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I posted here yesterday (thought I did anyway) but it's not here so I guess I forgot to complete it or something. Pretty scatterbrained lately.
It sure was good to get phone and internet back. Still lots of work to do. Been clearing logs and bushes and such from the creek and bridge area all morning with my nephew and his wife this AM. Working in the basement some every day and making multiple trips down there to empty the dehumidifier.
I just wish it would stop raining. That's an awful thing to say when Texas is in such a critical drought. Wish we could share.... boy do I wish we could share!!
Love, Shirley
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When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
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-- Winston Churchill
Shirley,
It's so nice to hear from you!
I've done that, too - start a post and somehow, not quite hit submit. I am the master of "a thousand browsers at once" - I am trying to break that habit. I do it to keep something from sidetracking me, but of course it has the opposite effect.
It's the rainiest late-summer I can remember (now it's officially fall, I may as well stop saying that), and I truly wish we could share, too.
Glad to hear you've got some help clearing up. Truly hope the creek doesn't rise any further - we are in an area we visit each year around this time, and have never seen the ponds and lakes higher.
Welcome back!
Love,
Sara
It's so nice to hear from you!
I've done that, too - start a post and somehow, not quite hit submit. I am the master of "a thousand browsers at once" - I am trying to break that habit. I do it to keep something from sidetracking me, but of course it has the opposite effect.
It's the rainiest late-summer I can remember (now it's officially fall, I may as well stop saying that), and I truly wish we could share, too.
Glad to hear you've got some help clearing up. Truly hope the creek doesn't rise any further - we are in an area we visit each year around this time, and have never seen the ponds and lakes higher.
Welcome back!
Love,
Sara
good to hear from you Shirley and must be great to be "connected" with the rest of the world again. Hope the water troubles will get solved soon, must be a nightmare.
but welcome back :-))
but welcome back :-))
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Hi Shirley,
It's great to see you posting again. I've always found the way that rain attracts rain, and drought chases it away, to be very interesting - it's the reason why it almost always tends to rain in the same places, once a trend is initiated.
Incidentally, when I posted an update on your situation a couple of days or so ago, I didn't mention that you and your mother had to be evacuated, because I wasn't aware of it at the time. So most of us here aren't aware of just how bad the situation really was. You seem to be coping with it pretty well, considering how bad it has been. I hope the weather starts to cooperate, so that you can get things back to some semblance of normal.
Love,
Tex
It's great to see you posting again. I've always found the way that rain attracts rain, and drought chases it away, to be very interesting - it's the reason why it almost always tends to rain in the same places, once a trend is initiated.
Incidentally, when I posted an update on your situation a couple of days or so ago, I didn't mention that you and your mother had to be evacuated, because I wasn't aware of it at the time. So most of us here aren't aware of just how bad the situation really was. You seem to be coping with it pretty well, considering how bad it has been. I hope the weather starts to cooperate, so that you can get things back to some semblance of normal.
Love,
Tex
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Shirley
so pleased that you have communications back in your life
I hope you are okay after the events of the past fortnight and life 'settles down' again soon
It takes quite a while for things to return to normal...
take care
thinking of you
so pleased that you have communications back in your life
I hope you are okay after the events of the past fortnight and life 'settles down' again soon
It takes quite a while for things to return to normal...
take care
thinking of you
Gabes Ryan
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"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
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Shirley,
We missed you and are glad you're back. I'm sure you're glad to be able to communicate again, too. I hope you get back to "normal" soon. It sounds like you have quite a mess to clean up and it's nice that your nephew and his wife are helping.
Didn't you have a house flooding in Florida a year or so ago? If so, you've had more than your share of cleaning up, that's for sure.
Gloria
We missed you and are glad you're back. I'm sure you're glad to be able to communicate again, too. I hope you get back to "normal" soon. It sounds like you have quite a mess to clean up and it's nice that your nephew and his wife are helping.
Didn't you have a house flooding in Florida a year or so ago? If so, you've had more than your share of cleaning up, that's for sure.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Oh Shirley!
I am so relieved to know that you and mom are OK. I live not too far south of you, and we measured 12 1/2 inches of rain in our rain gauge over the 3 days of "Lee". It caused a lot of damage around us, although we luckily escaped - probably because we live on a hill.
How are you doing MC-wise? Did the stress bring on a flare? Hope not. Also, were you able to get appropriate foods for your diet? How did mom do? During Irene, we had to evacuate my 96 yr.old MIL from her home in Ocean City. She stayed with us for 3 days and found the whole experience to be upsetting and disorienting.
So glad you're back. We missed you!!!
Love,
Polly
I am so relieved to know that you and mom are OK. I live not too far south of you, and we measured 12 1/2 inches of rain in our rain gauge over the 3 days of "Lee". It caused a lot of damage around us, although we luckily escaped - probably because we live on a hill.
How are you doing MC-wise? Did the stress bring on a flare? Hope not. Also, were you able to get appropriate foods for your diet? How did mom do? During Irene, we had to evacuate my 96 yr.old MIL from her home in Ocean City. She stayed with us for 3 days and found the whole experience to be upsetting and disorienting.
