DDA Chapter 27

[MrsHeg]

Hi everyone,

We made it back Sunday afternoon. After driving through three hundred miles of rain we made it to a very rainy Disney. We donned our ponchos and had a great time, our third day there it was raining when we left the villa but stopped while we were having breakfast with Stitch.

Brandon is at a moping stage so we had to listen to complaining about the lines from him. He's six years older than Aubrey (Tammi). By Saturday the heat was rough, but we trudged on.

The more I think about how much Aubrey enoyed the trip the happier it makes me, she Loved the characters, we had to chase her down after the parade at CP, she was following Tigger and decided she was going to stay with him.

To my surprise we didn't have any arguments or fueds, everyone actually got along all week.

I've posted several pictures on facebook and still have more to go. I haven't downloaded my photopass ones yet, I figure after surgery Monday I will have lots of time to add borders and edit before I order the CD.

Glad everyone is ok with all the crazy weather

I could use some Pixie Dust Monday, we won't know how hard the recovery will be until the dr actually goes in and sees behind the achilles tendon, if he can manage to clean things up without completely detaching it things will be much easier, if it has to be detached I'm looking at a much longer recovery time. I'll definitely be checking in a lot since I'll be in a recliner with my foot elevated for quite a while, and I'll be going stir crazy.

 

[my3princes]

Morning all.

Debbie I'm glad you made the most of your trip, even with the rain. Sounds like the kids are growing into Disney Lovers too

Chris is getting the street rod ready for the parade this morning. Hopefully the rain has passed. Lots planned for our day and no rain would make it much more enjoyable.

Hope you all have a fun and safe day.

Deb

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning.

Debbie - I'm so glad you all had a wonderful time. For some reason I thought the kids were closer in age. Sending lots of prayers and pixie dust for an easy surgery and a quick recovery. My boss had surgery on his achilles (he pulled it) and his dr. kept him on light duty for 6 months. He was in on crutches for awhile, and then in a boot.

Anne Marie - we go to Emerald Isle, in your state. Sorry about the lawnmower. Good luck with the job search.

Deb - have fun today.

I'm waiting on Verizon to come out today, since I still don't have landline service. Luckily the cookout that I'm going to is right next door, so I can keep an eye out for them. They are telling me that the power has been restored and that they don't detect any problems with service to my house, so it's an inside wiring thing. I find it hard to believe that everything was fine with the wiring until the major storm and then it went wonky. Please send pixie dust that it's an easy fix!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th!

 

[Glynis]

Happy Independence Day!!! Hope you all have wonderful days today!

Our plans have been severely changed. Those of you on FB have seen what's going on. Yesterday, around 2:00, a private construction company started a fire on the mountain behind our house (a backhoe struck a spark). That fire raced (and I mean FAST) up the mountain. It's been scary to watch. At 11:00 last night, the winds shifted, and it started to slowly move towards us. It didn't get very far, but it's still burning strong. It's 0% contained, and the tanker planes and ground fire crews are back at it this morning. We weren't evacuated, but told to be ready to leave at a moment's notice, so we all packed some clothes, comfort items, medications, and important papers. We're keeping an eye on things today. We were supposed to go to my MIL's house for a bbq this evening, but we are just going to wait and see what happens today. I really don't want to leave not knowing what's happening, you know?

Anyway, I'll try to keep everyone posted and updated throughout the day! Thanks for all the prayers and good wishes that were posted on FB! It means so much!

 

[Tammi67]

I'm so sorry for what you are going through, Glynis. Prayers and pixie dust that the fire stays away from you!

 

[my3princes]

OMG!!! I'll pray for your area. Very Scary, very scary indeed.

Happy Independence Day!!! Hope you all have wonderful days today!

