Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Nursery
Well we are ALMOST through with the nursery... just a few more things need to go up on the walls... here are the pics... enjoy!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Im Alive!
Well that was the worst experience of my life... Friday we went to my sister's to stay since she is farther inland than us. The wind was already blowing decently hard around 1pm or so. It got worse and worse throughout the day and eventually our power went out at 930pm.
So we lit candles and decided to try and lay down. I was able to sleep on and off for a little bit but the wind just kept getting harder and harder and it was really freaky. It sounded like someone was trying to break into the door. We didn't have the door locked and the wind actually blew the door open once. The rain was coming down sideways so it was coming under the thresh-hold and getting the floor all wet.
The eye of the hurricane hit the coast at 2:10am with 110MPH winds... 1MPH from being considered a cat 3. My house is only miles from the coast and I had no idea what to expect when getting home. It is estimated that my sister's house, which is farther inland, was receiving 80-90MPH winds.
We made it through the night and went home at about 11am the next morning... it was still raining some and still windy. We got home to find our house still standing... THANK GOD... but the tree in our front yard had snapped in half and fell over on another tree. In our backyard our whole fence was down on one side... the posts actually broke in half... and the fence on the other side of the yard is leaning. The door to our shed was ripped open and completely broken and a tree fell on the shed. We did not lose one shingle... CRAZY. All the houses around us lost shingles some lost almost their entire roof.
While it definitely sucks... as we have a couple thousand dollars worth of damage... I feel very lucky that our house got as little damage as it did... neighborhoods just minutes from mine got water all in their house and everything they owned was destroyed.
We talked with our neighbors who told us that the eye of the storm passed over our house at about 2:45 am... how crazy is that... it would have been cool to experience but Im just glad everyone is safe and sound.
Sunday morning we got another 6 inches of rain on top of what the hurricane already dropped on us and it made a lot more people's homes flood... talk about add insult to injury.
We did not get power back until 9pm last night... so that is 5 full days without power... it was HORRIBLE. The first 3 days were really bad because as your probably know... Texas weather is HOT and HUMID. But we were blessed with a cold front that made things manageable. Regardless... it was hard to live without a/c, lights, a stove or oven, or ANYTHING for 5 days... especially being pregnant. All of our food in our fridge and freezer went bad so we have to start all over with that too. It was hard to find me a meal because of me having Celiac and not being able to eat most things. It is STILL going to be hard as there are still so many without power and grocery stores mainly only have non-perishable items since they too had to throw everything out. The wait for gas was about 1 hour sitting in line.
SOOOO many people lost EVERYTHING... please keep them in your prayers. I will update with some pictures later.
So we lit candles and decided to try and lay down. I was able to sleep on and off for a little bit but the wind just kept getting harder and harder and it was really freaky. It sounded like someone was trying to break into the door. We didn't have the door locked and the wind actually blew the door open once. The rain was coming down sideways so it was coming under the thresh-hold and getting the floor all wet.
The eye of the hurricane hit the coast at 2:10am with 110MPH winds... 1MPH from being considered a cat 3. My house is only miles from the coast and I had no idea what to expect when getting home. It is estimated that my sister's house, which is farther inland, was receiving 80-90MPH winds.
We made it through the night and went home at about 11am the next morning... it was still raining some and still windy. We got home to find our house still standing... THANK GOD... but the tree in our front yard had snapped in half and fell over on another tree. In our backyard our whole fence was down on one side... the posts actually broke in half... and the fence on the other side of the yard is leaning. The door to our shed was ripped open and completely broken and a tree fell on the shed. We did not lose one shingle... CRAZY. All the houses around us lost shingles some lost almost their entire roof.
While it definitely sucks... as we have a couple thousand dollars worth of damage... I feel very lucky that our house got as little damage as it did... neighborhoods just minutes from mine got water all in their house and everything they owned was destroyed.
We talked with our neighbors who told us that the eye of the storm passed over our house at about 2:45 am... how crazy is that... it would have been cool to experience but Im just glad everyone is safe and sound.
