Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Weather is off and on
It was clear here for a while so we ran out to get something to eat and look around. Looks like normal rainy weather with light winds that's about all.
I guess we picked a good time. We just got back in time and the skies opened up but it's stopped, it's the bands are coming and going.
I guess a rainy Saturday is good. Karen shared a NEAT blog with me she's making. http://easytostayclose.blogspot.com/
She did a good job about showing how fun and easy it is to send cards from home and that was a cute photo she put up. GOOD JOB Karen.
I guess we picked a good time. We just got back in time and the skies opened up but it's stopped, it's the bands are coming and going.
I guess a rainy Saturday is good. Karen shared a NEAT blog with me she's making. http://easytostayclose.blogspot.com/
She did a good job about showing how fun and easy it is to send cards from home and that was a cute photo she put up. GOOD JOB Karen.
Dennis Is moving thru
Well here we are, Dennis is going to MISS us. He is way out in the gulf (THANK GOODNESS)
Unfortunately the tail end of him is starting to move in now with heavy rainds and wind gusts. He is a big storm.
We're starting to see some wind gusts, and rain. I'm thankful for my power and the fact I can stay inside and watch. I plan to get on the training call for my greeting card business in 20 minutes, so I will listen to the all, and watch th rains that are jus starting to come in now.
I feel sorry for our neighbors to the north in Pensacola, they have not recovered from Ivan and here comes Dennis.
Anyway, that's my updates from Tampa Bay. Just winds and rain.
Unfortunately the tail end of him is starting to move in now with heavy rainds and wind gusts. He is a big storm.
We're starting to see some wind gusts, and rain. I'm thankful for my power and the fact I can stay inside and watch. I plan to get on the training call for my greeting card business in 20 minutes, so I will listen to the all, and watch th rains that are jus starting to come in now.
I feel sorry for our neighbors to the north in Pensacola, they have not recovered from Ivan and here comes Dennis.
Anyway, that's my updates from Tampa Bay. Just winds and rain.
Friday, July 08, 2005
Hurricane Dennis
It's hard to believe a year has passed and we're in the same situation AGAIN. I'm feeling sorry for Pensacola as it looks like Dennis has his eye on them AGAIN. Ivan did them in pretty bad, but who would think another storm would come the next year aiming the same way.
I've had lots of friends online asking about the storms. If you're not from Florida, it's hard to imagine, but we're kind of taking a laid back wait and see on this one. Right now it's looking like the Panhandle, but who knows, these things really have a mind of their own.
Today was a beautiful warm (acutally HOT HOT HOT ) sunny day, until about 5 pm.
Hubby came home and decided it MIGHT be a good idea to go out and get some gas for his new generator. I'm still shaking my head on the need for this generator, guess it's a new Florida tool. We've lived in the state all our lives, and never owned a generator. We had one bad year with storms and now we need one..... LOL
Anyway so now we have a beautiful new $1600 Generator, that I for one hope we never need or use.
I really think he only wanted it because last year I bought 3 or 4 dozen cases of water, and thru it into the deep freeze so for the whole hurricane season, everytime hubby wanted something out of the Freezer he would cuss at me. Heck I was only being logical, I drink lots of diet coke with ice and I hate WARM water to drink so figured if I froze it all, we'd not run out.
It turned out for one storm I kept power but our neighbors didn't so I ended up sharing frozen water with them and they were thankful.
With the generator, hubby tells me he can run the freezer and refrigerator, so I don't need to freeze my water. I'm still wondering though it the electric goes OFF..... will the ICEMAKER pump the water into it to get ice?
IF anyone knows that one tell me.. I can't imagine not having my ice maker. Boy are we spoiled or what, Give me ICE and Air conditioning and my internet connection and the wind and rain can blow all it wants, I'll be happy.
ANYWAY about 5 pm, we went out to get something to eat and go get hubby's gas, and of course that's when the wind and rain decided to start up so we got DRENCHED coming back home. But we got his gas, so we're all ready and good to go.
So..To all you in the north, It's Friday midnight and we're fine in central Florida.
Looks like Dennis is down blowing around in Cuba and the Keys. As long as you see me online, you know I HAVE POWER ...and POWER IS EVERYTHING when you're in FLORIDA IN JULY.
GO AWAY DENNIS...
Di
I've had lots of friends online asking about the storms. If you're not from Florida, it's hard to imagine, but we're kind of taking a laid back wait and see on this one. Right now it's looking like the Panhandle, but who knows, these things really have a mind of their own.
Today was a beautiful warm (acutally HOT HOT HOT ) sunny day, until about 5 pm.
Hubby came home and decided it MIGHT be a good idea to go out and get some gas for his new generator. I'm still shaking my head on the need for this generator, guess it's a new Florida tool. We've lived in the state all our lives, and never owned a generator. We had one bad year with storms and now we need one..... LOL
Anyway so now we have a beautiful new $1600 Generator, that I for one hope we never need or use.
I really think he only wanted it because last year I bought 3 or 4 dozen cases of water, and thru it into the deep freeze so for the whole hurricane season, everytime hubby wanted something out of the Freezer he would cuss at me. Heck I was only being logical, I drink lots of diet coke with ice and I hate WARM water to drink so figured if I froze it all, we'd not run out.
It turned out for one storm I kept power but our neighbors didn't so I ended up sharing frozen water with them and they were thankful.
With the generator, hubby tells me he can run the freezer and refrigerator, so I don't need to freeze my water. I'm still wondering though it the electric goes OFF..... will the ICEMAKER pump the water into it to get ice?
IF anyone knows that one tell me.. I can't imagine not having my ice maker. Boy are we spoiled or what, Give me ICE and Air conditioning and my internet connection and the wind and rain can blow all it wants, I'll be happy.
ANYWAY about 5 pm, we went out to get something to eat and go get hubby's gas, and of course that's when the wind and rain decided to start up so we got DRENCHED coming back home. But we got his gas, so we're all ready and good to go.
So..To all you in the north, It's Friday midnight and we're fine in central Florida.
Looks like Dennis is down blowing around in Cuba and the Keys. As long as you see me online, you know I HAVE POWER ...and POWER IS EVERYTHING when you're in FLORIDA IN JULY.
GO AWAY DENNIS...
Di
Monday, July 04, 2005
Here We Go Again
It's that season again, already we're working on the 3rd tropical storm of the season.
Scary stuff going on in Florida this year. My neighbor had some violent nightmares about some really bad storms coming this year, and the state of Florida exploding. They were so vivid that she sold her home and is getting out of the state and moving to Tennessee.
I was outside tonight and they were loading up the cards, and packing and were ina hurry to leave fast before the next storms come. I came in and told hubby, I kind of felt like I was living in the days of Noah's Ark. I certainly hope she is way wrong, just in case she wasn't I thougth I'd add the prediction to this blog before the season starts in full swing.
Let's all hope she's wrong.
Scary stuff going on in Florida this year. My neighbor had some violent nightmares about some really bad storms coming this year, and the state of Florida exploding. They were so vivid that she sold her home and is getting out of the state and moving to Tennessee.
I was outside tonight and they were loading up the cards, and packing and were ina hurry to leave fast before the next storms come. I came in and told hubby, I kind of felt like I was living in the days of Noah's Ark. I certainly hope she is way wrong, just in case she wasn't I thougth I'd add the prediction to this blog before the season starts in full swing.
Let's all hope she's wrong.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Hurrican season AGAIN
Geez, can't believe it's almost a year since I started a blog..I'm not very good at keeping it up, I just get much too busy for this.
Here we are in hurricane season again, only this time well prepared. Hubby got us a generator, and we even have fashlights that do nto take batteries. All these years in Florida and I have not had need for any of these, one bad season and hubby thinks we need things we probably won't use.
Oh well, we're all prepared unless we blow away.
Here we are in hurricane season again, only this time well prepared. Hubby got us a generator, and we even have fashlights that do nto take batteries. All these years in Florida and I have not had need for any of these, one bad season and hubby thinks we need things we probably won't use.
