water when she wanted to. This was a small melt down, but after she got some water she was fine.

•I finally got my car fixed. The mechanic had put a wrong hose on. Which caused all my transmission fluid to leak out. Plus he damaged my radiator when he was putting in on, so we had him to install a new one. I believe we are done with this mechanic and will be looking for a new one. I hate to be that way, but this is not the first thing we have had to redo.

My Love Of Dallas (the show)

DALLAS!

I never watched Dallas when I was younger, but I wish I had. I remember my parents and grandparents watching it and hearing the theme song. I knew who J.R. Ewing was, just by hearing his name when people talked. I have even done the thing with your fingers about, "Who Shot J.R."

I started watching the new Dallas and I LOVE IT! It is so much drama!!! I'm like can we just all get along, but that would not be fun television to watch! Every episode leaves you wanting more. So I can't wait until January gets here! 

I think Julie Gonzalo (Rebecca) is adorable. At first I really felt bad for her, but after the season finale she is devious. I had to look up Cliff and see that he did in fact have a daughter. Jesse Metcalfe is nice to look at :) Can't say they casted the wrong type of men. So glad they brought back Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman. They really tie the old episodes and new ones together. I went back and read about the older episodes, so I would know a little about what was happening. Who was married to who and who the children belonged to. 

What is up with Larry Hagman's eyebrows? Have they always been that way? 

Weekly Tidbits

So I started this post last week and never got around to finishing it or posting it :) Let me try one more time!

Monday and Wednesday I went to revival at Bethany Baptist Church in Horton. A friend of mine goes there and I have visited a few times myself. It is a nice church with super nice people. One of the speakers had a very interesting topic and I am not sure how it went over with the older people of the church. He said that we can't keep doing what we have been doing in the Southern Baptist Churches. Church in which the population is mostly older individuals are shrinking and new more contemporary churches are growing. So I kinda agree...and disagree with him.

Tuesday, me and two other friends went to the Stardome Comedy Club in Birmingham. We had a great time laughing and having girl time. We ate at Moe's Southwest Grill and let me tell you, we loved the coke machine. It had over 1000 flavors of coke products. I guess we were a little out of our element! One of the comedians, Mike Gardner, was so interesting and funny. I would love to see him again. The main comedian Shaun Jones was very good. I know if I ever go back, I don't want to sit in the front rows, because they get picked on. Chris has never been, so I am trying to get tickets again and maybe he can go.

Chris and I had to take my car to the shop Monday. It had a cracked radiator and needed new struts. I followed him to Cullman and brought back my new ride for the week. The mechanic did call and let us know that my car was ready about Thursday. We decided to wait until Monday to go and get it.

Monday of this week we went and picked my car up....$390! Wow! I am so thankful for Dave (the mechanic) he does good work and is real good about prices.

Tuesday I had some business I needed to take care of in Ashland, so I took the day off and went down. Just as I got into the area where I have NO CELL PHONE SERVICE my car starts to stop. Now at this point it is raining. So I get my car pulled into a driveway and ask the lady if I could use a phone. Well, with my luck...she has no long distance on her home phone, no cell phone and no computer.
So for a few seconds I was like, I am stuck here until someone comes looking for me. GREAT! The lady finally remembers she could call her husband and he could call my mom. So that is what we did. Mom called back after about 10-15 minutes and I told her where I was. Her and dad got there and we think it is a transmission hose. We went and bought some fluid and when we put it in and cranked up the car, the fluid poured out. We then came back to Ashland and borrowed a car hauler from my uncle. Went back and got the car and brought it back to Ashland. It took mom and dad five tries to get in on the hauler. Mom actually did some manual work! So that is where it is now. Chris and I plan on going down Saturday and letting Chris look at it and see if we can get it working. If not we are going to haul it back to Boaz and take it to the mechanic again. After a long day, that was not planned, Mom and mawmaw brought me back to Boaz.

I hope the rest of the week is quite!