Our plans have been severely changed. Those of you on FB have seen what's going on. Yesterday, around 2:00, a private construction company started a fire on the mountain behind our house (a backhoe struck a spark). That fire raced (and I mean FAST) up the mountain. It's been scary to watch. At 11:00 last night, the winds shifted, and it started to slowly move towards us. It didn't get very far, but it's still burning strong. It's 0% contained, and the tanker planes and ground fire crews are back at it this morning. We weren't evacuated, but told to be ready to leave at a moment's notice, so we all packed some clothes, comfort items, medications, and important papers. We're keeping an eye on things today. We were supposed to go to my MIL's house for a bbq this evening, but we are just going to wait and see what happens today. I really don't want to leave not knowing what's happening, you know?

Anyway, I'll try to keep everyone posted and updated throughout the day! Thanks for all the prayers and good wishes that were posted on FB! It means so much!

 

[MrsHeg]

Prayers for you Glynis

 

[Glynis]

Well, we are still here. The fire is about 5% contained, at this point. We spent most of the afternoon/evening at a park in town, watching the fire and having a picnic dinner. We bought KFC, and had chips, salsa, potato salad, macaroni salad, and lots of goodies for dessert. If it hadn't been for the fire, it would have been a really fun time! It was sobering watching our mountain going up. As the sun went down, we were really able to see the fire line. It's now too dark for the tanker planes and choppers to fly anymore, so we're hoping the winds will die down, and things will cool off some.

We'll keep an eye on things tonight, and hope for the best. There is a ground crew, but the terrain is so difficult that we're not sure if they'll be able to keep fighting the fire through the night.

Thanks for all your prayers! They help immensely!

 

[my3princes]

Well, we are still here. The fire is about 5% contained, at this point. We spent most of the afternoon/evening at a park in town, watching the fire and having a picnic dinner. We bought KFC, and had chips, salsa, potato salad, macaroni salad, and lots of goodies for dessert. If it hadn't been for the fire, it would have been a really fun time! It was sobering watching our mountain going up. As the sun went down, we were really able to see the fire line. It's now too dark for the tanker planes and choppers to fly anymore, so we're hoping the winds will die down, and things will cool off some.

We'll keep an eye on things tonight, and hope for the best. There is a ground crew, but the terrain is so difficult that we're not sure if they'll be able to keep fighting the fire through the night.

Thanks for all your prayers! They help immensely!

I'm glad that you are still there. Hopefully they have gained more control by now. Any rain in the forcast?

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning.

Glynis - I'm glad that you were able to get out and have a small picnic to celebrate the holiday a bit. Please keep us posted.

I hope everyone enjoyed their day yesterday. Verizon was able to get my phone service reconnected, and it didn't cost me anything. Now I just have to have a piece of siding repaired and the storm will be a thing of the past.

 

[tmfranlk]

Glynis - I'm glad things are slowing down with the fire and they're getting a small handle on it at least. You remain in our prayers.

Tammi - Yeah for getting your phone back!

Debbie - I love all the pictures you've posted. It looks like a great trip. I'm still hoping we can turn Rachel's graduation trip into a "whole family" trip, but I'm not sure what changes Charlotte will make to Erin's budget availability and Kristi really wants to do something for their 15th that year.

Speaking of Charlotte and costs, though, the first set of bills came in last week to a total of $70,000. Brendan's health insurance is through his job with UPS and their total out of pocket right now is $0. Yup. Very much a blessing with Erin out of work a lot earlier and longer than planned.

Also, I don't remember if I mentioned it, but Brendan has his latest round of liver doctor appointments and tests two weeks ago. Because our family (apparently) believes in just doing everything at once, his levels are high enough now that he's been officially put on the liver transplant list. It will easily be 2-3 years before he has surgery, but there's several more tests and evaluations he has to go through right not for the process. One includes two 9-hour days at the hospital for physical and psych evals, plus some testing. The scheduling for that is looking to be right about the time Charlotte may come home. Erin's hoping that it works out that she's still in the NICU at the time so it's easier for her to be at the appointments. We've suggested planting little bugs in everyone's ears to try and get it scheduled as soon as possible.

After a good weight gain the end of last week they let Charlotte start bottles and she's doing so well. She's really taking to them and getting the action down. It's looking more and more like she'll get to go home in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Glynis]

I'm glad that you are still there. Hopefully they have gained more control by now. Any rain in the forcast?