Oh well, we're all prepared unless we blow away.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Life Is Passing US By
WHEW, Ever heard how time flies..... I think it's going lighning speed. I keep meaning to get over here and keep up this blog, yet, time goes by faster than the speed of light and I never seem to be good at this like some that do it every day.
I'm building a new business these days in the greeting card line and it's been so busy. It's fun, yet, hard to break away and do things like blogs and other things. I tend to get very focused when I'm starting up and building a new line. Greeting cards are such fun. You can show people you care about them, you can make them feel good about themselves. When you do that, it comes back to you 10 fold, so I spend my day, letting people try out the service and see for themsleves what it can do for their lives.
Thinking about it, in the long run it saves me lots of time. Prior to this I used to run to the store, to get someone a card, (If I remembered). Then I would maybe make it home without losing it, and set it down till I had time to find the address, most of the time it never got sent out. I have a pile of unsent cards here. I meant well but just never finished the thought.
Now I can, and I'm having fun with it. Time is still passing by but I'm accomplishing much more. IF you know anyone that wants to send a free card, and try out the service, send them over to http://mailoutcards.com and I will let them send one free.
Meantime.. Life goes on and on and on.....but that's a good thing. Back work I go. Thanks for dropping by.
I'm building a new business these days in the greeting card line and it's been so busy. It's fun, yet, hard to break away and do things like blogs and other things. I tend to get very focused when I'm starting up and building a new line. Greeting cards are such fun. You can show people you care about them, you can make them feel good about themselves. When you do that, it comes back to you 10 fold, so I spend my day, letting people try out the service and see for themsleves what it can do for their lives.
Thinking about it, in the long run it saves me lots of time. Prior to this I used to run to the store, to get someone a card, (If I remembered). Then I would maybe make it home without losing it, and set it down till I had time to find the address, most of the time it never got sent out. I have a pile of unsent cards here. I meant well but just never finished the thought.
Now I can, and I'm having fun with it. Time is still passing by but I'm accomplishing much more. IF you know anyone that wants to send a free card, and try out the service, send them over to http://mailoutcards.com and I will let them send one free.
Meantime.. Life goes on and on and on.....but that's a good thing. Back work I go. Thanks for dropping by.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Getting What You Want
With hurricane's gone for a while, I have been busy growing my business. Originally I started this blog to learn how to blog and to share and help others avoid mistakes I've made so I'm going to attempt to get back to doing that as time permits.
Do you know what you want?
REALLY TRULY do you?
What is it?
Knowing exactly what you want and being able to share thatand tell someone is the first step to getting it. If you don't know what you want, how would you know if you get it?
Think about that
.Once you know what you want, then it's time to work on getting it.Action is key to that. First thing is going to work to make thingshappen, and finding a business or opportunity you can work toget what you want out of life.
Once you find that, then it is a matter of staying around long enoughto achieve your dreams, and making them all come true.Too often people figure out what they want, then they find a companyor vehicle they think will get them there, they jump in and go to workfor a few weeks, or a few months.
It's very easy to do somethingfor a month or 2, but when 4 or 5 months go by, and people findthey are NOT rich, their interest starts to fall off.
People expect INSTANT gratification, and it does not work that way.It's really a shame, as I've seen some really great people give up way too soon, only right before they would have reaped the benefitsof their work.
In the beginning you do work hard to get things kicked off and running but as you get that rolling, later on, you don't have to work near as hard, and things fall into place.
I started in this industry OVER 10 years ago, and the first 5 yearswere a real learning experience in what NOT to do. I made all theclassic mistakes and even some that they never thought of. It was horrible, and costly.Through it all, I had to start over many times, but never ONCE didI ever think of quitting, simply because I knew If I gave up and quit then the crooks of our world would win. I knew I would find an honest company, run by honest people and find a team of spectacular people to work with and I'm happy to say I have andI'm truly blessed.
So whatever it is you truly want, GO FOR IT.
Never let anyone or anything stop you from becoming the best that you can be.
Never let anyone steal your dreams.Know what you want and go get it.
Just plan to work your way there.I know if I can do it, ANYONE CAN.
Go to work and I'll see you at the TOP!
Do you know what you want?
REALLY TRULY do you?
What is it?
Knowing exactly what you want and being able to share thatand tell someone is the first step to getting it. If you don't know what you want, how would you know if you get it?
Think about that
.Once you know what you want, then it's time to work on getting it.Action is key to that. First thing is going to work to make thingshappen, and finding a business or opportunity you can work toget what you want out of life.
Once you find that, then it is a matter of staying around long enoughto achieve your dreams, and making them all come true.Too often people figure out what they want, then they find a companyor vehicle they think will get them there, they jump in and go to workfor a few weeks, or a few months.
It's very easy to do somethingfor a month or 2, but when 4 or 5 months go by, and people findthey are NOT rich, their interest starts to fall off.
People expect INSTANT gratification, and it does not work that way.It's really a shame, as I've seen some really great people give up way too soon, only right before they would have reaped the benefitsof their work.
In the beginning you do work hard to get things kicked off and running but as you get that rolling, later on, you don't have to work near as hard, and things fall into place.
I started in this industry OVER 10 years ago, and the first 5 yearswere a real learning experience in what NOT to do. I made all theclassic mistakes and even some that they never thought of. It was horrible, and costly.Through it all, I had to start over many times, but never ONCE didI ever think of quitting, simply because I knew If I gave up and quit then the crooks of our world would win. I knew I would find an honest company, run by honest people and find a team of spectacular people to work with and I'm happy to say I have andI'm truly blessed.
So whatever it is you truly want, GO FOR IT.
Never let anyone or anything stop you from becoming the best that you can be.
Never let anyone steal your dreams.Know what you want and go get it.
Just plan to work your way there.I know if I can do it, ANYONE CAN.
Go to work and I'll see you at the TOP!
Monday, January 31, 2005
Life in the fast lane
After the hurricanes, life goes on. I sort of got away from recapping things and got busy with life. I spent a few weeks in Minnesota for the holidays, came home for a few days and then flew to Utah, to visit the card company I just added to my business.
Photos: http://picturetrail.com/mlmblonde
Life has been busy since I found this little card company because it just makes so much sense, it's been growing like crazy. The cards are prices 50-60% less than someone can buy them in the store In addition to that, it's convenient. People don't have to run to the store, go buy postage, or run around.
So it's really a NO Brainer, and I've been having fun showing it to people and they love it and they tell others and it's been wild. I've been giving free demos at http://mailoutcards.com
So I'm back to working like crazy, but it's fun.
Photos: http://picturetrail.com/mlmblonde
Life has been busy since I found this little card company because it just makes so much sense, it's been growing like crazy. The cards are prices 50-60% less than someone can buy them in the store In addition to that, it's convenient. People don't have to run to the store, go buy postage, or run around.
So it's really a NO Brainer, and I've been having fun showing it to people and they love it and they tell others and it's been wild. I've been giving free demos at http://mailoutcards.com
So I'm back to working like crazy, but it's fun.
Sunday, December 12, 2004
What a life - After the hurricanes.
I guess I'm just not a good blogger. Once the hurricanes past and everyone quit calling to ask about them, somehow I got busy again and not been back to my own blog. OOOPS.
Life has been good. We were lucky in our area to have survived in tact. Other area of our state were not so fortunate and are still recovering, but myself I'm back to work. I'm building a business having left the corporate world almost 10 years ago now. Hard to believe how time flies.
During this hurricane season I was counting myblessings that I didn't have to report for duty anywhere. I work from home and with the internet I can be any place. I could not imagine ever going back to the old life of the JOB world. Sometime I'll write my book and tell about the transition from the JOB mentality to the life of independence. It's possible to break out but it does take some real mind tranisitions.
I just set up a new link exchange page so I'm going to link in my blog. IF you want to link to me you can do so at http://getaT1quote.com click on resources when you get there.
Meantime, I'm back alive and kicking and back to building my business.
