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- November 12th, 2008
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
On the real reason my kitchen is always a mess
When the kitchen island looks like this - it's a sure sign that stuff is going on around the house.Once we forced ourselves to finish laying the upstairs bathroom tile last week we managed to get over…
- November 8th, 2008
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- November 7th, 2008
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
How to move a billiards table
Have you ever wondered how one would move a billiards table if one ever wanted to have a billiards table moved? I never wondered about it either. However, with the completion of the library/game roo…
- November 4th, 2008
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Election Day
Dave stopped by to cast his ballot before going to work earlier this morning.... Then swung back by the house not long ago so I could have a chance to do my duty as a citizen.This election year has be…
- November 3rd, 2008
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Weakened Warriors
Since we've now resorted to using weekend time for what remains of our home repairs and projects - I suppose that should qualify us as 'weekend warriors' on the home improvement front. However, it's…
- October 31st, 2008
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
Happy Halloween!
I suppose Halloween is as good an occasion to break my recent blog-silence as any. So here I am.Just in case there aren't enough kid pictures here for you - there will be a few more at Eius Gratia.We…
- October 3rd, 2008
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Snag!
If you've ever read even a couple posts on this blog before - then it should come as no surprise that things have not gone quite as smoothly with our purchase of a little waterfront lot in the Pascago…
- October 1st, 2008
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Water & Woods
It began with practicality. The back-to-back hurricane brushes of this season left Dave and I wishing we had a permanent place north of Interstate-10 (and less than 300 miles from here) where we coul…
- September 17th, 2008
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And speaking of following up....
Remember when we were laying out the slate tiles we decided not to use in the bathroom as a garden path? We did eventually almost finish that project. Tiles shifted here and there and it required a…
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The Earthmaker
I was just out frolicking in the breezy backyard when I remembered something: I never got Dave to blog about his birthday present this year. Therefore, I will do it for him.This is it. Earthmaker -…
- September 16th, 2008
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Does it not get hot in Houston anymore?
I'm getting a steady stream of traffic from Houston and surrounding areas over the last couple of days from search engines. The biggest question they're all asking is "Why do they say they need ice a…
- September 12th, 2008
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
Hurricane Ike didn't hit here...
But it sure did pass by.Once Mom had tried to return home this morning after her evacuation to our house only to find that the water was once again over River Road - I think we really started to feel…
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Houston: Officials tell residents to shelter in place
FOXNews.com - Weather Service Warns of 'Certain Death' From Ike - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "The decision is a stark contrast to how emergency management officials responde…
- September 11th, 2008
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(www.wunderground.com)The kids and I got caught in a sudden Ike-related squall this afternoon... And Mom has evacuated to our house as the only roads leading into her neighborhood have been closed due…
- September 9th, 2008
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Help for the United Houma Nation
We humans are so strange. You would think I had really learned something from living in an area that was ignored for the most part following Hurricane Katrina. I guess deep-down we're all perfectly…
- September 8th, 2008
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Today's Uncompensated Endorsement
Although I'm aware that many other bloggers (probably those bloggers with the most sense among us) review products on their blogs for a fee or otherwise run paid advertisement posts in some manner - I…
- September 6th, 2008
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Sooo.. Where were we?
And now it's back to all of our unfinished projects around the house... Things are moving rather slowly for several reasons. First, we were interrupted by a couple of birthdays, a bulging water tank,…
- September 3rd, 2008
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Give credit where credit is due....
Emergency officials credit Gustav evacuation - Yahoo! News: "Federal emergency management officials expressed cautious optimism Monday that preparation efforts for Hurricane Gustav helped avert the ca…
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And we'll be here with you....
Next time, we won't leave - Editorials - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com: "So every evacuation becomes an implicit contract between the officials and the public. You tell us the truth, and the risks as the…
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- September 2nd, 2008
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Massive Bull Hockey Strikes Mississippi Gulf Coast
We made it home after a grueling evacuation just in time for me to read the headlines - national & local. Please.shoot.me.Our own SunHerald.com opens with the HUGE headline: HAMMEREDWhat? Where…
- September 1st, 2008
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Ugh.
We left Pascagoula at 3:30 pm CST for Atlanta. We drove straight through except for one stop for restrooms and a quick gas-tank top off. We arrived at our hotel (which we hate) at 2:00 am EST.I will…
- August 31st, 2008
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
Plans
Late last night we realized that our reserved hotel rooms in Evergreen, Alabama would be pretty useless since we'd have to be out by noon on Tuesday anyway and cancelled our reservations. Luckily we…
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National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary: "HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 740 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COAS…
- August 30th, 2008
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paglia has posted a new entry on: Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?
