The kids costumes are ready. Beth is Death and Erin is a Dead 50's Bopper with poodle skirt and glasses. I bought almost 40lbs of candy. We used to live two blocks over and we were hit pretty hard then I can imagine what it will be like this year. People keep calling 911 wanting to know if Halloween has been cancelled????? I don't get it how do you cancel Halloween? I have to work tonight so the girls are going to walk around the block but have to be home by 6:30 so I can leave. They get to hand out candy after I'm gone that's of course if I go to work.
I had to call out sick last night. Yeah!!!! I'm so tired of feeling tired and being anemic. I was just starting to feel better now the "pill" pills are I am taking are not working anymore. The mega dose of iron I'm on is not keeping up . My Doctor wants to schedule outpateint surgery but I could'nt get an appointment with her until Friday. I'm calling back this morning and will try to get an earlier appointment. I may have to have a transfussion if I have to wait until Friday. It seems like the more active I am the worse it is but I can't just sit around all day I have things to do. Like finish cleaning up my back yard.
We had 2 trees cut up yesterday they are coming back to grind down the stump of the large oak tree that used to dump a shit load of leaves into my pool. FPUA is suppose to be here today or tommorrow to cut down the grapefruit tree that is lying on my power lines. Most of the aluminum is picked up and semi neatly stacked in the back yard along with a ton of screening but it is looking better. Pool guy will be here tommorrow to vaccum out the pool. It is nice and blue but there are still leaves and dirt resting on the bottom. Fred and I both want a new pool enclosure but they are running upwards and over $20,000.00 . I may have to sell my kidneys if I want to be safe from the mosquitos this summer. We have no clue when the insurance company will get around to us.
In the mean time the weather is great. It is breezy and cool in the low 80's and high 70's. The kids play outside almost every afternoon with the neighbors grand children. They are happy and that is all that matters. School is back in session today and that means I have to go and drive little girls to school.
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Wilma was not a nice Hurricane
I am beginning to think we have bad luck. We bought our house because it survived 2 hurricanes last year with minimal damage. Wilma was bad. As we hit what we would normally refer to as the back side of the hurricane. The wind shifted slightly from the east to the north east and really started blowing. We lost electricity. Not too long after that we heard something hit the roof. Warren I went in the garage and went up into the attic to make sure the vent cap had not blown off. It was still there so I thought maybe it was just debris. Not too long after that Beth started calling me to the back of the house. She was in the cabana bathroom with the window open. Our pool patio had started to fall in. The SW corner looked like it just crumbled. The grapefruit tree was blown over along with another small tree. Within 15 minutes the entire patio was blown apart. It now sits mangled in my back yard. It was another hour before the wind started to die down and we were able to walk outside and try to get the generator going. Of course it did not work we had to wait for Fred to come home and say the magic words. It has worked fine ever since. We have T.V. but our satellite took a hit from the patio it just looks like it needs to be aligned. DSL did not work either. Fred tested the connection when he came home tonight and Bellsouth is down.
While we were in the back yard gingerly walking over twisted aluminum and screening I could see quite a few roof tiles on the ground. Erin must have picked up at least a dozen or more tiles. I went around to the front of the house and there is 2 to 3 tiles missing off the corner over the garage and a large area directly over the living room where there are not longer any tiles. We have no leaks, Thank God. So far everyone is okay. Fred should be able to have it repaired in no time.
Fred’s parents called, Mr. Pate lost another shed. Eleanor said there was stuff all over the yard. My mom called I guess she is ok. Beth talked to her and she was supposed to call back. I think she was just checking to make sure we are ok. I guess I really should not be so negative we are all healthy and happy and we still have our home even though it is a little battered. We have electricity and lights shine from our windows at night on a street that is pitch black.
It was pitch black I should say. The electricity just came back on. We were out for only 8 hours. Oh my Gosh that is a new record. I guess we are not so unlucky after all. I think I am going to go pop some popcorn now.