Sunday morning we got another 6 inches of rain on top of what the hurricane already dropped on us and it made a lot more people's homes flood... talk about add insult to injury.
We did not get power back until 9pm last night... so that is 5 full days without power... it was HORRIBLE. The first 3 days were really bad because as your probably know... Texas weather is HOT and HUMID. But we were blessed with a cold front that made things manageable. Regardless... it was hard to live without a/c, lights, a stove or oven, or ANYTHING for 5 days... especially being pregnant. All of our food in our fridge and freezer went bad so we have to start all over with that too. It was hard to find me a meal because of me having Celiac and not being able to eat most things. It is STILL going to be hard as there are still so many without power and grocery stores mainly only have non-perishable items since they too had to throw everything out. The wait for gas was about 1 hour sitting in line.
SOOOO many people lost EVERYTHING... please keep them in your prayers. I will update with some pictures later.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Ike
Well looks like we are basically going to get a direct hit from hurricane Ike. It is supposed to hit at a category 3. We are about 10 miles from the bay and 20-30 miles from the gulf of mexico so we are expected to get some of the storm surge. We are not planning on leaving our home as we have no where to really go. We could probably find a hotel a few hours away but we have 4 dogs that we will not leave. Im really freaking out, being pregnant during a cat 3 storm with no power is not going to be very fun. Traffic is already backed up from people trying to get out. If I could please ask for your thoughts and prayers... Im really hoping that Chad, Cody, and I stay safe and that our home will stay intact.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Proud of Myself :)
These are the wall letters I made:
I am very happy with how they came out. Oh and this is the bedding we are going with... my mom ordered it on Sunday :)
I am very happy with how they came out. Oh and this is the bedding we are going with... my mom ordered it on Sunday :)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
My "Mom"
My dad passed away about 4.5 years ago from lung cancer, it was very sudden, we had only found out 4 months before that he had cancer. It was very hard on all of us.
At the time I was still living at home. Shortly after, I met Chad, and we moved in together... it had been a little over a year since my dad died. This left my mom alone in the house. She was very sad and lonely at times... but we were very close. Talked every day saw each other every week and always did things together.
Then November of 06 she met a guy... he was ok... kinda jerky but "fun" for her. He was the first guy she starting dating since my dad had passed. I was happy that she found someone to spend her time with but not prepared for what was about to happen. Within 3 weeks he was living in her house with her and within 4 months they had gone to to JP and married. ~A little fast dont-cha think?~
As soon as she met him she stopped talking to me as much and stopped spending time with me... which I understood at first... a new relationship... everyone kinda does that right? Well... its been almost 2 years now and I still never see my mom. She has done a COMPLETE 180 in the way she used to be. She is no longer ~my~ mom. He treats her like crap... he makes NO money and pays NONE of the bills... he just lives in her PAID OFF house rent/utility free... since being married they have bought a boat, 4-wheeler, him a new truck, and an RV ALL under HER credit and she pays ALL the bills. Can you say taking advantage of? But hey... he is ~fun~ to be around... yeah if you call fun being drunk all the time.
So if this wasn't bad enough... when we started TTC July of last year my mom made it clear that she wasn't ready to be a grandma again... she already has 6 grandchildren and of course does not have time to spend with them anymore because she wont leave her husbands side. The first few months when I didn't get pregnant she actually said "good". I was like WOW thanks mom.
Now that I am pregnant, she has pretty much wanted nothing to do with my pregnancy. Sure we talk about it every once in a while, but she just doesn't have "time" for me anymore... she is too busy with her husband. She only wants to be part of it when it is convienent for HER... like with our big u/s... she wanted to come because we were going to find out the gender... but she hasn't cared about any of my other appointments or anything... she just wanted to be there for the "exciting" one. I told her no.
Then when I told her it was a boy she says "Oh, I was hoping it was a girl". TOO BAD.
So we were at her house yesterday for my nephews birthday and she mentions that she has two coupons for BRU for 15% off. She says maybe we can go tomorrow cause they are about to expire. I was like WOW she actually wants to do something with me?? I was all excited... so today I call her and she tells me that her husband is getting off early today so she wants to be home when he gets off. WHAT?? So pretty much the only reason she was going to go was because he was working and now that he isn't she has to be home for him... GIMME A FREAKING BREAK!!!