Funny you should mention that! There is rain in the forecast for today and tomorrow. Alan has been up at the fire line for work since 4:00 this morning. He says the fire chief is really upbeat. The fire got really going last night, but at about 2:00, things changed, and it calmed down. They are thinking they can get it pretty much contained today. As long as the lightning cooperates, they don't think the fire will last much longer.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good evening, DDA!

It has been a busy couple of days and I have not been around much to post.

Good luck to Kristin and Ashley. I'm interested in hearing what area they settled on, and where the bank is, if it's in my "area". Does Ashley have a job lined up? Being young, they will love Alexandria. So much to do, so many places for fun. You will be lost without them. At least for awhile.

They signed a lease on a 2BR condo near Huntington Station Metro. Fort Farnsworth Road. Looks like a nice area and the complex appears well cared for. They are happy so I am too!

As for jobs, they have both completed the first two steps with a large national bank company and are hoping for follow-up interviews in the next week. Things are slowly falling into place. They can start moving in on the 21st!!

Hi everyone,

We made it back Sunday afternoon. After driving through three hundred miles of rain we made it to a very rainy Disney. We donned our ponchos and had a great time, our third day there it was raining when we left the villa but stopped while we were having breakfast with Stitch.

Brandon is at a moping stage so we had to listen to complaining about the lines from him. He's six years older than Aubrey (Tammi). By Saturday the heat was rough, but we trudged on.

The more I think about how much Aubrey enoyed the trip the happier it makes me, she Loved the characters, we had to chase her down after the parade at CP, she was following Tigger and decided she was going to stay with him.

To my surprise we didn't have any arguments or fueds, everyone actually got along all week.

I've posted several pictures on facebook and still have more to go. I haven't downloaded my photopass ones yet, I figure after surgery Monday I will have lots of time to add borders and edit before I order the CD.

Glad everyone is ok with all the crazy weather

I could use some Pixie Dust Monday, we won't know how hard the recovery will be until the dr actually goes in and sees behind the achilles tendon, if he can manage to clean things up without completely detaching it things will be much easier, if it has to be detached I'm looking at a much longer recovery time. I'll definitely be checking in a lot since I'll be in a recliner with my foot elevated for quite a while, and I'll be going stir crazy.

I am so glad to hear the trip went well, despite Mother Nature's nasty temper. I will be thinking of you on Monday.

I'm waiting on Verizon to come out today, since I still don't have landline service. Luckily the cookout that I'm going to is right next door, so I can keep an eye out for them. They are telling me that the power has been restored and that they don't detect any problems with service to my house, so it's an inside wiring thing. I find it hard to believe that everything was fine with the wiring until the major storm and then it went wonky. Please send pixie dust that it's an easy fix!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th!

I find it interesting that my next door neighbor has had the very same experience with Verizon as you. She has cable and internet but no phone service and they have tried to tell her that it is a ground fault short inside her home. I haven't been at home today to see if they came to look at the situation. But I am glad to hear that yours is up and running again!!

Happy Independence Day!!! Hope you all have wonderful days today!

Our plans have been severely changed. Those of you on FB have seen what's going on. Yesterday, around 2:00, a private construction company started a fire on the mountain behind our house (a backhoe struck a spark). That fire raced (and I mean FAST) up the mountain. It's been scary to watch. At 11:00 last night, the winds shifted, and it started to slowly move towards us. It didn't get very far, but it's still burning strong. It's 0% contained, and the tanker planes and ground fire crews are back at it this morning. We weren't evacuated, but told to be ready to leave at a moment's notice, so we all packed some clothes, comfort items, medications, and important papers. We're keeping an eye on things today. We were supposed to go to my MIL's house for a bbq this evening, but we are just going to wait and see what happens today. I really don't want to leave not knowing what's happening, you know?

Anyway, I'll try to keep everyone posted and updated throughout the day! Thanks for all the prayers and good wishes that were posted on FB! It means so much!

Funny you should mention that! There is rain in the forecast for today and tomorrow. Alan has been up at the fire line for work since 4:00 this morning. He says the fire chief is really upbeat. The fire got really going last night, but at about 2:00, things changed, and it calmed down. They are thinking they can get it pretty much contained today. As long as the lightning cooperates, they don't think the fire will last much longer.