Mightier than the sword
Strong word choices help to clarify and expand ideas. Words should be chosen carefully to provide details that are informative and interesting. These words can help persuade an audience to adopt a ne…
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Mandatory Evacuations
Mandatory Evacuation orders have now been issued for zones A & B in Harrison County. If you aren't sure which evacuation zone you're in....The map for BiloxiThe map for GulfportMandatory Evacuatio…
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Mental note: They might have gas in Brookhaven if we need it later....
WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - Building South Mississippi Together |Coast Emergency Managers Keeping An Eye On Gustav: "Restaurants all along Interstate 55 as far north as Jackson were filled Friday night wit…
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Jackson County Pre-storm Info
Jackson County’s Emergency Management Office has taken several major precautionary steps today (Aug. 30) in advance of severe weather and high winds from Hurricane Gustav…
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Let the panic-mongering begin!
This one from the news arm of NationalGeographic.com:Gustav Now Major Hurricane -- And Picking Up Steam: "Declared a Category 4 storm Saturday afternoon, Hurricane Gustav continues to strengthen and w…
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Expert: Expect 12 hours of tropical-force winds in South Mississippi - Featured Story - SunHerald.com
Expert: Expect 12 hours of tropical-force winds in South Mississippi - Featured Story - SunHerald.com: "At Hurricane Gustav's present track, Harrison County and surrounding areas can expect 12 hours o…
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Hurricane Spam
First, a note to Houseblogs.net folks -- I've contacted HB and asked them if they could suspend my feed until these tropical messes pass and/or I get a chance to set up a home improvement-dedicated fe…
- August 29th, 2008
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The view from upstairs, August 29, 2005.And what better way to remember the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina then to spend the day preparing for yet another storm....We survived Hurricane Katrina. I'…
- August 27th, 2008
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YES!
A fantastic link to keep us all going while we board up our windows and fill our freezers with frozen vegetables we'll never eat..... It's time.Time to Be Who We AreHat tip: to Judy @ Thanks Katrina…
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Breathe out....
The most annoying tropical system of the year award goes to Tropical Rainstorm Fay. Through no fault of her own, Fay irritated tens of thousands of folks coast-wide this past weekend. Despite the fa…
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Breathe in....
Following the latest indoor rain situation I took a few days off to breathe. Despite the distracting hype over Tropical Rainstorm Fay over the weekend - we managed to get someone out to check the hot…
- August 21st, 2008
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The price of not blogging....
Is ending up with something to blog about apparently.Do you know what this means? That's right...Water damage!This time it has something to do with one of our water-heaters upstairs... What exactly w…
- August 12th, 2008
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Happy Birthday(s)
Today we're celebrating Dave & Emily's birthday with cake & balloons & tissue paper & presents & lots of noise and chaos too. Maybe, if I ask nicely, I can get Dave to come back la…
- August 10th, 2008
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More Wisdom of Youth
More children's sayings I don't want to forget.(Anita) You mean you lost it?(William) No, I just don't know where it is.
- August 9th, 2008
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An excess of priceless masterpieces
Blogging fell by the wayside the past few days as we completed our first week of the new school year. The first week is always full of experimenting... Experimenting with schedules and methods and ma…
- August 5th, 2008
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Just to prove the weekend was not a total loss
Yee haw! Them thar bathroom walls are painted.3-D stencil thingamabobs over the bathroom mirror that no oneelse will really ever see (except the boys who aren't allthat into 3-D stencil thingamabobs)…
- August 4th, 2008
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- August 3rd, 2008
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Tropical Storm: Tracking Map : Weather Underground
Tropical Storm: Tracking Map : Weather UndergroundWhat the? Somebody tell Edouard that it's not polite to sneak up on people like that....
- August 1st, 2008
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Reduce, reuse, recycle.....
For a few weeks now Dave and I have been planning something of a Freecycle event here at the house. With all of this home repair going on we have managed to stockpile lots of .. well.. stuff over the…
- July 29th, 2008
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Gurgle
Wrinkled wood floor. The good news: The carpet is dry where it was once wet.The bad news: We still don't know why it was wet in the first place.We spent all weekend with fans and wet-vacs and baking…
- July 25th, 2008
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Why is my floor wet?
Anita and I discovered recently that the wood floor in the hallway and carpet in the girl's bedroom is wet. Why is it wet? I don't know yet. It'll be expensive to fix I bet. Sorry about the rhyming, b…
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Paint comes in a can, it was put there by a man...
who works in Lowe's. A man finally put my Sandy Shell Valspar Ultra Premium base paint in a can. He was wary at first and said they're not supposed to do it, but I convinced him to do it as a color ma…
- July 24th, 2008
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Stair Update#2: Done already
The carpet part, anyway. Having brand new carpet on the stairs reminds me that we still need to touch up and refinish parts of the staircase that either got totally neglected or merely swiped at by…