8pm Monday October 24, 2005
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We have lights phones and internet but Satellite is busted so no T.V. Children watch a lot of DVDs. Everyone is fine. Mom's garage door blew off but there are no leaks the city has done a wonderful job getting everything back to normal. Wal-Mart and Publix opened at 7am yesterday and we had trash service. I doesn’t get any better than this. As a Floridian I am proud of how quickly our local government, businesses and citizens responded to getting debris cleaned up and life back to as close to normal as possible.
We have had a lot of people driving up from Palm Beach and even further south to purchase supplies, water and gas. I think today some areas are starting to get electricity. I heard a report some gas stations and stores are starting to open in Palm Beach. When I went out this morning Wal-Mart was packed already and the gas lines were already forming so I don’t know how true that is. We have a distribution station literally x-street at Lawnwood stadium Mom sat in line for over an hour for a tarp 4 MRE's and ice. The line was not as long this morning as yesterday but it is still early.Here are some pics I downloaded this morning. I have not been out too much just to Publix and Wal-Mart. I went to the Pate's and Mom's yesterday to check on everyone because the phone lines were down but I left my camera at home. I did not see too much damage mostly a lot of tree damage. I have to give credit to the roofers, all the new roofs held up real nice.
Fred is on his 6th day of 12 1/2 hour shifts. He is starting to get tired and a little cranky. He is tired of dealing with stupid people and drunks. He is hoping for a day off on Saturday. He and Eric plan on getting into the back yard and cutting up the patio with a saws all and chopping up our downed trees.
The girls and I picked up all the debris in the front yard and Warren and Elizabeth cleaned out the pool. It looks a lot better and I can run the pump now so it doesn’t turn green. Our pool guy is going to come back next week and vacuum it out real good so we can get the crawler back in.
IRCC opened today Warren has to go back to class. He only has to make up 2 days. The girls will have to make up a week at least. Okay I’m done. I have chores to do that I am ignoring and I need to get at least some of it done before I go back to work tonight.
While we were in the back yard gingerly walking over twisted aluminum and screening I could see quite a few roof tiles on the ground. Erin must have picked up at least a dozen or more tiles. I went around to the front of the house and there is 2 to 3 tiles missing off the corner over the garage and a large area directly over the living room where there are not longer any tiles. We have no leaks, Thank God. So far everyone is okay. Fred should be able to have it repaired in no time.
Fred’s parents called, Mr. Pate lost another shed. Eleanor said there was stuff all over the yard. My mom called I guess she is ok. Beth talked to her and she was supposed to call back. I think she was just checking to make sure we are ok. I guess I really should not be so negative we are all healthy and happy and we still have our home even though it is a little battered. We have electricity and lights shine from our windows at night on a street that is pitch black.
It was pitch black I should say. The electricity just came back on. We were out for only 8 hours. Oh my Gosh that is a new record. I guess we are not so unlucky after all. I think I am going to go pop some popcorn now.
8pm Monday October 24, 2005
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We have lights phones and internet but Satellite is busted so no T.V. Children watch a lot of DVDs. Everyone is fine. Mom's garage door blew off but there are no leaks the city has done a wonderful job getting everything back to normal. Wal-Mart and Publix opened at 7am yesterday and we had trash service. I doesn’t get any better than this. As a Floridian I am proud of how quickly our local government, businesses and citizens responded to getting debris cleaned up and life back to as close to normal as possible.
We have had a lot of people driving up from Palm Beach and even further south to purchase supplies, water and gas. I think today some areas are starting to get electricity. I heard a report some gas stations and stores are starting to open in Palm Beach. When I went out this morning Wal-Mart was packed already and the gas lines were already forming so I don’t know how true that is. We have a distribution station literally x-street at Lawnwood stadium Mom sat in line for over an hour for a tarp 4 MRE's and ice. The line was not as long this morning as yesterday but it is still early.Here are some pics I downloaded this morning. I have not been out too much just to Publix and Wal-Mart. I went to the Pate's and Mom's yesterday to check on everyone because the phone lines were down but I left my camera at home. I did not see too much damage mostly a lot of tree damage. I have to give credit to the roofers, all the new roofs held up real nice.