Stay safe, Glynis! I am hoping for lots of rain for you all!

 

[my3princes]

Funny you should mention that! There is rain in the forecast for today and tomorrow. Alan has been up at the fire line for work since 4:00 this morning. He says the fire chief is really upbeat. The fire got really going last night, but at about 2:00, things changed, and it calmed down. They are thinking they can get it pretty much contained today. As long as the lightning cooperates, they don't think the fire will last much longer.

I'm glad that things seem to be quieting down. Hopefully they will have it out soon.

We had our fireworks tonight since there were thunderstroms last night. The kids had fun. I would have liked it a few degrees warmer with less bugs, but at least we got to go.

I purchased an anniversary band today. Chris had to work and couldn't attend the big sale at the jewelers so I had to go pick it out on my own. It fits nicely with my original wedding band and engagement ring. It should really complete the set. Chris doesn't want another ring so I ordered multi purpose knives for Chris and the boys and am having Brooks Ohana engraved on them. I think they will all like them. I also purchased a small treasure chest (jewelry box) which Colby will carry down the aisle for the ring bearer box. I think it will be Island Appropriate and different.

Getting excited.

 

[bear74]

okay all rooms in the house have been painted and new floors in. we got the beds and dressers back in tonight and will slowly get the rest of it back in. Would love to have it all back in by Sat at 2 pm but thats not going to happen. I work 12 hrs tomorrow and Jeff goes in at 4 pm till 12 am or later.

Olivia's birthday party is Sat, at 2 pm.

 

[Tammi67]

They signed a lease on a 2BR condo near Huntington Station Metro. Fort Farnsworth Road. Looks like a nice area and the complex appears well cared for. They are happy so I am too!

As for jobs, they have both completed the first two steps with a large national bank company and are hoping for follow-up interviews in the next week. Things are slowly falling into place. They can start moving in on the 21st!!

I find it interesting that my next door neighbor has had the very same experience with Verizon as you. She has cable and internet but no phone service and they have tried to tell her that it is a ground fault short inside her home. I haven't been at home today to see if they came to look at the situation. But I am glad to hear that yours is up and running again!!

I know exactly where that is, it's in my area. She's actually in FFX Co, but a stone's throw to the city. I can talk to you and/or Kristin about the area if you have any questions. I also heard about their applications through a friend of mine in my subdivision who also works at her bank!

That's what Verizon told me the few times I had them on the phone to help me troubleshoot. They ended up replacing the whole outside box. I hope your neighbor's is as simple to fix as mine was.

 

[MrsHeg]

Good Morning,

Today is my last day of work for quite a while, I'm going in early because I have to leave for pre op, you never know how long things like that are going to take.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[my3princes]

okay all rooms in the house have been painted and new floors in. we got the beds and dressers back in tonight and will slowly get the rest of it back in. Would love to have it all back in by Sat at 2 pm but thats not going to happen. I work 12 hrs tomorrow and Jeff goes in at 4 pm till 12 am or later.

Olivia's birthday party is Sat, at 2 pm.

It sounds wonderful. Be sure to post pics when you get it all together.

Good Morning,

Today is my last day of work for quite a while, I'm going in early because I have to leave for pre op, you never know how long things like that are going to take.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Good Luck!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

I know exactly where that is, it's in my area. She's actually in FFX Co, but a stone's throw to the city. I can talk to you and/or Kristin about the area if you have any questions. I also heard about their applications through a friend of mine in my subdivision who also works at her bank!

Yes, living in Alexandria would have been even more expensive. Hopefully all your info about the area will not make me paranoid!!!!! If it will, don't talk to me about it... just her!

That's what Verizon told me the few times I had them on the phone to help me troubleshoot. They ended up replacing the whole outside box. I hope your neighbor's is as simple to fix as mine was.

I hope it was too. But they would not even give her a time frame for coming out to the house!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning,DDA!

I hope you all are staying cool. 101 today, 105 tomorrow...