Speaking of business, it's holiday season. How are you sending your greetings this year? I found a great new income source and tool for any business at the same time. IF you would like a free demo, fill in the form at http://mailoutcards.com and I will set up for you a free account to mail a card and try out the service.
Well back to my ball game, Bucs are tied at 14 all, I'm a die hard Bucs fan.
UPWARDS AND ONWARDS
Diane
GetaT1quote.com - Best prices and services in T1 lines
Life has been good. We were lucky in our area to have survived in tact. Other area of our state were not so fortunate and are still recovering, but myself I'm back to work. I'm building a business having left the corporate world almost 10 years ago now. Hard to believe how time flies.
During this hurricane season I was counting myblessings that I didn't have to report for duty anywhere. I work from home and with the internet I can be any place. I could not imagine ever going back to the old life of the JOB world. Sometime I'll write my book and tell about the transition from the JOB mentality to the life of independence. It's possible to break out but it does take some real mind tranisitions.
I just set up a new link exchange page so I'm going to link in my blog. IF you want to link to me you can do so at http://getaT1quote.com click on resources when you get there.
Meantime, I'm back alive and kicking and back to building my business.
Speaking of business, it's holiday season. How are you sending your greetings this year? I found a great new income source and tool for any business at the same time. IF you would like a free demo, fill in the form at http://mailoutcards.com and I will set up for you a free account to mail a card and try out the service.
Well back to my ball game, Bucs are tied at 14 all, I'm a die hard Bucs fan.
UPWARDS AND ONWARDS
Diane
GetaT1quote.com - Best prices and services in T1 lines
Friday, October 08, 2004
Keeping a sense of humor
Good thing us Floridians are tough, resiliant, and have a sense of humor. All sorts of jokes, photo's and things have been going around about the state where we can't count votes, and attract so many storms.
I received the following from a friend, It's a HURRICANE QUIZ :
Editor's Note: In preparation for hurricane season, I have put together a quick little quiz for people on the West Coast (most notably California) who may be visiting a southernstate. (No, Arizona is not a southern state) . .
.1. How are hurricane's names selected?
a. Named after Congressmen who are full of hot air
b. Names of spouses are submitted by divorced people
c. Page 824 in Miami's phone book
d. Hurricanes don't care what you call them
2. What do they call the most severe hurricane?
a. Category 5
b. Red Alertc. Costlyd. OHHHHH MYYYYY . . .
3. If a hurricane Guido with wind speeds of 104 MPH leaves theNorthwest African coast on Wednesday at 7:04 AM and is traveling Westat 16 MPH and hurricane Isabel with wind speeds of 93 MPH leaves KeyWest at 24 MPH on Thursday at 11:32 AM, when would they meet?
a. Tuesday at 3:18 PM, but their luggage would be in Paris
b. Never, Isabel doesn't want to have anything to do with ablowhard like Guido
c. Never, Guido said that there's no place for Isabel to stopand ask directions; she'll probably end up in Rio
d. Trick question - hurricanes don't depart from Key West
4. You're flying in a small, single engine plane. You look up and seea hurricane directly ahead. What's the first thing you think?
a. It's got the right of way! It's got the right of way!
b. This is the last time I fly no-frills.
c. I can't believe she's going to get EVERYTHING now!
d. I gotta change my shorts!
5. A hurricane is dangerous if . . .
a. You get in its way
b. it's had a REALLY bad day
c. you try to stop it to ask directions
d. you do not yield right of way
6. How do forecasters know a hurricane is coming?
a. Hurricanes ALWAYS leave a forwarding address
b. They have REALLY good binoculars
c. Hurricanes LOVE the beach
d. They send out a bunch of small boats and plot the sinkings
7. How can you protect your house in the event of a hurricane?
a. Sell it - QUICK
b. Bury it and dig it up later
c. Cover it with leaves and pretend it's a big bush
d. Duct tape
8. What is the first thing you should do if a hurricane is confirmedto be heading in your direction?
a. Check your supplies for the big hurricane party
b. Air drop a roadmap into the eye, of another area
c. Put out all your trash for immediate air disposal
d. Begin drawing plans for the new house you will soon be building
9. What should you NOT do if a hurricane is coming?
a. Begin those remodeling plans you've been putting off
b. Put the cat or dog out (unless on a LONG leash)
c. Cancel your homeowner's insurance
d. Go on a picnic, to the beach.
10. When is it a good time to evacuate your home?
a. When the water level reaches the roof
b. When your in-ground swimming pool becomes airborne
c. Shortly after your roof is declared a UFO
d. When people ask how you constructed a home without outer walls
11. Where should you evacuate?
a. A nearby lowland to wait out the floods
b. A tall location, like on top of a radio tower or Florida'smountains
c. Anywhere that has a happy hour and free munchies
d. Out to sea on a small craft
12. Why should you not stay close to the beach
a. All the best spots are probably taken
b. Track in too much sand
c. Cooler keeps blowing away
d. Hard to stay put under the 50' waves
13. If the eye of the hurricane passes overhead, you should not . . .
a. stare; it's impolite
b. make direct eye contact
c. offer it some Visine
d. ask if it's seen Dorothy and Toto
14. What happens after the eye passes?
a. Stay very still; maybe it didn't see you
b. It can't see you any more
c. You can expect the nose, followed by the mouth, etc.
d. It winks and waves good-bye
15. What should you do first after a hurricane passes?
a. Locate your computer
b. Determine if your computer is operational
c. Contact your insurance agent about replacing your computer
d. See if your spouse, kids and pets are around; get back to your computer
16. Who should you turn to if you need help after a hurricane?
a. Local government (also blown away)
b. State government (can't afford to help)
c. Federal government (doesn't care)
d. Foreign governments (the Japanese are looking for investments)
17. What happens a year after you're hit by a hurricane?
a. Still looking for pieces of your house
b. Still looking for pieces of your computer
c. Still looking for pieces of yourself
d. The government sees you've started rebuilding; concludes you need no emergency help.
I received the following from a friend, It's a HURRICANE QUIZ :
Editor's Note: In preparation for hurricane season, I have put together a quick little quiz for people on the West Coast (most notably California) who may be visiting a southernstate. (No, Arizona is not a southern state) . .
.1. How are hurricane's names selected?
a. Named after Congressmen who are full of hot air
b. Names of spouses are submitted by divorced people
c. Page 824 in Miami's phone book
d. Hurricanes don't care what you call them
2. What do they call the most severe hurricane?
a. Category 5
b. Red Alertc. Costlyd. OHHHHH MYYYYY . . .
3. If a hurricane Guido with wind speeds of 104 MPH leaves theNorthwest African coast on Wednesday at 7:04 AM and is traveling Westat 16 MPH and hurricane Isabel with wind speeds of 93 MPH leaves KeyWest at 24 MPH on Thursday at 11:32 AM, when would they meet?
a. Tuesday at 3:18 PM, but their luggage would be in Paris
b. Never, Isabel doesn't want to have anything to do with ablowhard like Guido
c. Never, Guido said that there's no place for Isabel to stopand ask directions; she'll probably end up in Rio
d. Trick question - hurricanes don't depart from Key West
4. You're flying in a small, single engine plane. You look up and seea hurricane directly ahead. What's the first thing you think?
a. It's got the right of way! It's got the right of way!
b. This is the last time I fly no-frills.
c. I can't believe she's going to get EVERYTHING now!
d. I gotta change my shorts!