Fred is on his 6th day of 12 1/2 hour shifts. He is starting to get tired and a little cranky. He is tired of dealing with stupid people and drunks. He is hoping for a day off on Saturday. He and Eric plan on getting into the back yard and cutting up the patio with a saws all and chopping up our downed trees.
The girls and I picked up all the debris in the front yard and Warren and Elizabeth cleaned out the pool. It looks a lot better and I can run the pump now so it doesn’t turn green. Our pool guy is going to come back next week and vacuum it out real good so we can get the crawler back in.
IRCC opened today Warren has to go back to class. He only has to make up 2 days. The girls will have to make up a week at least. Okay I’m done. I have chores to do that I am ignoring and I need to get at least some of it done before I go back to work tonight.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Wilma
We are on the northside of the storm and it is raging. Amazingly we still have electricity although it has flickered several times. My internet is still up well, on and off. We can safely go outside on the front porch it is sheltered from the worst of the wind. The rain has been blowing horizontal for over an hour now. We still have at least three more hours of this. There is debris all over the yard but I don't see any trees down yet. All I can really see is just north and west of us to the church. The wind is howling and I just turned off the AC. Its on the east side of the house and really taking a beating. I have water blowing in the garage door but it will dry up no problem and there is water coming through the vent in the garage. So far the water intrusion is all in the garage and I hope it stays that way.
The wind is wiping around the eaves of the house you can hear it slam up against the roof and it actually makes a light bumping noise is the best way I can describe it. I went outside to make sure nothing was loose and discovered it was just the wind. I've looked on the internet for wind speed so far no luck. Wunderground keeps saying 40 with 59 gust. NOT TRUE.
Okay the wind has turned a little and I cant get on the porch anymore. It is blowing more from the north now. Fred just called he is at the station, they are goofing off as usual. One of the officers went out side and literally was flying suspened from a no parking sign. What children won't do.
Kids are playing board games Warren even has one of his freinds over and invited more over later for D & D so I may have a house full before the night over. I just hope this thing passes quickly. It is really blowing hard against the house right now and the lights keep flickering.
The wind is wiping around the eaves of the house you can hear it slam up against the roof and it actually makes a light bumping noise is the best way I can describe it. I went outside to make sure nothing was loose and discovered it was just the wind. I've looked on the internet for wind speed so far no luck. Wunderground keeps saying 40 with 59 gust. NOT TRUE.
Okay the wind has turned a little and I cant get on the porch anymore. It is blowing more from the north now. Fred just called he is at the station, they are goofing off as usual. One of the officers went out side and literally was flying suspened from a no parking sign. What children won't do.
Kids are playing board games Warren even has one of his freinds over and invited more over later for D & D so I may have a house full before the night over. I just hope this thing passes quickly. It is really blowing hard against the house right now and the lights keep flickering.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Count down to Wilma
It has been a long weekend. In bed by 7:30am back up at 11:30am. I guess I was too wound up to sleep. Fred has been working 6am to 6pm since Friday until further notice. SLC EOC was activated today at noon. Bedrolls and overnight bags line the hallways and people are all over the place. Channel 12 has their satelite truck parked outside along with an RV. They were here yesterday camping out. The phones are not too bad. Most people are calling the information lines set up so we are not swamped with stupid calls. We did have a few this morning early but we refered them back to those info lines when they opened at 8:00am. My shift is happy we missed the bullet, we are out of here at 2:00am. Day shift next rotation drew the short stick and have to cover the storm. I will be asleep. Yeah for me.
At home, I spent all morning moving patio furniture and putting muy orchids in the shed. The tangerine tree is full of fruit this year I hope it survives the wind. My florida room is in shambles. If I could not put it in the shed it went in the florida room. The girls and I cleaned up the yard of most the big debris and closed up the shutters on the house. Then the girls bailed on me and went in the pool. It was a little hot today. Humidity a little high. I cleaned the kitchen and swept and mopped. Played a little WOW. Took a shower came to work.
