~My Wardrobe Is DONE~ :-D

Ive been watching the hurricane on the weather channel.

I know lots of people down there in Houston and Pasadena.

I sure hope they are ok.. Where I lived, in Pasadena was

just off Red Bluff Road.. I KNOW it floods there. In fact

Ive written a few stories about how badly Houston and

the area floods so easily..now with a category 3 hurricane,

well I KNOW its bad there.. And that hurricane hit right

where my house I hope still is.. Edmond street, just off

Thomas and Red Bluff.. I know took a direct hit..

The whole time I lived there I remember some storms

but I don't believe a hurricane came thru if it did it wasn't

too bad.. I know that day we went and got that boat it rained

big time.. I don't think was hurricane though. We almost had

to ride home in that boat! I know there was one time that

Willie and I were headed home in the truck as we started

going into our neighborhood we saw the streets were flooding.

Willie drove slow and only created a slight wake as if he was

gently pushing the water away. I looked down and saw water

up to my ankles while I sat there. I looked at Willie and he

said "just hang on, we will do fine and get to the house, don't

worry.." it was a guess as to where the streets were, but

we did make it..our house was high and dry.. I bet its not

this time.

Luckily the truck being so high up and the carburetor up on

top the motor as long as that doesn't get wet the truck would

keep moving.. That's why he drove so slow.. even the headlights

were under water.. It was really scarey. The drainage system

slows dramatically when its flooding.. At the corners, like here

is where they drain.. Some of these drain openings a small child

or dog could easily be swept into them.. I had heard of a parent

letting their child play on the curb not paying attention to the

rapid flow of water going into the drain.. I don't think they

realized that a child could get washed down there..


As fast as the blink of an eye, the little girl was there and the

next she was gone.. Luckily there was a ledge down in there or

something that snagged the child and when rescue workers

got into the drain they got her out.. It was a miracle..The guy

that went into that drain took a lot of courage to do that not

knowing what was down there.. The water was draining so fast,

that when the girl stepped into it..it pulled her off her little

feet and Blip! just that fast she was in that drain... Scarey..

I think the worst part of flooding is the snakes. when the water

went down I don't think Ive ever seen so many that I had NO

idea were around.. In fact we got a small one out of our bath

room where it had crawled to safety or so it thought, until we

saw it in there.. It wasn't big.. about the size of a grass snake,

called a ground rattler... mean little buggars .. they will strike

at you just like the big rattlers.. It isnt poisionous but sure

will make you think twice that it could be handled... I found

one in my garden in Galena Park.. I put it in a jar to show Sid,

I put my finger on the outside of the glass and that little

thing struck at my finger so hard I think it knocked itself out!

just laid there for the longest time.. I let it go back out in the

garden.. I was just more careful next time.. plus I started to

wear heavier gloves.. I'm not a snake person, or worms or none

of that stuff.. I don't like them at all. spiders or bugs either.

Today is the boys birthday and he came over here on his day

to put this wardrobe together for me.. He and Dawn had to

go and get their new wood stove and stopped by here on the

way back and put it together, its BIG! Its so WONDERFUL!

It sure is nice to be more organized.. These 'some assembly

required' things are almost a joke. It took them about 3 hrs

to put it together.. I love it and I sure am grateful that he

did this for me.. Theyre good kids..

I'm tired and have a lot of work to do as the kids just got

done and left so now I have to re do my bedroom and put

stuff away or I cant sleep tonite, not in my bed anyway!

Time to get busy on my part of this..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 honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...