5. A hurricane is dangerous if . . .
a. You get in its way
b. it's had a REALLY bad day
c. you try to stop it to ask directions
d. you do not yield right of way
6. How do forecasters know a hurricane is coming?
a. Hurricanes ALWAYS leave a forwarding address
b. They have REALLY good binoculars
c. Hurricanes LOVE the beach
d. They send out a bunch of small boats and plot the sinkings
7. How can you protect your house in the event of a hurricane?
a. Sell it - QUICK
b. Bury it and dig it up later
c. Cover it with leaves and pretend it's a big bush
d. Duct tape
8. What is the first thing you should do if a hurricane is confirmedto be heading in your direction?
a. Check your supplies for the big hurricane party
b. Air drop a roadmap into the eye, of another area
c. Put out all your trash for immediate air disposal
d. Begin drawing plans for the new house you will soon be building
9. What should you NOT do if a hurricane is coming?
a. Begin those remodeling plans you've been putting off
b. Put the cat or dog out (unless on a LONG leash)
c. Cancel your homeowner's insurance
d. Go on a picnic, to the beach.
10. When is it a good time to evacuate your home?
a. When the water level reaches the roof
b. When your in-ground swimming pool becomes airborne
c. Shortly after your roof is declared a UFO
d. When people ask how you constructed a home without outer walls
11. Where should you evacuate?
a. A nearby lowland to wait out the floods
b. A tall location, like on top of a radio tower or Florida'smountains
c. Anywhere that has a happy hour and free munchies
d. Out to sea on a small craft
12. Why should you not stay close to the beach
a. All the best spots are probably taken
b. Track in too much sand
c. Cooler keeps blowing away
d. Hard to stay put under the 50' waves
13. If the eye of the hurricane passes overhead, you should not . . .
a. stare; it's impolite
b. make direct eye contact
c. offer it some Visine
d. ask if it's seen Dorothy and Toto
14. What happens after the eye passes?
a. Stay very still; maybe it didn't see you
b. It can't see you any more
c. You can expect the nose, followed by the mouth, etc.
d. It winks and waves good-bye
15. What should you do first after a hurricane passes?
a. Locate your computer
b. Determine if your computer is operational
c. Contact your insurance agent about replacing your computer
d. See if your spouse, kids and pets are around; get back to your computer
16. Who should you turn to if you need help after a hurricane?
a. Local government (also blown away)
b. State government (can't afford to help)
c. Federal government (doesn't care)
d. Foreign governments (the Japanese are looking for investments)
17. What happens a year after you're hit by a hurricane?
a. Still looking for pieces of your house
b. Still looking for pieces of your computer
c. Still looking for pieces of yourself
d. The government sees you've started rebuilding; concludes you need no emergency help.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
The Next Month
Boy how things change. Storms have passed and I've finally ventured out to check round and fortunatley found most of my area intact. Driving across north Tampa, most of our power has been restored, you see signs down, broken trees, and debree but nothing really MAJORLY bad like our poor friends to the south and north. I know there are many areas around here that have been flooded and I feel bad for them. Comparied to the other parts of our state I feel truly blessed.
Now.. 2 storms Frances and Jeanne passed directly over us. What a difference though.
With Frances we had company and we all sort or were glued to the tv and really focused on the storm.
Frances also was noisy and LONG...days long and the winds howled. The news only gave info mostly effecting our area so our company didn't know what was going on in their area about 70 miles away.
With Jeanne we had only myself and my father in law. Our other friends decided to stay home and watch from there. With Jeanne also, the week before I found an EXCEPTIONAL new product line to add to my business and I was totally engrossed in showing the product to as many as I could because in the back of my mind I knew if I lost power, It may be weeks before I could share so I spent the entire day on the phones and online, so didn't pay as much attention to the storm other than to see the winds and rain out my office window.
FORTUNATELY, I did not lose power OR cable OR phones, so I got to stay online and on the phone the entire day. I found my mental state much better than being focused so much on tragedies and the scary storm also those I showed my new tool to were EXCITED and blown away that something so simple, could be so powerful and help them in their business.
Should you have a business or want to use a tool that will make your life much easier, feel free to write me or go to my own site at http://mlmblonde.com/contact and fill in your information and tell me you want me to demo this new product to you. It will take 5 minutes of your time and I can guarantee it, if you see this and use it, it will DEFINITELY improve your customer renention and referrals for you no matter WHAT you do. It's too cool. (just put a note on the form that you want me to show you the demo, so I will know )
ANYWAY back to the hurricanes, people are sending all sorts of funny jokes, one of them I saw our state moved up to ND, another I saw a big cloud over our entire state with a note as to us being under it, I've seen our state renamed to the Plywood state, another graphic with our state under sheets of plywood.
Today someone sent me the following ways to KNOW if you are a TRUE Floridian which I will post here:
At least they still have a sense of humor!!!YOU MIGHT BE A FLORIDIAN IF..........
You have more than 20 C and D batteries in your kitchen drawer.
The freezer in your garage is full of homemade ice.
You flinch when you are introduced to a person named Charley, Frances, Ivanor Jeanne.
You find yourself dropping words like "millibar", "convection","hunkerdown", "eye wall" into everyday conversation.
Your pantry contains more than 10 cans of Spaghetti Os.
Making coffee on your propane grill does not seem like an odd thing to do.
You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering yourwindows.
When describing your house to a prospective buyer, you say it has threebedrooms, two baths and one safe place.
You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
You are delighted to pay $2 for a gallon of unleaded.
The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.
You have the number for FEMA on your speed dialer.
You own more than three large coolers.
You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the leastbit guilty about it.
Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemblea portable generator by candlelight.
You catch a 5-pound catfish. In your driveway.
You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowners insurancepolicy.
At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.
You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at theWeather Channel.
Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
Relocating to North Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.
You never have more than $20 worth of meat, and frozen foods in your refrigerator at any given time.
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The jokes are sort of sad but true. It's a good thing we Floridians have a good sense of humor. After all, we can't vote right, as we can't punch those little "chads" . So they gave us electronic machines, with computers that can't count. We messed up the last 2 nationwide elections down here, and now we've weathered the past 4 direct hits from hurricanes.
We're weathered but TOUGH. So back to the drawing board, I've got lots more demos to do to help others before I hear the NEXT one is headed this way. Last time I turned on the TV, Lisa was going away and I have not heard further if Mathew is coming along, but this weekend it's a beautiful mild and sunny day out, with light breezes.
Unfortunately I WISH we would get a little stronger breeze to knock down the broken branches way up in the oak tree that are hanging by just a thread. Can't put my car in the one driveway safely till we get those down, and of course we are on the WAITING list for at least a dozen tree companies. Unless your tree split your house in half, you are NOT a priority in hiring tree labor in Florida....so we have to wait till our # comes up or the branches up there get SHOOK down as they need a buckt truck to get to where they are.
On a positive note, at least we have a new mail box and the debree from Jeanne has already been picked up. That a good thing.
The other funny thing that happened in my city, is our BRILLIANT city manager decided to "COMMUNICATE" with our community daily to let us know what's happening in cleaning up the messes. Well our city was NOT hit all that hard. I happen to be on the crime watch with a neighbor. The CITY voted without telling us, that the crime watch people can be COMMAND central for their neighborhood. Well that SOUNDS good, but what it really means is they drop off 200 PLUS copies of what's happening for us to walk around to EVERY house in the subdivison, which is 4 streets each 3 blocks long and 2 side streets, a task that would take 1-2 hours a DAY.
They wanted us to deliver these DAILY like you get a newspaper (do I look like newspaper delivery???) LOL
It would be one thing if our neighborhood was devastated and no one had power and we all needed the information quickly, but instead it looked like repeated information each day.
Things like THIS: (My commenst follow in brackets)
1 We do NOT have to Boil our water. (HMMMM ok so what's new. I would think I would NEED to know if I HAD to boil my water Not the other way around. SO what if I didn't know and boiled it anyway...nothing lost)
2. IF you have damage, you need to make temporary repairs till the adjuster comes (DUH like who would not cover a hole in the roof?)
3. School is closed on Monday ( HMMM why did I need to know that on WED)
4. For those without power, they are working on restoring it. You will see trucks in your neighborhood when they are working on yours (DUH)
Anyway you get the IDEA. Our brilliant city manager in an effort to communicate decides we should all run around the neighborhood giving these sheets out daily (and who paid for all the paper and copies....taxpayers). NICE GESTURE but not too much thought in it. When I called and mentioned I thought it was a LOT to ask people to run around for 2 hours every night delivering information that is outdated before they get it. They told us WELL we have one watch that an 87 year old lady delivered over 200 by herself.