Fred and I passed each other he came home and still had to get on the roof and cap the vents and put the battery in the generator and ground it. If he can get it running we will use extension cords to keep the freezer and refridgerator going and maybe a fan and the T.V. but thats only if we lose power. We may have a guy coming over tuesday to hook up the transfer box to the electric panel. He came over and took a look at the generator today and said he could hook us up no problem advised it would be a 4-5 hour job but it was no problem. I have my fingers crossed.
Fred just called generator runs great once he figured out how to turn the gas on. Yeah! Will post pics tommorrow afternoon.
At home, I spent all morning moving patio furniture and putting muy orchids in the shed. The tangerine tree is full of fruit this year I hope it survives the wind. My florida room is in shambles. If I could not put it in the shed it went in the florida room. The girls and I cleaned up the yard of most the big debris and closed up the shutters on the house. Then the girls bailed on me and went in the pool. It was a little hot today. Humidity a little high. I cleaned the kitchen and swept and mopped. Played a little WOW. Took a shower came to work.
Fred and I passed each other he came home and still had to get on the roof and cap the vents and put the battery in the generator and ground it. If he can get it running we will use extension cords to keep the freezer and refridgerator going and maybe a fan and the T.V. but thats only if we lose power. We may have a guy coming over tuesday to hook up the transfer box to the electric panel. He came over and took a look at the generator today and said he could hook us up no problem advised it would be a 4-5 hour job but it was no problem. I have my fingers crossed.
Fred just called generator runs great once he figured out how to turn the gas on. Yeah! Will post pics tommorrow afternoon.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Too Busy to Blog
I have been a little busy this week I work, I sleep, I clean and I play WOW. I have tried to write but I have been blocked. I have been trying to put a new spin on my story. I am trying to make it more of a murder mystery. I found my angle yesterday and I have been writing much of the day. I think it will turn out to be a better story. I also through a little hurricane action into it give a perspective of what law enforcement families have to do to prepare. I hope it works but we will see.
I should be doing laundry and preparing for Hurricane Wilma but her I sit typing. I did have to go pick up Beth from school and on the way back I picked up extra groceries from Publix. They still had plenty of ice but no water. Fred will pick up water tomorrow. We will wait until Saturday to close the house down. Fred is suppose to test the generator tomorrow. I still may not be hooked up to the house but I can plug in extension cords and run it that way if I have to. Fred has been activated on Saturday 6am - 6pm until further notice. I will probable go in early Sunday night and stay through out the night until Wilma has passed sometime Monday morning. Fred will be home with the kids this time. We are ready I think, both freezers are full I have plenty of can stuff. I bought fresh fruit and bread. We have a new generator new garage doors, and all new gas appliances. I can’t think of anything else.Wish us luck I'll update later. Maybe at work Sunday/Monday if the internet is still working.I have been a little busy this week I work, I sleep, I clean and I play WOW. I have tried to write but I have been blocked. I have been trying to put a new spin on my story. I am trying to make it more of a murder mystery. I found my angle yesterday yand I have been writing much of the day. I think it will turn out to be a better story. I also through a little hurricane action into it give a perspective of what law enforcement families have to do to prepare. I hope it works but we will see.I should be doing laundry and preparing for Hurricane Wilma but her I sit typing. I did have to go pick up Beth from school and on the way back I picked up extra groceries from Publix. They still had plenty of ice but no water. Fred will pick up water tommorrow. We will wait until Saturday to close the house down. Fred is suppose to test the generator tommorrow. I still may not be hooked up to the house but I can plug in extension cords and run it that way if I have to. Fred has been activated on Saturday 6am - 6pm until further notice. I will probable go in early Sunday night and stay through out the night until Wilma has passed sometime Monday morning. Fred will be home with the kids this time. We are ready I think, both freezers are full I have plenty of can stuff. I bought fresh fruit and bread. We have a new generator new garage doors, and all new gas appliances. I cant think of anything else.
Wish us luck I'll update later. Maybe at work Sunday/Monday if the internet is still working.
