some giggles from IKE

when you send your husband to the grocery store in the middle of catastrophic circumstances, try not to make TOOOO big of a deal when he comes home with $50 water.

HOLY COW. did you even KNOW that they sold water that is almost $25 a case? we didn't. the store was sold out and so when he stumbled on an unmarked pallet of water in one of the aisles, imagine his delight!!!!!

it was a zoo, and he wasn't paying attention as the sales clerk rang him up. but when he came home with some canned goods, some dried goods and two boxes of water and the total was over $100, i requested the receipt.


meanwhile FEMA was giving away cases of water for free.

moral of this story:

SAY NO TO FIJI, SAY YES TO FEMA!

(the water has been returned, unopened...swapped for 1/2 a cart of groceries :)

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a hurricane tip (you know, since apparently even if you live in OHIO, you can still be affected...what the heck????). BUY A CAMPING STOVE! kent & jana are campers and i swear, my kids probably ate better during the power outage than they do at home. every morning jana fixed them hot cocoa! here's chef jana & the kids enjoying a candle-light dinner of spaghetti:

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the evenings were unseasonably cool (thank you GOD) but kent & jana didn't have screens in many windows. kent and bobby (aka macgyver one and macgyver two) were able to use some gaffers tape & some old screen to create some 'makeshift' screens that allowed the cool air IN while keeping the bugs OUT (this is very, very crucial here).

(note hudson, shirtless and motionless LOL)

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kent & jana and kyle & tara spent lots of time helping us bring the beauty back to our yard. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU GUYS. with every fiber of our aching beings, we say THANK YOU!

the kids had a blast playing on our piles of tree stuff...check out these power rangers LOL

the next picture has carson & hudson posing on the 'roots' of what's left of our pine tree...i'm not sure WHY but carson kept calling this the 'WIFE-EL TOWER.' (i was thinking 'eiffel' but then when he did the second pose, i realized that he actually thinks that it's the RIFLE tower LOLOL...poor kid!

after all the yard work, we put the patio set back and if you don't look up to the tarps or around to the broken fences or piles of bricks from the chimney, it ALMOST looks normal, eh? so happy to have some 'pretty' return!!!!

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since my family room is out of control and out of commission, i have worked on beautifying my living room/dining room as best i can. sure, i still need some curtains and some other details, but with a little tweaking and rearranging furniture, it's coming along. and if you look REALLY close in the one shot of the living room, you'll see a limb. hee hee. one more shot of hudson sleeping...this time, shirt on. the boy can sleep ANYWHERE. love that kid!

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good grief, am i long winded tonight or WHAT? there's soooo much going on...it's like the world on speed. well, i don't REALLY know what anything on speed feels like. some of you can't say that, can you? hee hee. but honestly, the days are FLYING by.

homecoming was postponed. and tonight is alexis' formal debut.

my friend kari was willing to accept the challenge of creating a beautiful up-do for the occasion. does occasion have one S or two (occassion). i think one. two just looks weird...reminds me of mocassin...does mocassin have one C or two (moccassin). i think TWO. hmmm....

anyhow, kari arrived, barbie-head in tow.

and worked her magic on alexis!

lexi, i hope you're having the time of your life right about now. and good luck undoing all those knots in your hair LOL

beautiful beautiful beautiful
and before i cause the blog world to explode, i'll sign out for now.

THANK YOU KARI!!!!!

stay tuned...never a dull moment.

xoxo.