GEES I was thinking, that's NUTS. I guess when you're 87 you probably have a lot of time, or one of those carts to ride around in. I don't have an extra 2 hours a day to deliver one sheet of paper to hundreds.
Back to the drawing boards.
Now.. 2 storms Frances and Jeanne passed directly over us. What a difference though.
With Frances we had company and we all sort or were glued to the tv and really focused on the storm.
Frances also was noisy and LONG...days long and the winds howled. The news only gave info mostly effecting our area so our company didn't know what was going on in their area about 70 miles away.
With Jeanne we had only myself and my father in law. Our other friends decided to stay home and watch from there. With Jeanne also, the week before I found an EXCEPTIONAL new product line to add to my business and I was totally engrossed in showing the product to as many as I could because in the back of my mind I knew if I lost power, It may be weeks before I could share so I spent the entire day on the phones and online, so didn't pay as much attention to the storm other than to see the winds and rain out my office window.
FORTUNATELY, I did not lose power OR cable OR phones, so I got to stay online and on the phone the entire day. I found my mental state much better than being focused so much on tragedies and the scary storm also those I showed my new tool to were EXCITED and blown away that something so simple, could be so powerful and help them in their business.
Should you have a business or want to use a tool that will make your life much easier, feel free to write me or go to my own site at http://mlmblonde.com/contact and fill in your information and tell me you want me to demo this new product to you. It will take 5 minutes of your time and I can guarantee it, if you see this and use it, it will DEFINITELY improve your customer renention and referrals for you no matter WHAT you do. It's too cool. (just put a note on the form that you want me to show you the demo, so I will know )
ANYWAY back to the hurricanes, people are sending all sorts of funny jokes, one of them I saw our state moved up to ND, another I saw a big cloud over our entire state with a note as to us being under it, I've seen our state renamed to the Plywood state, another graphic with our state under sheets of plywood.
Today someone sent me the following ways to KNOW if you are a TRUE Floridian which I will post here:
At least they still have a sense of humor!!!YOU MIGHT BE A FLORIDIAN IF..........
You have more than 20 C and D batteries in your kitchen drawer.
The freezer in your garage is full of homemade ice.
You flinch when you are introduced to a person named Charley, Frances, Ivanor Jeanne.
You find yourself dropping words like "millibar", "convection","hunkerdown", "eye wall" into everyday conversation.
Your pantry contains more than 10 cans of Spaghetti Os.
Making coffee on your propane grill does not seem like an odd thing to do.
You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering yourwindows.
When describing your house to a prospective buyer, you say it has threebedrooms, two baths and one safe place.
You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
You are delighted to pay $2 for a gallon of unleaded.
The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.
You have the number for FEMA on your speed dialer.
You own more than three large coolers.
You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the leastbit guilty about it.
Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemblea portable generator by candlelight.
You catch a 5-pound catfish. In your driveway.
You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowners insurancepolicy.
At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.
You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at theWeather Channel.
Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
Relocating to North Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.
You never have more than $20 worth of meat, and frozen foods in your refrigerator at any given time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The jokes are sort of sad but true. It's a good thing we Floridians have a good sense of humor. After all, we can't vote right, as we can't punch those little "chads" . So they gave us electronic machines, with computers that can't count. We messed up the last 2 nationwide elections down here, and now we've weathered the past 4 direct hits from hurricanes.
We're weathered but TOUGH. So back to the drawing board, I've got lots more demos to do to help others before I hear the NEXT one is headed this way. Last time I turned on the TV, Lisa was going away and I have not heard further if Mathew is coming along, but this weekend it's a beautiful mild and sunny day out, with light breezes.
Unfortunately I WISH we would get a little stronger breeze to knock down the broken branches way up in the oak tree that are hanging by just a thread. Can't put my car in the one driveway safely till we get those down, and of course we are on the WAITING list for at least a dozen tree companies. Unless your tree split your house in half, you are NOT a priority in hiring tree labor in Florida....so we have to wait till our # comes up or the branches up there get SHOOK down as they need a buckt truck to get to where they are.
On a positive note, at least we have a new mail box and the debree from Jeanne has already been picked up. That a good thing.
The other funny thing that happened in my city, is our BRILLIANT city manager decided to "COMMUNICATE" with our community daily to let us know what's happening in cleaning up the messes. Well our city was NOT hit all that hard. I happen to be on the crime watch with a neighbor. The CITY voted without telling us, that the crime watch people can be COMMAND central for their neighborhood. Well that SOUNDS good, but what it really means is they drop off 200 PLUS copies of what's happening for us to walk around to EVERY house in the subdivison, which is 4 streets each 3 blocks long and 2 side streets, a task that would take 1-2 hours a DAY.
They wanted us to deliver these DAILY like you get a newspaper (do I look like newspaper delivery???) LOL
It would be one thing if our neighborhood was devastated and no one had power and we all needed the information quickly, but instead it looked like repeated information each day.
Things like THIS: (My commenst follow in brackets)
1 We do NOT have to Boil our water. (HMMMM ok so what's new. I would think I would NEED to know if I HAD to boil my water Not the other way around. SO what if I didn't know and boiled it anyway...nothing lost)
2. IF you have damage, you need to make temporary repairs till the adjuster comes (DUH like who would not cover a hole in the roof?)
3. School is closed on Monday ( HMMM why did I need to know that on WED)
4. For those without power, they are working on restoring it. You will see trucks in your neighborhood when they are working on yours (DUH)
Anyway you get the IDEA. Our brilliant city manager in an effort to communicate decides we should all run around the neighborhood giving these sheets out daily (and who paid for all the paper and copies....taxpayers). NICE GESTURE but not too much thought in it. When I called and mentioned I thought it was a LOT to ask people to run around for 2 hours every night delivering information that is outdated before they get it. They told us WELL we have one watch that an 87 year old lady delivered over 200 by herself.
GEES I was thinking, that's NUTS. I guess when you're 87 you probably have a lot of time, or one of those carts to ride around in. I don't have an extra 2 hours a day to deliver one sheet of paper to hundreds.
Back to the drawing boards.
Sunday, September 26, 2004
The worst is past (WELL ALMOST)
We survived another one, and feel so lucky and blessed. Millions are without power but ours stayed on and for that I'm thankful.
When they eye came over I went out and picked up branches. I saw a big one that was above my suv, hanging by a thread but it has not fallen yet. I moved the car next door, and will have to deal with that but other than that nothing major here. Tomorrow I will walk around the neighborhood. I did see a few big limbs and trees down.
The storm has passed us. That is the good news. The bad news is that is presently stalled and sitting in the gulf. We just hope it won't come back.
Watching TV there was lots of damage, flooding, trees down on houses and stuff in our city, so I feel very fortunate that we have nothing but tree limbs again.
Well.....hope that ends it. ....but there is also Lisa we're watching...YIKES this is nuts
When they eye came over I went out and picked up branches. I saw a big one that was above my suv, hanging by a thread but it has not fallen yet. I moved the car next door, and will have to deal with that but other than that nothing major here. Tomorrow I will walk around the neighborhood. I did see a few big limbs and trees down.
The storm has passed us. That is the good news. The bad news is that is presently stalled and sitting in the gulf. We just hope it won't come back.
Watching TV there was lots of damage, flooding, trees down on houses and stuff in our city, so I feel very fortunate that we have nothing but tree limbs again.
Well.....hope that ends it. ....but there is also Lisa we're watching...YIKES this is nuts
It's coming here this time
Went to bed last night about 2. I've been so busy with our new product line and working online that I've missed most of the updates. When I went to bed, it was projected to go north of us across the state.
I got up about 9 AM, and turned on the tv. The wind is whipping around but unlike Frances that just howeled, Jeanne is just whipping around but not howling. Jeanne so far has been quiet.