I should be doing laundry and preparing for Hurricane Wilma but her I sit typing. I did have to go pick up Beth from school and on the way back I picked up extra groceries from Publix. They still had plenty of ice but no water. Fred will pick up water tomorrow. We will wait until Saturday to close the house down. Fred is suppose to test the generator tomorrow. I still may not be hooked up to the house but I can plug in extension cords and run it that way if I have to. Fred has been activated on Saturday 6am - 6pm until further notice. I will probable go in early Sunday night and stay through out the night until Wilma has passed sometime Monday morning. Fred will be home with the kids this time. We are ready I think, both freezers are full I have plenty of can stuff. I bought fresh fruit and bread. We have a new generator new garage doors, and all new gas appliances. I can’t think of anything else.Wish us luck I'll update later. Maybe at work Sunday/Monday if the internet is still working.I have been a little busy this week I work, I sleep, I clean and I play WOW. I have tried to write but I have been blocked. I have been trying to put a new spin on my story. I am trying to make it more of a murder mystery. I found my angle yesterday yand I have been writing much of the day. I think it will turn out to be a better story. I also through a little hurricane action into it give a perspective of what law enforcement families have to do to prepare. I hope it works but we will see.I should be doing laundry and preparing for Hurricane Wilma but her I sit typing. I did have to go pick up Beth from school and on the way back I picked up extra groceries from Publix. They still had plenty of ice but no water. Fred will pick up water tommorrow. We will wait until Saturday to close the house down. Fred is suppose to test the generator tommorrow. I still may not be hooked up to the house but I can plug in extension cords and run it that way if I have to. Fred has been activated on Saturday 6am - 6pm until further notice. I will probable go in early Sunday night and stay through out the night until Wilma has passed sometime Monday morning. Fred will be home with the kids this time. We are ready I think, both freezers are full I have plenty of can stuff. I bought fresh fruit and bread. We have a new generator new garage doors, and all new gas appliances. I cant think of anything else.
Wish us luck I'll update later. Maybe at work Sunday/Monday if the internet is still working.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Raging Hormones and 911
I can not work the 911 lines for too much longer. I worked all weekend. I am feeling better but I still get tired easily and my hormones are raging. I have spoken to more crazies this weekend than I care to. I swear it was a full moon or something. We had our regulars and some newbies. I talked to at least 2 drunk abused crying men. One drunk man just got married that day and his new wife beat him up after his x-wife called to ask him a question. Needless to say he went to jail. I think it was because the new wife looked more beat up than he did....... you will have to read the report for more information on that one.
We had fights and domestics and at one point I snickered out loud which is a big NO NO. The only problem with that is I wasn’t laughing at him, his situation was not humorous, it was his location that caused my mirth. It was more of an "Oh My God" not another call from this place. Live Oak Apartments in Fort Pierce, we were there all weekend. If it wasn't kids loitering in the parking lot they were fighting in the parking lot or inside the apartments. We had several domestics all alcohol related I am sure. Here it was Monday morning time to get up and get ready for work and we are getting another call for service from this place. I thought it was .......... funny??? I snickered and so I got yelled at. I deserved that one.
At the very end of a 36 hour weekend it is 6:45 I should have left already; I get a 911 call from an irrate inconsiderate stupid stupid female who calls me a racist bitch. She was yelling at me and lying to me about what was really going on and when I called her on her inconsistent story she ruded me out and hung up on me. Here is where the raging hormones come in. I left work in a very agitated state. Now people don’t think about this but I know where you live I have your phone number and I know your name. With this little bit of information I can get your DL and any vehicle information you have. I can get your SSN and get on the internet and for a small fee get whatever information I need to make your life even more miserable or worse. Thank God I am not that kind of person but at that moment I was seeing red and all I wanted to do was go to her address and rip her eyes out. It is not like I have never been exposed to angry people who abuse the 911 system and its employees but after 3 days and birth control pills I was at the end of my rope.
People just don’t get it, we are accused of being rude and inconsiderate but when you call because you neighbors dog is barking I don’t care but I will take your information and send someone out. Again I don’t care. I work all night and sleep during the day. I am tired I sleep, the dogs don’t bother me nor do the roofers or garbage trucks or the sirens. I don’t care that your neighbor has his work truck parked on the grass I don’t care it is not an emergency and you should not even be calling 911 but that is how it is set up. I am not customer service I do not have to be nice to you. I do however have to get your proper information as quickly as possible so that when the phone rings again and it is someone dying I can try and help them.