So glad you're back. We missed you!!!
Love,
Polly
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Shirley,
Adding to the othere, I am happy to see you back. The cleaning up and drying out must be quite job. We helped a friend go through this two years ago and it wasn't nearly the level of destruction you had in your area. I hope all this rain we're having now isn't making it worse.
Take care of yourself,
Nancy
Adding to the othere, I am happy to see you back. The cleaning up and drying out must be quite job. We helped a friend go through this two years ago and it wasn't nearly the level of destruction you had in your area. I hope all this rain we're having now isn't making it worse.
Take care of yourself,
Nancy
Thanks so much for all the kind and loving comments. It is wonderful to be connected here again even though I haven't had a lot of time (or energy) to take advantage.
Polly,
Yes, I've had a bit of a flare. It was difficult to avoid processed foods since we were staying with a friend and neighbor for 5 days. Finally I just asked if I could make some hard boiled eggs and I ate only those, water and coffee for a couple of days. I increased my Asacol from 1 to 4 a day. I have seen some improvement. Not so much watery now but looser than before.
As for Mom, she seemed to handle the event of the evacuation OK (also my sister was visiting at the time) but for some reason she took GREAT offence at something my friend said to her and Mom has been giving me fits ever since. She has some dementia and I know the stress of the situation was hard on her but between my own problems and her... her...... whatever it is I thought I'd go out of my mind a couple of times (maybe a couple dozen times haha). Crying, depression, self pity, paranoia and more......... Oh, the DRAMA!! She became insistant that we return her to Buford, Ga immediately. Wanted to go to her sister's who isn't much more capable than Mom herself. I finally figured out that she wanted to physically go there so she could look for a place for herself.... to live independently. She even thought she could get her dirver's license back and buy herself a car. She had already mowed down 2 mailboxes when she stopped driving in '05.
It got to the point where I was agreeable to moving her to Buford if she went to Assisted Living. That brought about another round because we (sister & I) were forcing her into a "home". Her mind changes from day to day. Today she is undecided. Only God knows what it will be tomorrow but I am not doing anything until I get a bridge again. I have to get through the winter here. Oil truck needs a bridge to deliver fuel oil. I refuse to address anything else until I get thes place somewhat in order.
Guess you pushed the right (or wrong) button, Polly. Sorry about the tirade.
Tex,
As for being evacuated.......... I had not planned on actually leaving. I had already taken the precaution of moving both vehicles across the bridge and we had food enough to get by on. My basement was already taking on a few inches of water but it's never really been flooded before. It was from ground water seeping in although it ended up at 3 and a half feet according to the water marks. We have had fill around the pipes wash away before so I wasn't overly excited because I'd never seen anything like what happened before.
My next door neighbor got scared and called for evac. She asked me if we were going but I thought we'd stay and I'd try to bail water out of the basement. The oversized ATV finally showed up and they told me they were worried about a dam breaking on top of the big hill (or mountain.. depending on your perspective) behind my house which dumps into my (normally) little creek. Well, that did scare me and we went with them straight up the hill. I can't believe they had the nerve to come in after us but bless their hearts, they did. Volunteer firemen are great people.
Anyway, no real damage to the house. Bridge can be replaced. In the meantime I'm driving my truck through the creek, upstream from where the bridge was. I have had some help from good people and I feel extremely blessed since so many have lost everything. I'll take flooding creek water any day over that disgusting river water flooding. I've helped clean that up before and it is worse.
End of saga (at least for now)
Love, Shirley
Polly,
Yes, I've had a bit of a flare. It was difficult to avoid processed foods since we were staying with a friend and neighbor for 5 days. Finally I just asked if I could make some hard boiled eggs and I ate only those, water and coffee for a couple of days. I increased my Asacol from 1 to 4 a day. I have seen some improvement. Not so much watery now but looser than before.
As for Mom, she seemed to handle the event of the evacuation OK (also my sister was visiting at the time) but for some reason she took GREAT offence at something my friend said to her and Mom has been giving me fits ever since. She has some dementia and I know the stress of the situation was hard on her but between my own problems and her... her...... whatever it is I thought I'd go out of my mind a couple of times (maybe a couple dozen times haha). Crying, depression, self pity, paranoia and more......... Oh, the DRAMA!! She became insistant that we return her to Buford, Ga immediately. Wanted to go to her sister's who isn't much more capable than Mom herself. I finally figured out that she wanted to physically go there so she could look for a place for herself.... to live independently. She even thought she could get her dirver's license back and buy herself a car. She had already mowed down 2 mailboxes when she stopped driving in '05.
It got to the point where I was agreeable to moving her to Buford if she went to Assisted Living. That brought about another round because we (sister & I) were forcing her into a "home". Her mind changes from day to day. Today she is undecided. Only God knows what it will be tomorrow but I am not doing anything until I get a bridge again. I have to get through the winter here. Oil truck needs a bridge to deliver fuel oil. I refuse to address anything else until I get thes place somewhat in order.
Guess you pushed the right (or wrong) button, Polly. Sorry about the tirade.