UGH... I am just SO through with her. I have tried to be civil through all of this and I have ~tried~ to keep her included in my pregnancy some... but not anymore. I just keep getting hurt over and over by her and I don't know what else to do. I try to talk to her about it but she just blows it off like it is nothing. She just doesn't see how much she has changed. She was never a drinker before and now that is all she ever wants to do cause thats what HE does.
I really miss ~my~ mom and wish I could get her back. Unfortunately it doesn't look like that is going to happen... I feel sorry for my son who will never really know his MeeMaw because she doesn't have time for him. It's hard enough knowing my dad will never meet him but now that my mom will not be a very big part of his life either really kills me.
Oh and she wants my child to call her husband grandpa... HA... over my dead body.
At the time I was still living at home. Shortly after, I met Chad, and we moved in together... it had been a little over a year since my dad died. This left my mom alone in the house. She was very sad and lonely at times... but we were very close. Talked every day saw each other every week and always did things together.
Then November of 06 she met a guy... he was ok... kinda jerky but "fun" for her. He was the first guy she starting dating since my dad had passed. I was happy that she found someone to spend her time with but not prepared for what was about to happen. Within 3 weeks he was living in her house with her and within 4 months they had gone to to JP and married. ~A little fast dont-cha think?~
As soon as she met him she stopped talking to me as much and stopped spending time with me... which I understood at first... a new relationship... everyone kinda does that right? Well... its been almost 2 years now and I still never see my mom. She has done a COMPLETE 180 in the way she used to be. She is no longer ~my~ mom. He treats her like crap... he makes NO money and pays NONE of the bills... he just lives in her PAID OFF house rent/utility free... since being married they have bought a boat, 4-wheeler, him a new truck, and an RV ALL under HER credit and she pays ALL the bills. Can you say taking advantage of? But hey... he is ~fun~ to be around... yeah if you call fun being drunk all the time.
So if this wasn't bad enough... when we started TTC July of last year my mom made it clear that she wasn't ready to be a grandma again... she already has 6 grandchildren and of course does not have time to spend with them anymore because she wont leave her husbands side. The first few months when I didn't get pregnant she actually said "good". I was like WOW thanks mom.
Now that I am pregnant, she has pretty much wanted nothing to do with my pregnancy. Sure we talk about it every once in a while, but she just doesn't have "time" for me anymore... she is too busy with her husband. She only wants to be part of it when it is convienent for HER... like with our big u/s... she wanted to come because we were going to find out the gender... but she hasn't cared about any of my other appointments or anything... she just wanted to be there for the "exciting" one. I told her no.
Then when I told her it was a boy she says "Oh, I was hoping it was a girl". TOO BAD.
So we were at her house yesterday for my nephews birthday and she mentions that she has two coupons for BRU for 15% off. She says maybe we can go tomorrow cause they are about to expire. I was like WOW she actually wants to do something with me?? I was all excited... so today I call her and she tells me that her husband is getting off early today so she wants to be home when he gets off. WHAT?? So pretty much the only reason she was going to go was because he was working and now that he isn't she has to be home for him... GIMME A FREAKING BREAK!!!
UGH... I am just SO through with her. I have tried to be civil through all of this and I have ~tried~ to keep her included in my pregnancy some... but not anymore. I just keep getting hurt over and over by her and I don't know what else to do. I try to talk to her about it but she just blows it off like it is nothing. She just doesn't see how much she has changed. She was never a drinker before and now that is all she ever wants to do cause thats what HE does.
I really miss ~my~ mom and wish I could get her back. Unfortunately it doesn't look like that is going to happen... I feel sorry for my son who will never really know his MeeMaw because she doesn't have time for him. It's hard enough knowing my dad will never meet him but now that my mom will not be a very big part of his life either really kills me.
Oh and she wants my child to call her husband grandpa... HA... over my dead body.
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