I had a call from my daughter in Minnesota who saw on tv the storm is coming our way. I guess it is, but I think like most in Floirda that watched the last 3, it's almost like sort of an "OH WELL" what next attitude. I have to admit I have the same attitude.
I'm counting my blessings for the power right now.. .. at least i can be online. They say wind is picking up again and they eye is coming our way. They are showing things that are falling down all over, in my area. My trees are blowing and whipping around, but other than that it's like a big rain and wind.
I remember thinking the other day, I was thankful they just picked up the tree limbs that Frances knocked down. Our entire neighbor hood was full of piles of tree limbs last time. Since they got picked up this week, we now have a place to pile the new ones falling down now for another few weeks. I guess I'll be out picking up the yard again later this week. Hopefully I will still have a yard.
Looks like it's still a Catagory 1, and it's headed our way. Center is around Bartow right now which is basically about an hour or so to the east of us. IF I keep power I will keep this updated so those of you around the country can know we're still alive and well in Florida.
Upward and onward
Di
I got up about 9 AM, and turned on the tv. The wind is whipping around but unlike Frances that just howeled, Jeanne is just whipping around but not howling. Jeanne so far has been quiet.
I had a call from my daughter in Minnesota who saw on tv the storm is coming our way. I guess it is, but I think like most in Floirda that watched the last 3, it's almost like sort of an "OH WELL" what next attitude. I have to admit I have the same attitude.
I'm counting my blessings for the power right now.. .. at least i can be online. They say wind is picking up again and they eye is coming our way. They are showing things that are falling down all over, in my area. My trees are blowing and whipping around, but other than that it's like a big rain and wind.
I remember thinking the other day, I was thankful they just picked up the tree limbs that Frances knocked down. Our entire neighbor hood was full of piles of tree limbs last time. Since they got picked up this week, we now have a place to pile the new ones falling down now for another few weeks. I guess I'll be out picking up the yard again later this week. Hopefully I will still have a yard.
Looks like it's still a Catagory 1, and it's headed our way. Center is around Bartow right now which is basically about an hour or so to the east of us. IF I keep power I will keep this updated so those of you around the country can know we're still alive and well in Florida.
Upward and onward
Di
Saturday, September 25, 2004
GEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ
That is how I feel with this weekly or ever other week hurricane. This time I'm totally unprepared, have not gotten out anything special, like the normal junk food. The last 3 hurricanes must have added 10 pounds to me, as I bought up crackers, cookies, snack food that does not require refrigeration. This time, this silly Jeanne looked fickle. She went north and then up into the atlantic, then did a complete circle to take aim at Florida.
Looks like now, it is going to hit the poor folks at Ft Pierce again.
HOWEVER, watching the TV now for the first time in days, I can literally FEEL the response of the others in the state, that feels just like me. APATHETIC.
People are calling in to ask questions about Can they go to the gator game first, when the east coast has been ordered to evacuate. They don't want to miss the game. The last question they called in this channel to ask if the game scheduled in an hour would be put on instead of the weather. People have watched the warnings, how to get ready, what to do, what to buy so many times (almost every week for almost 2 months now)...that they are tired of hearing it. I know I am.
I have so many flashlights, batteries, and so much frozen water in our big freezer from Charley, Frances and Ivan, that I didn't need to do anything in that line. After Ivan, Hubby was fussing at me to take out the water bottles so that he could find the real food, however, I told him no point in doing it over and over, just leave it in case we need it next week. SORRY to say I was right.....but it saved me having to do it over.
Looking for the positive in everything the good points of this one:
1. Hubby brought home several dozen plants he just put in the ground this morning, we don't have to worry now about watering them enough.
2. I don't have to buy tons of water, cause I already have the freezer full, same with batteries, radios. I also have not unpacked my imporant papers that I put into plastic.
3. I dont have as much to pick up cause I didn't put everything back from the last 3 things.
Seriously though this is getting kind of nuts.... and I'm so sick of watching hurrican projections I could have been a meteorologist.
Looks like now, it is going to hit the poor folks at Ft Pierce again.
HOWEVER, watching the TV now for the first time in days, I can literally FEEL the response of the others in the state, that feels just like me. APATHETIC.
People are calling in to ask questions about Can they go to the gator game first, when the east coast has been ordered to evacuate. They don't want to miss the game. The last question they called in this channel to ask if the game scheduled in an hour would be put on instead of the weather. People have watched the warnings, how to get ready, what to do, what to buy so many times (almost every week for almost 2 months now)...that they are tired of hearing it. I know I am.
I have so many flashlights, batteries, and so much frozen water in our big freezer from Charley, Frances and Ivan, that I didn't need to do anything in that line. After Ivan, Hubby was fussing at me to take out the water bottles so that he could find the real food, however, I told him no point in doing it over and over, just leave it in case we need it next week. SORRY to say I was right.....but it saved me having to do it over.
Looking for the positive in everything the good points of this one:
1. Hubby brought home several dozen plants he just put in the ground this morning, we don't have to worry now about watering them enough.
2. I don't have to buy tons of water, cause I already have the freezer full, same with batteries, radios. I also have not unpacked my imporant papers that I put into plastic.
3. I dont have as much to pick up cause I didn't put everything back from the last 3 things.
Seriously though this is getting kind of nuts.... and I'm so sick of watching hurrican projections I could have been a meteorologist.
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Totally unreal
I'm just not believing this junk.... I hope others are not like me. I was told Jeanne is coming now.
I'm so tired of watching these things come...it's getting old
Our side of the state has prepared now for 3 of these things and it's getting old, so this time I will just ignore until it gets closer..watching for 5 days and having people run around evacuate, come back , go away , come back, it's getting totally crazy.
My business has been so crazy the last week, that it's been nonstop with phones ringing off the hook, to the point I have lost my voice, and have to whisper. It's been sort of wild and unbelieveable, since we found this little silly product that helps people with their business, no matter what the business is. It's been so nuts this past week, that I literally was surprised to see more of this nonsense.
This silly Ivan they say is still spinning rain in Texas now.
Weather out has turned cooler at night a wee bit..so you would think thes things would go away. Our state is tore up, people are homeless and these things keep on coming. Don't know when it will end.
I'm so tired of watching these things come...it's getting old
Our side of the state has prepared now for 3 of these things and it's getting old, so this time I will just ignore until it gets closer..watching for 5 days and having people run around evacuate, come back , go away , come back, it's getting totally crazy.
My business has been so crazy the last week, that it's been nonstop with phones ringing off the hook, to the point I have lost my voice, and have to whisper. It's been sort of wild and unbelieveable, since we found this little silly product that helps people with their business, no matter what the business is. It's been so nuts this past week, that I literally was surprised to see more of this nonsense.
This silly Ivan they say is still spinning rain in Texas now.
Weather out has turned cooler at night a wee bit..so you would think thes things would go away. Our state is tore up, people are homeless and these things keep on coming. Don't know when it will end.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
OMG not AGAIN!
Here we are a week later, and it's been a whirlwind of a week, almost like I have a hurricane of the BRAIN. I was introduced in the past week to a new tool that is so exciting. It's a tool that can be used by anyone anywhere in any business, or even within families.
It can grow any business, or help people communicate with family and friends. I've been wrapped up in setting up this new branch to my home business and also sharing it with a few so they can use it in their own businesses. It' s so exciting that my phone has been ringing off the hook and I have not turned on the TV in days UNTIL .....TODAY
YIKES
I was on the call with a local area friend, who told me the rain here today ws REMINANTS of IVAN. I was HUH, Ivan literally destroyed North Florida and Ala, and went up to play havoc with GA & some of those states but I assumed he had died off. Evidently this is the back side rain from that.
In addition the new one Jeanne, last time I heard was not going to be a big deal, cause she was supposed to go out to sea, and so was KARL, the one behind her.
I figured I had enough of this waiting and watching so went back to working my business. I've been going non stop now for a few days with this new product cause it's SOOOO Fun and exciting.
