This guy should use his mirrors !!!

Home Alone

Well, I survived the second big storm. Hurricane Dennis came awful close but decided to check out Orange Beach instead. I can't blame him because Orange Beach sounds good these days.

Kristin and the Kids have been in Colorado since June 29th. They are having so much fun. I feel sorry that the kids have to come back after having so much fun. The rest of this summer is going to be a downer for them compared to what they've been doing on vacation. Kristin hasn't seen her brother in a long time and it was good for her to go and be with him for a while. I'm glad that they got to go on vacation for a few weeks. It would have been nice to go with them but I really couldn't.

Things around here have been lots of fun. 14 days , 2 hurricanes and emptying my Mom's house.
I did get to go see 2 movies, " Batman the Beginning" and "The Cinderella Man". Other than that I've spent most of my time trying to get the house in order. But the problem is that when I start to get it organized I bring another 500 things from my Mom's house. Oh Well. I did get to spend some time with Richard and Dena, even if it was just going through Mom's stuff. I'll be glad when we're done so that we can get on with things. Mom wouldn't have wanted us to take a long time with the house.

The saving grace is that I know Kristin, Kindal, Ben & Kiley are having fun. My family deserves to go see things and do things. As long as I can keep providing so that they can enjoy life, I'll keep doing it.

There's a big wind commin'

Well we survived tropical storm Cindy. Tuesday night we had sustained winds of about 70 mph. It was the strongest sustained wind that I've experienced in a while. The wind was strong enough that it blew my front door open 3 times. The electricity went out about 9pm ( right in the middle of a good pay per view movie ). It didn't come back on until about 9pm last night. There are approximatley 100,000 homes in New Orleans without electricity this morning.

Our problem at hand is Hurricane Dennis. At this point we are in the cone of caution and they think it will make landfall by Sunday Morning. They are saying that it will enter the Gulf of Mexico as a category 3 hurricane ( 111 - 130 mph sustained winds) . When it hits the Gulf the fears are that the winds will get stronger possibly a category 5 hurricane ( 156 mph sustained winds and up )

The good new is that Kristin, Kindal, Ben and Kiley are in Colorado with her parents and brothers. I talked to Dena and she will more than likely by headed north. Richard doesn't know for sure what he will be doing ( more than likely he will be with Dena ) . The evacuation route out of the city was changed last year and if you wait until the evacuation starts, you cannot travel west. Last year during Hurricanes Lilly and Ivan everyone headed west toward Dallas. This year they can't go that direction unless they leave real early. The route takes you North across lake Pontchatrain and into Mississippi.

Because of work I cannot consider leaving until the last minute. I haven't made any decisions yet.

Hopefully Hurricane Dennis will change directions and go somewhere else.

We'll wait and see

Some more from today

I went exploring in the city today and this is what I found. You couldn't have asked for a prettier day.

Happy 4th of July

I know why the caged bird sings

Just a Few pix

ASTRONAUTS

My wife and kids are visiting Venus this week. They left on a flying saucer Wednesday morning and will be gone for another week. My children Kindal Ben and Kiley were so excited because they were going to finally get to wear the new space suits that their Mom bought them. They all promised me that they would bring back some Space Rocks.

Every night I look up at the stars and I see them looking back. I know they are having fun.... I'll bet no other kid will get to go to Venus during the summer break !!!!!! I can only imagine that one of them will be at the controls of the saucer when it makes it's way back home.

Until then , every night I'll keep looking up at the sky......and waiting.

Jump !

Enjoy every minute !
Listen to the song of the birds .
Look at the clouds painting the sky .
Feel the wind as it brushes your skin.
Taste the adventure in every breath.

It only comes once ,this life of ours.

JUMP !

Just a damn leaf !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!