Tex,
As for being evacuated.......... I had not planned on actually leaving. I had already taken the precaution of moving both vehicles across the bridge and we had food enough to get by on. My basement was already taking on a few inches of water but it's never really been flooded before. It was from ground water seeping in although it ended up at 3 and a half feet according to the water marks. We have had fill around the pipes wash away before so I wasn't overly excited because I'd never seen anything like what happened before.
My next door neighbor got scared and called for evac. She asked me if we were going but I thought we'd stay and I'd try to bail water out of the basement. The oversized ATV finally showed up and they told me they were worried about a dam breaking on top of the big hill (or mountain.. depending on your perspective) behind my house which dumps into my (normally) little creek. Well, that did scare me and we went with them straight up the hill. I can't believe they had the nerve to come in after us but bless their hearts, they did. Volunteer firemen are great people.
Anyway, no real damage to the house. Bridge can be replaced. In the meantime I'm driving my truck through the creek, upstream from where the bridge was. I have had some help from good people and I feel extremely blessed since so many have lost everything. I'll take flooding creek water any day over that disgusting river water flooding. I've helped clean that up before and it is worse.
End of saga (at least for now)
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Wow Shirley, what a saga!! I'm in DC, and boy do we feel water-logged. I think I see sun about to creep in through the clouds. First sun in almost a week - it's downright blinding!! Oh wait, it's gone... 
I've been taking extra D to make up for all this depressing wet weather. They say these are 1000 year rains, so you are lucky your house made it through relatively OK. Let's hope we don't have a repeat of this September anytime soon. Best of luck with the continued clean out. Thank goodness for dehumidifiers.
I've been taking extra D to make up for all this depressing wet weather. They say these are 1000 year rains, so you are lucky your house made it through relatively OK. Let's hope we don't have a repeat of this September anytime soon. Best of luck with the continued clean out. Thank goodness for dehumidifiers.-
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So great to see you back Shirley. I was thinking of you during the flooding and was pretty sure you were in the thick of it. Your attitude is so positive for going through so much. Sure wish we could send the PA rain a little south to Tex. Not what we got but some of it. All of the farmers in my area have lost their crops due to the excess of water. Hope Mom is better today and that things are looking up.
Love, Maggie
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Thanks and I had been wondering about you and others who might have been in the thick of it.
We are having more rain here as I speak. Came really hard for a while but seems to have slacked off a bit now. The ground sure can't absorb it so I'm hoping the creek won't be affected too much or I won't be able to get the truck across. Weather map looks like we are on the northern edge of it so I pray the folks further south will not be affected to much either. We have had rain several times since the flood but this has been the hardest one.
Mom seems to have calmed down quite a bit although she certainly isn't happy. Wish there was something I could do for her but I can't control her thinking.
Still doing cleanup at bridge site and creek banks. Still doing cleanup regarding the basement. House needs cleaning badly. My daughter, Pam, her husband & son are due to arrive next Monday. Was supposed to be a vacation but looks like it will turn into a working vacation.
Finally got my grass mowed. It was SO high.
D was improving quite a bit but this morning... back to watery.
Love, Shirley
We are having more rain here as I speak. Came really hard for a while but seems to have slacked off a bit now. The ground sure can't absorb it so I'm hoping the creek won't be affected too much or I won't be able to get the truck across. Weather map looks like we are on the northern edge of it so I pray the folks further south will not be affected to much either. We have had rain several times since the flood but this has been the hardest one.
Mom seems to have calmed down quite a bit although she certainly isn't happy. Wish there was something I could do for her but I can't control her thinking.
Still doing cleanup at bridge site and creek banks. Still doing cleanup regarding the basement. House needs cleaning badly. My daughter, Pam, her husband & son are due to arrive next Monday. Was supposed to be a vacation but looks like it will turn into a working vacation.
Finally got my grass mowed. It was SO high.
D was improving quite a bit but this morning... back to watery.
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Hi Shirley,
It's so nice to "see" you back posting, but I'm very sorry for the hardship you have been through. You sound so very brave to me in the way you're dealing with your troubles. Hope your "kids" will help you get everything back in good working order when they come to visit.
I just noticed your signature line, and got a good chuckle out of it - is that a new one, or have I just not noticed it before???
Hope things get back on track for you soon, both MC wise and house/property wise.
Love,
Kari
It's so nice to "see" you back posting, but I'm very sorry for the hardship you have been through. You sound so very brave to me in the way you're dealing with your troubles. Hope your "kids" will help you get everything back in good working order when they come to visit.
I just noticed your signature line, and got a good chuckle out of it - is that a new one, or have I just not noticed it before???
Hope things get back on track for you soon, both MC wise and house/property wise.
Love,
Kari
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More rain, Shirley? You sure don't need that.
I hope that your MC problems will subside soon. You have enough things to deal with at the moment.
Gloria
I hope that your MC problems will subside soon. You have enough things to deal with at the moment.
I know what you mean. It's hard to deal with the elderly sometimes. I used to want to do so much more for my mother than she would allow me because of her attitude.Mom seems to have calmed down quite a bit although she certainly isn't happy. Wish there was something I could do for her but I can't control her thinking.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.