NOW....looks like back to the stinking TV .... to see what's up...and found out we have a long list of characters here, as behind Jeanne and Karl, comes LISA, and looks like Mathew. Geez what is going on.
Mathew is my grandson and he IS a holy Terror so I hope this storm named after him does not take after him.
UNREAL.
Well I'm going to keep an eye on it but not too much spare time to worry about it for now. I have to get back to setting up this new product I have and sharing it with people, so I can help them build their business.
Back to the drawing board
It can grow any business, or help people communicate with family and friends. I've been wrapped up in setting up this new branch to my home business and also sharing it with a few so they can use it in their own businesses. It' s so exciting that my phone has been ringing off the hook and I have not turned on the TV in days UNTIL .....TODAY
YIKES
I was on the call with a local area friend, who told me the rain here today ws REMINANTS of IVAN. I was HUH, Ivan literally destroyed North Florida and Ala, and went up to play havoc with GA & some of those states but I assumed he had died off. Evidently this is the back side rain from that.
In addition the new one Jeanne, last time I heard was not going to be a big deal, cause she was supposed to go out to sea, and so was KARL, the one behind her.
I figured I had enough of this waiting and watching so went back to working my business. I've been going non stop now for a few days with this new product cause it's SOOOO Fun and exciting.
NOW....looks like back to the stinking TV .... to see what's up...and found out we have a long list of characters here, as behind Jeanne and Karl, comes LISA, and looks like Mathew. Geez what is going on.
Mathew is my grandson and he IS a holy Terror so I hope this storm named after him does not take after him.
UNREAL.
Well I'm going to keep an eye on it but not too much spare time to worry about it for now. I have to get back to setting up this new product I have and sharing it with people, so I can help them build their business.
Back to the drawing board
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Looks like we will squeak thru here
The past 2 days we watched with baited breath, as Ivan wiped out the poor folks in the Islands, and parts of Cuba. We were fortunated that Ivan started going North WEST. Yesterday the newscasters stated shifing their programs to say we were pretty much going to be safe in Tampa Bay.
In the back of my mind, I kept thinking, that's what they thought in Punta Gorda. Charley was the storm the TV casters named for Tampa Bay, only he shifted 3 hours sooner so we were fortuante. I kept thinking that I was not ready to let up my guard and put the faith in the stories quiet yet as the storm could sift at anytime. They were predicting a northeast turn but for later on.
Today is Wednesday, and Ivan has emerged into the gulf. Right now he's 300 or so miles to the southwest of us, and I'm starting to finally believe it's over for our area, but praying for those folks up in the panhandle, Al and Lousiana as this is appears to be the target Ivan has in mind right now.
Weather in our area yesterday was sunny and beautiful. This morning we woke up to a nice day also, but as the day has progressed the sun disappeared, and now it's overcast with a few little drizzles, not really rain. It's just sort of a drab looking day with a slight breeze.
For Tampa Bay, I think we're finally safe from this horrible storm, yet as we begin to breath a little easier, the weatherman now says there is yet ANOTHER tropical depression forming in the Atlantic that has been upgraded to a tropical storm. I believe they said this one is named Jean.
All I know it this is getting pretty old. I've lived in Florida for almost all my life and never do I remember this many storms back to back.
Ivan did help me get more organized, put important papers in the safe deposit box, and pictures into plastic tubs, and get my closet cleaned out. I almost do not recognize my closet and my office, it's so much more organized. Give me a few months and I'm sure it will look more normal.
In the back of my mind, I kept thinking, that's what they thought in Punta Gorda. Charley was the storm the TV casters named for Tampa Bay, only he shifted 3 hours sooner so we were fortuante. I kept thinking that I was not ready to let up my guard and put the faith in the stories quiet yet as the storm could sift at anytime. They were predicting a northeast turn but for later on.
Today is Wednesday, and Ivan has emerged into the gulf. Right now he's 300 or so miles to the southwest of us, and I'm starting to finally believe it's over for our area, but praying for those folks up in the panhandle, Al and Lousiana as this is appears to be the target Ivan has in mind right now.
Weather in our area yesterday was sunny and beautiful. This morning we woke up to a nice day also, but as the day has progressed the sun disappeared, and now it's overcast with a few little drizzles, not really rain. It's just sort of a drab looking day with a slight breeze.
For Tampa Bay, I think we're finally safe from this horrible storm, yet as we begin to breath a little easier, the weatherman now says there is yet ANOTHER tropical depression forming in the Atlantic that has been upgraded to a tropical storm. I believe they said this one is named Jean.
All I know it this is getting pretty old. I've lived in Florida for almost all my life and never do I remember this many storms back to back.
Ivan did help me get more organized, put important papers in the safe deposit box, and pictures into plastic tubs, and get my closet cleaned out. I almost do not recognize my closet and my office, it's so much more organized. Give me a few months and I'm sure it will look more normal.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Watching
Storm seems to have slowed and turned to the west north west so again we wait and watch. If this track holds strong for long enough we may be lucky again, but only time will tell.
The weather stations predict this storm will turn eventually to the north east which would be back our way, but we're hoping it will be farther away where it will blow out, nor not come here. I would not wish this storm on any one.
Schools in our area are closed tomorrow, and courts are closed until Thursday. They announced this on Friday since it was a weekend, and if Ivan does come this way they will need the schools for shelters. Guess they did that too early, tomorrow would have been fine for school. Now they will have to watch and see about Tuesday.
Today was a quiet day. I watched the Bucs lose their opener. Hubby smoked up several different meats for us and neighbors as we were planning ahead for the storm. I also worked on catching up some notes to my customers.
I was thinking how much I really accomplished with this storm coming. I did things I had been putting off forever, got all our photos organized and into a plastic tub and cleaned out my closet, and got all the important papers together, and created a spreadsheet with all the important numbers. So in that respect, the storm really helped me get on top of things I've been putting off.
The 11 PM news just came on. They now say it's likely this will be a couple of days away from effecting the weather here, and most likely will be hitting landfall in our panhandle. While it would be great if it didn't come here, I sure don't wish this storm on anyone. It would be nice if it could hit the gulf and just blow out.
It's really funny how people create shortages. We have no gas rationing but we have shortages cause they paniced and our county has used 3 times the normal supply of gas. People are filling up not only vehicles but cans as well. In addition, due to flooding the traffic is horrendous so they burn more gas.
So we wait and watch and watch some more.... and pray.
The weather stations predict this storm will turn eventually to the north east which would be back our way, but we're hoping it will be farther away where it will blow out, nor not come here. I would not wish this storm on any one.
Schools in our area are closed tomorrow, and courts are closed until Thursday. They announced this on Friday since it was a weekend, and if Ivan does come this way they will need the schools for shelters. Guess they did that too early, tomorrow would have been fine for school. Now they will have to watch and see about Tuesday.
Today was a quiet day. I watched the Bucs lose their opener. Hubby smoked up several different meats for us and neighbors as we were planning ahead for the storm. I also worked on catching up some notes to my customers.
I was thinking how much I really accomplished with this storm coming. I did things I had been putting off forever, got all our photos organized and into a plastic tub and cleaned out my closet, and got all the important papers together, and created a spreadsheet with all the important numbers. So in that respect, the storm really helped me get on top of things I've been putting off.
The 11 PM news just came on. They now say it's likely this will be a couple of days away from effecting the weather here, and most likely will be hitting landfall in our panhandle. While it would be great if it didn't come here, I sure don't wish this storm on anyone. It would be nice if it could hit the gulf and just blow out.
It's really funny how people create shortages. We have no gas rationing but we have shortages cause they paniced and our county has used 3 times the normal supply of gas. People are filling up not only vehicles but cans as well. In addition, due to flooding the traffic is horrendous so they burn more gas.
So we wait and watch and watch some more.... and pray.
Saturday, September 11, 2004
What a day
We started the day a little on the nervous side, watching this storm that was growing into one of the most powerful EVER.
