DDA Chapter 27

[PNO4TE]

It has been pouring here for the past two days. As of 6:00 this morning we had already had 4 inches of rain, but it is been horrible all day long. There is a "train" of storms running due north along I-95, basically, and we have been hammered by torrential downpours as well as thunderstorms since 3:00 a.m. It is not supposed to end until Saturday.

Jennifer... I wish we could send you even half of what we have gotten.

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning.

Yes, Elin, it's been a soggy few days at work, unfortunately.

Anne Marie - just found your dining review! Love it. Interesting to find out that Dana doesn't eat meat! I never knew that.

Beth and Deb - I hope you all dry out soon.

Vicki - sorry you canceled the THVs. But a cruise to Alaskan sounds fabulous. I've heard that you can't really appreciate it though unless you add a few land days on and really get out "into" Alaska.

Glynis - way to go for Alan going back to school, and for you and the rest of your gang supporting it!

My parents are coming into town today for the weekend!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

Have fun with your parents, Tammi!

Stay safe and dry, my East Coast friends!

 

[mommykds]

Hello!

Painting today. Our family room/hall/kitchen were taupe. Most of the house doesn't get good light in afternoon & that color became so depressing. The new color is yellow! It looks a little bright but it hasn't dried yet so I will reserve judgement.

 

[tinker1bell]

Hi all,

Well down the road from us, the creek flooded the road so one way out is closed. There is flooding everywhere. Going into the little town three miles away is not a choice, the town is practically an island. I called Stephanie and she made it to work but others took over an hour. It is still raining and we will be getting it into Saturday.

The good thing is that one week from today I will be getting my hair cut, getting a manicure and pedicure.!!! This will be getting ready for our trip!!

 

[PNO4TE]

We are having torrential rains here too, Terry. Flooding all around. So far, we are OK! Good luck to everyone in the path of this mess.

 

[mommykds]

Sorry to hear about the flooding & rain. I heard they may evacuate Wilkes Barrre it is so bad. Stay safe & dry everyone...this year we are having the craziest weather.

 

[mommykds]

Hi all,

Well down the road from us, the creek flooded the road so one way out is closed. There is flooding everywhere. Going into the little town three miles away is not a choice, the town is practically an island. I called Stephanie and she made it to work but others took over an hour. It is still raining and we will be getting it into Saturday.

The good thing is that one week from today I will be getting my hair cut, getting a manicure and pedicure.!!! This will be getting ready for our trip!!

Glad you are keeping positive Terry

 

[my3princes]

Hi all,

Well down the road from us, the creek flooded the road so one way out is closed. There is flooding everywhere. Going into the little town three miles away is not a choice, the town is practically an island. I called Stephanie and she made it to work but others took over an hour. It is still raining and we will be getting it into Saturday.

The good thing is that one week from today I will be getting my hair cut, getting a manicure and pedicure.!!! This will be getting ready for our trip!!

Stay safe. This weather is crazy. The sun finally came out here this afternoon. River are swollen again and a few areas reflooded, though I must admit it was less than I feared.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Sounds like we are all having some crazy weather! The storm we had in the middle of the night woke me up out of a dead sleep--it was crazy!
2 days of Kindergarten are done--i forgot how exhausted I am the first week of school! I havent been really able to sleep so im just starting to run on empty. Im going to go in early tomorrow and try to organize and get rid of the clutter that develops the first week of school. My plan is to get my lesson plans done and the entire week set up before I leave tomorrow afternoon.

Ill be out of town in North Jersey for the weekend for the football game--Im not bringing my computer since the hotel charges ya for the internet...i will have my phone/facebook though! Have a great weekend

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

And it is SUNNY outside!! I think we are supposed to get more rain over the next 24 hours or so, but meanwhile I am enjoying the sunshine.

Have fun at the game, Jen. Do you know you can DIS on your phone too?

 

[bethbuchall]

No sun here yet, but no rain either. Thank goodness for that!

The rivers have now crested and are starting to go down.

We are fine where we are and haven't ventured out to see the rest of the area. Our water is not pretty, but we have electricity and gas, and we can flush toilets. We just don't want to drink it. Fortunately, we have some bottled water. Wegmans is closed until further notice. K-Mart and Wal-Mart and several local grocery stores are flooded. All the other stores are completely out of staples.

The kids didn't have much of a first "week" of school. School started Wednesday with an early dismissal. All area districts canceled school yesterday and today. We were supposed to start preschool on Monday, but we had planned on using yesterday and today for prep which we didn't do. We're trying to get in touch with the director to push back the start by a week. She, unfortunately, was evacuated and will have a mess to clean up in her home.

I know that there will be a lot of work ahead for many people, and we'll try to find ways to help.

 

[my3princes]

No sun here yet, but no rain either. Thank goodness for that!

The rivers have now crested and are starting to go down.

