Stuck Inside Again....

Poor Kolin, I won't let him catch a break during hurricane vacation days...



But, I do pay him good in Mountain Dew's and Slim Jim's..so I guess he'll survive. :0)

Fay is still traveling through Central, FL. at a very...very slow rate. Last night was something like 2 MPH and today she's up to a speedy 6 MPH.
She's a real PIMA.

Other then a ton of branches down and a tree that fell down the street {which, believe this or not was so loud I heard it come down in my bedroom, with the TV going and the rain and wind pounding outside}.
Later on, when the rain finally stops, I'll buckle up and shoot some pic's so ya'all can see for yourself that living in the tropical state does have it's hazards...however not as hazardous as being up north where one inch of our rain equals 12 inches of your snow and that's, ahhhhhh, something I NEVER want to go back to, thank you very much.

That's about all the news I have for this morning, except to say a big "Shout Out Cuz You Guys Really Rock" to City of Leesburg and Comcast, who, both, never went out not once.
Comcast got a little weird {but that's possibly my computer, I really should burn 7000 pictures to CD today} but stayed on.

I'll leave you with this little photo of Alona's last weeks "craft day" where we all sat around outside and made paper plate masks.
The older kids are going to kick my butt for putting this one up. :0)



Well my friends..I'm going to jump off and...

1. Listen to things bounce off our roof.
2. Go ga-ga over my fave photog's new photoshop actions{darn you M.B. you make everything look sooooo good!!}.
3. Make something for dinner in the slow cooker.
4. Work on some super kickin' urban style "newsboy" caps for kids. I already made one..Oh baby, they are C*U*T*E!!!!!
5. Spend time with the lil' Hellians.

Have a beautiful day everyone!!!!!

Go Away Fay!

And don't you come back no more girl!!



On a brighter note..school's been cancelled again tomorrow. The kids are happy about that. :0)

Never Tease A Hurricane

Because they are mean and will come back to bite you where it hurts.

Fay is officially right over us and she is tearing things apart.
The gazebo that we love...gone.
The trampoline the boys love...gone.
The pool...almost gone.
Our palms...coming down quickly.

Damn that mother nature. :0(

Anywho's....because I had not much else to do for a little while this afternoon..I went weird on some old pic's with a cool lumis effect photoshop preset that I found for a 30 day trial.
Call me crazy. :0)







Hopefully we'll still have electricity, so I'll update again in the AM.

Have a great night everyone!!

Rain..Rain...More Rain

This has been the most rainiest night and day so far and our schools are just about the only ones who opened back up today.
All in all, Fay hasn't been that bad but the coast...WHOA...they got hit hard, so we're sending out some prayers for those folks over there who are using boats just to leave whats left of their flooded homes. :0(

I have Bear home today with another morning headache.
So, since we last went to see his neurosurgeon in July {around the 15th I think} he's had 9 pretty painful headaches, 8 of them have been morning ones. Bummer. :0(

Anywho's...I'm off for now {the weather is making the internet connection funky today}, but I'll be back later on {if the internet stop wonkin' out}.

Leaving you with a chuckle this Thursday morning.

This is called "skitching"...



And, it's generally not a good thing to do.



Isn't that right Kaysha?

BTW...the Skitchin' Drama Queen was FINE!! :0)

Have a great day everyone!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIANA!!!!

Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you.....
Happy First Birthday Dear Adri...
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!!!



We love you!!!!

Love,
Gramma
Grampa
Aunt Kaysha
Aunt KK
Uncle Kody
Uncle Kolin
Uncle Kyle
Aunt Meghan
Alona
Dexter
Korey
Houdini
Tiki
and
Atreyu

Still Here And Doing Quite Well

Crazy ole' Miss Hurricane Fay seems to be fizzling in Central, FL.

We got some rain, we got some wind but it didn't deter Kaysha in any way, shape or form for making me go out with her so she can spend her paycheck on some kickin' new school clothes.
I love a girl that can battle impending fierce weather for a shopping spree.
BTW...what is it about pink plaid shorts and printed baby tee's that are so dang cute on 17 year olds? I want to be 17 again....I really do.

Today, because I have this silly obsession with doing strange things that make peeps scratch their heads and say "But Why?", decided to throw in some laundry and tidy up our home just in case we did happen to get hit with a tornado and had our dwelling tossed around like raw pizza dough.

Some things in life are unexplainable...I am one of those things.

In trying to come up with something to talk about tonight...I couldn't. Sad, I know.

So..I'll just leave you with a little note to let you all that two days ago I updated "From My Heart To Your Head".
Sorry..I forgot all about telling ya'all that two days ago.
Here's a little something cute for a little someones noggin...



Bright, cheery and so small.
Brings back baby memories I seriously need to get rid of...seriously!

Ah well...we're still on tornado watch so I better grab that bag of tootsie rolls I forced myself to buy today, climb in bed, turn on a good chick flick and wait for the weather radio to go berserk.

Till tomorrow..have a great night everyone!!

Love, Kim

Storm Central And A Few Other Things

It appears Hurricane Fay can't make up her fickle, female mind. So...as of last night we were supposed to take a direct hit by tonight. This morning though..it looks like it's shifted slightly east, leaving us in the storm but more tornado prone.

As of now...we are on tornado watch until at least 4 PM and the rain squalls have already started.

We'll be watching this channel all day...

News Nine

Or this station...they're nice too...

WESH TV

Doppler is cool...

Doppler Keep Clickin' To Reload Updates This Ought To Be Fun By Tonight

Or maybe I'll just play on photoshop all day and forget the weather.
Or..maybe not.

On a happier note..Kody's b-day went great!
He's now an official teenager and even more goofy then ever.



A Hershey cake...that boy is sooooo me. :0)





Next Monday we get to do the party thing all over again for Kolin...who becomes an official eleven-teen on the 25th.

Kody and I went and had those photos done for the magazine he'll be featured in, which comes out on Oct. 1st.
Yes he was a goof, yes he posed his little butt off, yes he was called a natural and yes he was called fun to work with.
I, on the other hand, am sure I got a whole lot of me in the middle of saying "Kody knock it off and smile, Kody did you smile, Kody quit, Kody come on it 's about to rain, KODY STOP IT!!!!!!"
The wind was kicking up bigtime by then and I know that in every snap, I looked like some middle aged version of "Cousin It".
It won't be pretty, trust me it won't. :0)

After the mag. pic's the kids and I ran out to Wally World to pick up some pizzas for dinner and that place was mobbed!!
People going crazy, people panicking, people hogging all the bottled water.
We did get some water though...Kaysha and Kolin took off for that while Kody and I picked up some pizza and Cokes. Kaysha pushed the cart, Kolin was the "Go To Guy" because Kaysha said there was no way in h**l she was going to risk a nail to fight off crazy hurricane people.
I love that girl..she is so me too. :0)

When we came home..Kolin spotted this beauty in the driveway.
My friends..welcome to banana spider season in the sunshine state..



Welps..I better be getting on this morning. The kids have no school today and tomorrow and already they are fixin' to eat me out of house and home.

If, in the event, I'm not on here again for a day or two..that could only mean we've lost electricity and or internet.
I'll be back on as soon as it comes back on.

Have a great day!!!!

Love, Kim