Rumors were running wild that they were "rationing" gas. It was not true and the news media confirmed that still people seem to go nuts when they think they can NOT have something. They also tell you to fill your tanks of your vehicles, so that never helps.
We decided to go out, and get some extra batteries and some plastic to put on the windows. In the morning when we left, the storm had been upgraded to 150 MPH, so certainly beared taking seriously. We passed several gas stations on the way that had plastic bags over the pumps saying out of gas. It was strange as you would see some out, then others with long lines, go a little further and see a station with no bags and no lines.
Everywhere we went, stores were starting to board up and it was a little freaky looking at all the buildings covered with wood.
We went to Home Depot, where is was hard to even get a place to park. There were hundreds and all in the wood department. They were well stocked with D Batteries, and some heavy duty flashlights, but not much else to do with hurricane preparation. Wood was limited to 10 sheets per customer and was flying out the door as fast as they pallets came in. Once people waited in line to pay for their wood, they then had to go get their trucks or cars, and line up outside to collect it. Lines inside and outside were both very long. We were glad we were not there for wood.
We got some supplies and my hubby went by this dept that has some silly thing that goes on a pressure washer for $50 that he picked up. I was thinking that was a waste, because at the time, we didn't know if we would even have a pressure washer or anything left next week. Guess I've been watching too many news reports.
We had put batteries in our radio and found out that it didn't seem to work well. I had not used a battery radio in years, so decided we should go look for a better one in case we lost power.
Of course there were NONE at Home Depot, so we drove out to Walmart. There all the radios were gone but one or 2 big boom boxes that took C Batteries so that was out. I have not seen any C batteries in any store in days. Seems all the stores have plenty of Double A's and D's, but NO C's. We stopped at a KMart we passed, again NO radios and NO C Batteries.
Along the way we passed up many gas stations with Bags or lines. Finally we decided to go to the mall and see if the streets were opened yet. Along the way we found one station with only bags on ON pump and NO cars, so we stopped and filled up the truck, then went to the mall.
We went to Sears electronics figuring they would have radios but they did NOT. They did have plenty of flashlights that took A and D batteries, for anyone looking for them. None of the stores we visited had any camping type supplies left, no propane, no lanterns.... the shelves were bare. We went to several other stores in the mall, all the same, empty shelves for hurricane supplies. Finally we ended up in Radio Shack where I found ONE radio. It was actually very cool, in that it had a flashlight, radio and dog leash in it, and ran on double A batteries, so I snatched it up. Surprisingly they had 2 packs of C Batteries, which I almost bought, but hubby reminded me we didn't have anything now that ran on C Batteries (LOL) . Our flashlights or Lanterns all run on D's or AA.
From there we decided to go home. Normally we would go out to eat, as we eat out a lot, however, in the back of my mind I thought we better eat from our freezer. I saw all the waste from Frances, where people and stores had to throw out tons of food, and that was sad.
All said and done, I have enough batteries to last me 10 years, if the storm does not come. I also have enough water for the rest of the year, most of it already in the freezer so it would be cold. My hubby is fussing about having to dig thru water bottles to get to the real food.
Checking the news, they were starting to talk about a slight turn to the west, which would be good for our area. I decided to make a pitcher of strawberry dacquaris and just chill. I drank a few and watched TV something I don't usually do much of.
Rumors were running wild that they were "rationing" gas. It was not true and the news media confirmed that still people seem to go nuts when they think they can NOT have something. They also tell you to fill your tanks of your vehicles, so that never helps.
We decided to go out, and get some extra batteries and some plastic to put on the windows. In the morning when we left, the storm had been upgraded to 150 MPH, so certainly beared taking seriously. We passed several gas stations on the way that had plastic bags over the pumps saying out of gas. It was strange as you would see some out, then others with long lines, go a little further and see a station with no bags and no lines.
Everywhere we went, stores were starting to board up and it was a little freaky looking at all the buildings covered with wood.
We went to Home Depot, where is was hard to even get a place to park. There were hundreds and all in the wood department. They were well stocked with D Batteries, and some heavy duty flashlights, but not much else to do with hurricane preparation. Wood was limited to 10 sheets per customer and was flying out the door as fast as they pallets came in. Once people waited in line to pay for their wood, they then had to go get their trucks or cars, and line up outside to collect it. Lines inside and outside were both very long. We were glad we were not there for wood.
We got some supplies and my hubby went by this dept that has some silly thing that goes on a pressure washer for $50 that he picked up. I was thinking that was a waste, because at the time, we didn't know if we would even have a pressure washer or anything left next week. Guess I've been watching too many news reports.
We had put batteries in our radio and found out that it didn't seem to work well. I had not used a battery radio in years, so decided we should go look for a better one in case we lost power.
Of course there were NONE at Home Depot, so we drove out to Walmart. There all the radios were gone but one or 2 big boom boxes that took C Batteries so that was out. I have not seen any C batteries in any store in days. Seems all the stores have plenty of Double A's and D's, but NO C's. We stopped at a KMart we passed, again NO radios and NO C Batteries.
Along the way we passed up many gas stations with Bags or lines. Finally we decided to go to the mall and see if the streets were opened yet. Along the way we found one station with only bags on ON pump and NO cars, so we stopped and filled up the truck, then went to the mall.
We went to Sears electronics figuring they would have radios but they did NOT. They did have plenty of flashlights that took A and D batteries, for anyone looking for them. None of the stores we visited had any camping type supplies left, no propane, no lanterns.... the shelves were bare. We went to several other stores in the mall, all the same, empty shelves for hurricane supplies. Finally we ended up in Radio Shack where I found ONE radio. It was actually very cool, in that it had a flashlight, radio and dog leash in it, and ran on double A batteries, so I snatched it up. Surprisingly they had 2 packs of C Batteries, which I almost bought, but hubby reminded me we didn't have anything now that ran on C Batteries (LOL) . Our flashlights or Lanterns all run on D's or AA.
From there we decided to go home. Normally we would go out to eat, as we eat out a lot, however, in the back of my mind I thought we better eat from our freezer. I saw all the waste from Frances, where people and stores had to throw out tons of food, and that was sad.
All said and done, I have enough batteries to last me 10 years, if the storm does not come. I also have enough water for the rest of the year, most of it already in the freezer so it would be cold. My hubby is fussing about having to dig thru water bottles to get to the real food.
Checking the news, they were starting to talk about a slight turn to the west, which would be good for our area. I decided to make a pitcher of strawberry dacquaris and just chill. I drank a few and watched TV something I don't usually do much of.
After that, I decided to clean out my closet, which would make a great safe room as it had no windows. I found stuff I'd not seen in years. My closet is actually 13 x 9 so there is a lot of room in it. More now that I cleaned it.
These hurricanes are really taking their toll. You sort of sit and wait, and wait and wait. Then when you do NOT expect it, they turn and hit you. When you expect and prepare they go away. Really crazy. I remember thinking about all the people and thousands and thousands of $$$ they are spending on things they may not even need.
On our way home earlier, I saw one house all boarded up and it had words on the wood that said " BRING IT ON CHARLOTTE" . Charlotte was crossed out and then it had FRANCES and then that was crossed out to say Ivan. I remember thinking that I've lived here all my life and waited many times on storms that didn't come, but NEVER remember a Charlotte. I was wondering if maybe the people had moved here from another hurricane zone.
Charley from last month, devastated many of our little towns. Putting that in perspective, there was an approx population of 90,000 where it came in. About 2 hours north, in the Bradenton/Sarasota area the population is 120,000. Another hour north is US...... and our population in the bay area is about 2.4 million.
If you think about that, just the sheer devastation that hit the South Florida area will take years to recover, but if it had been here, you would have 100 times or more the mess. That is very scary.
The 11 PM news is good news for the first time in days for our area. Seems the pressure areas from the east are driving Ivan west, which may make it pass us by out in the gulf. that's good news for us but bad news for the panhandle.
I don't wish this storm on my worse enemy. So we wait more and see where it is going tomorrow morning.
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