We are fine where we are and haven't ventured out to see the rest of the area. Our water is not pretty, but we have electricity and gas, and we can flush toilets. We just don't want to drink it. Fortunately, we have some bottled water. Wegmans is closed until further notice. K-Mart and Wal-Mart and several local grocery stores are flooded. All the other stores are completely out of staples.

The kids didn't have much of a first "week" of school. School started Wednesday with an early dismissal. All area districts canceled school yesterday and today. We were supposed to start preschool on Monday, but we had planned on using yesterday and today for prep which we didn't do. We're trying to get in touch with the director to push back the start by a week. She, unfortunately, was evacuated and will have a mess to clean up in her home.

I know that there will be a lot of work ahead for many people, and we'll try to find ways to help.

I'm sure that it will be much appreciated. Our towns are still having volunteer drives to help families clean out there homes. I'm sure that many people are in shelters or with friends and family. The food shelves have been hit hard around here, but the community has come through in spades and have done a great job stocking the food and clothing shelves. I delivered an entire truck load of food, clothing, blankets and toiletries to the local homeless shelter today. They have volunteers there sorting through everything. Later in the day I saw people walking down the street with bags full of clothing that they just got free of charge. It is good for the soul to see the benefits of community.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Have fun at the game, Jen. Do you know you can DIS on your phone too?

I dont know why I didnt think of that!

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning

I hope everyone has a peaceful, DRY weekend.

 

[tinker1bell]

This came up overnight in our back yard!!! I am so happy to see the sun today

In our area, there are seven little bridges, two which are covered. The one covered washed away and three of the other ones were under water during the storms. Thank goodness we have a way out of our neighborhood.

I am so ready to be on the plane to Seattle this time next Saturday.

 

[my3princes]

This came up overnight in our back yard!!! I am so happy to see the sun today

In our area, there are seven little bridges, two which are covered. The one covered washed away and three of the other ones were under water during the storms. Thank goodness we have a way out of our neighborhood.

I am so ready to be on the plane to Seattle this time next Saturday.

Wow Terry I hope you community recovers quickly. Our road crews are working around the clock to reopen major roads. The national guard is helping. I cannot remember another time in my lifetime where flooding was so widespread and so devastating. Usually it's one area, but Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, NJ and I'm sure many more states and areas have been effected. I certainly worry about the devastation that my children will see in their lifetimes

 

[my3princes]

Our High School Football team played in a town 2 hours North of us last night. The opposing school requested that our team come on 2 busses. During the game they filled an entire bus with food and clothing to help our communities. The thought of their generocity brings tears to my eyees. There is still so many good people in our world.

 

[babytrees]

Our High School Football team played in a town 2 hours North of us last night. The opposing school requested that our team come on 2 busses. During the game they filled an entire bus with food and clothing to help our communities. The thought of their generocity brings tears to my eyees. There is still so many good people in our world.

that is amazing!!! I teared up also.

Sorry I haven't been posting much it's been an awful almost month at work. After being given the closing fitting room operator position I went in to check my schedule one day to find out Ambyr was coming back and my hours were being cut back AND she is the official closing fitting room operator. I feel awful that she got beat to a pulp by her boyfriend but she chose to come back to MD to go back to him after supposedly looking for work (but how much looking can you do in 3 weeks filled with Dr. appt's?) BUT I was really tee'ed off at management for telling me it's my job without telling me there is even the possibility of her coming back...it turns out she was on a leave of absense.
After getting no actual response when I stated my concern...I gave up on that. There is a manager who has been a PITA to me and others since she started and on Wednesday was the last straw with her so, as some of you saw on Facebook, yesterday "fed up Flo" came out and I called our 800 corporate human relations hotline and opened a complaint on her. I chose to be named in it instead of staying anonymous(because of the nature of the complaint it would/will be easy to tell who started the proceedings). Please be praying that there isn't backlash.

I have been reading along and praying daily for everybody.

 

[my3princes]

that is amazing!!! I teared up also.

Sorry I haven't been posting much it's been an awful almost month at work. After being given the closing fitting room operator position I went in to check my schedule one day to find out Ambyr was coming back and my hours were being cut back AND she is the official closing fitting room operator. I feel awful that she got beat to a pulp by her boyfriend but she chose to come back to MD to go back to him after supposedly looking for work (but how much looking can you do in 3 weeks filled with Dr. appt's?) BUT I was really tee'ed off at management for telling me it's my job without telling me there is even the possibility of her coming back...it turns out she was on a leave of absense.
After getting no actual response when I stated my concern...I gave up on that. There is a manager who has been a PITA to me and others since she started and on Wednesday was the last straw with her so, as some of you saw on Facebook, yesterday "fed up Flo" came out and I called our 800 corporate human relations hotline and opened a complaint on her. I chose to be named in it instead of staying anonymous(because of the nature of the complaint it would/will be easy to tell who started the proceedings). Please be praying that there isn't backlash.

I have been reading along and praying daily for everybody.

I hope it all works out for you