~Comfy Friend~ :-)

When we, meaning my ex, David and I, lived in Elkhart,

we rented a condo from David's moms friend, Jim. It

was a nice place and that's our living room, well part of

it.. The ledge of the window is ground level.. Just to the

right of the window is the backdoor that went up some

steps to the end of the driveway and my lanai as I liked

to call it.. Go thru the doorway there and instead of

going left to go outside if you took a right and went be

hind that wall there it was the laundry room... That huge

thing sprawled out in my chair is our friend Ron. :-)
Everyone that comes to my house gets comfy :-) Ron

sure is hey? :-)

Ron worked with David and also was a game player with

David, we had a play station back then, its down on the

floor covered with a blanket right in front of the TV..

Ron had come by one evening before going to work, he

was working opposite shifts of David, so he wanted to

come by and play some games.. As you see he didn't

last long.. You see that fish above his head? that's the

Northern I caught, with the lure in his mouth that I

used to catch him.. David claimed it as his catch, I

didn't care I knew...


Davids Sister, Laura lived on the other side of us. I

had stayed up one night to watch TV and it started

to rain... It steadily got worse and the rain just was

pouring down.. I sat there in that chair that Ron is

in and the back door was open, rain couldn't get in

the open door was a roof over the steps.. plus there

was a drain at the base of the steps in the center

of the bottom of the steps.. I started to hear this

like burbling sound.. like water bubbling.. I couldn't

imagine what it was... I got up and looked out the back

door and didn't see anything but kept hearing that

sound.. I finally turned on the light to see better and I

noticed bubbles coming up from that drain, which I had

not ever seen before. I watched for a while and then

decided it was just from the rain and went back to

watch TV... I fell asleep...

I woke to the sound of the bubbling water, I looked at

the time, which I always do when I wake up and noticed I

had slept for about a half hour. I decided it was time to

go to bed and put the foot rest down on the chair, and

proceeded to stand up.. when I did I was standing in

about 2 inches of water... I panicked and rushed over to

the back door and as I looked out I saw the water up to

the top of the bottom step and rising steadily.. I ran up

the stairs to wake David up, just as I hit the bottom of the

steps the electricity went out and it was pitch dark except

for the lightening flashes... I made it to the bedroom and

woke David up frantically telling him we are being FLOODED!

As David jumped up, got dressed and ran downstairs I called

Laura next door and told her we are being flooded, the drains

are clogged.. I neglected to tell her there was no electric.. I

heard them run down the steps and I heard the door open

and Laura screamed.. She came running over to our back door

and said "The water was up to the window on the door! I opened

it and we got flooded!" We told her our door was open and we

got it too... Everything on the floor got ruined... sadly the play

station was one of them. I should have been more specific on

my call to Laura but I had to get down stairs to get that water

out of our place.. Laura later laughed at what they must have

looked like standing there all dry and then open the door and

get flooded.. like you would see on a cartoon... Her and John

were soaked.. bad thing was the cat followed them, when that

water came in.. well..how good do kitties like water? That cat

ran right up Johns leg, back, and perched on his shoulder and

refused to let go... He wasn't getting wet.. Ours was upstairs

so BB didn't get wet at all... We had to rent a shop vac to get

all the water out.. only good outcome was we got new carpet.

Apparently the rain was too fast and too steady and most all

the neighbors got flooded.

Being there are 3 rivers that meet here, and one is only 2

blocks from this house I tend to worry about flooding. As

long as Ive lived here though there has never been a worry,

nor do I ever remember hearing it had flooded here. But

then its very possible, look at where Mary lives and those

people in Iowa right now going thru all that flood.. How

awful... I feel so badly for those people.. what do thousands

of people do that are suddenly homeless.. I wish I could help.

I wanted to go down and take care of animals after that

Katrina hurricane.. I would have too if I coulda... Poor things.

Well this GORGEOUS WEEBLE animal is tired.. update on

the arms is none, no change no difference except they are

seriously sore.. My elbows especially, when I go to sit up

or move I rest on them.. more the right one than the left.

Ive woke my self up from moving wrong its so sore.. I do

notice it seems its dryer... not as itchy.. I have been using

the banana too off and on.. I'm willing to try anything to

get rid of this stuff..

Time to finish for the day and try to do something use

ful like sort out all my photos I have everywhere.. Plus

I havent had any dibs yet since Penny got them wed. So

I may have a treat... First my GORGEOUS WEEBLE
"nitey nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya, and THANKS!
Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again .....