Thank you for letting me vent.
My husband is an intelligent man and saw my raging hormones coming a mile away. He let me vent when I finally made it home that morning. Then he told me he had already prepared the children for whatever kind of emotional psychotic outburst I may have at home. Everyone is behaving and I get lots of hugs and kisses. Even my son has stopped long enough to asked me how I am and tell me that he loves me. So far I have cried a little but other than that I seem to be okay and I no longer want to scratch out eye balls. My house is still a mess but I have plans to try and remedy that today. I have carpets in the washer and I made my bed. Time to stop for breakfast and add a blog entry. Next I will fill up the mop bucket and sweep. I plan to do this in sections. One room at a time with several breaks in between.
Wish me luck!
Saturday, October 08, 2005
I hate being sick
I have been ill for over a month now. I hate being sick. I have had to call out sick from work twice and turn down several overtime spots. I work 12 hour shifts but have only been able to work 8 at the most this last week.
I am anemic. I have had the dreaded female problem since 9/2/2005 almost non stop. Yesterday I was finally able to get in to see my Doctor. This is after 2 visits to the Nurse Practitioner and an Ultra Sound. My RBC is 8.5 normal is 12 or higher, Dr. told me if I was 7 or lower I would have been a good candidate for a transfusion. Lucky me. I am now taking birth control pills and perscription Iron pills for the next three months. In January I have to have an out patient procedure, but only if my RBC is back to normal. I will not get into details on the procedure other than to say it will make life so much easier if it works. If it dosent work I may consider having a Hysterectomy. Fred has already voted no on that one, but we are still early in the game and up until now I have been fairly healthy.
Not much is going on right now I still have no energy. I don't go any where but to work or drop and pick up kids from school. The last time I went to the grocey store I thought I was going to pass out. I still have a hard time just walking from onside of my house to the other. Taking the dogs outside to pee sends me to bed for a 3 hour nap. I am hoping these new Iron pills do the trick. I am tired of feeling exhausted all the time and my house is a mess. I have not decided which is worse.
I am anemic. I have had the dreaded female problem since 9/2/2005 almost non stop. Yesterday I was finally able to get in to see my Doctor. This is after 2 visits to the Nurse Practitioner and an Ultra Sound. My RBC is 8.5 normal is 12 or higher, Dr. told me if I was 7 or lower I would have been a good candidate for a transfusion. Lucky me. I am now taking birth control pills and perscription Iron pills for the next three months. In January I have to have an out patient procedure, but only if my RBC is back to normal. I will not get into details on the procedure other than to say it will make life so much easier if it works. If it dosent work I may consider having a Hysterectomy. Fred has already voted no on that one, but we are still early in the game and up until now I have been fairly healthy.
Not much is going on right now I still have no energy. I don't go any where but to work or drop and pick up kids from school. The last time I went to the grocey store I thought I was going to pass out. I still have a hard time just walking from onside of my house to the other. Taking the dogs outside to pee sends me to bed for a 3 hour nap. I am hoping these new Iron pills do the trick. I am tired of feeling exhausted all the time and my house is a mess. I have not decided which is worse.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
What can you do?
So much for Stupid Prank Phone Caller, He was not arressted but young mans parents were threatened with arrest. After several days of investigation turns out young man made over 200 calls to 911. He made them from his bedroom, his parents vehicle while parents where driving, and a church bus with other juveniles egged him on. Young man is unfortunatley mentally handicapped and can not legally be held responcible for his actions.
Mom and Dad did take his phone away from him for the time being.
I cant beleive the press hasnt gotten a hold of this story yet.
Personal note: I just rotated back to midnight shift and I am still sick.
Mom and Dad did take his phone away from him for the time being.
I cant beleive the press hasnt gotten a hold of this story yet.
Personal note: I just rotated back to midnight shift and I am still sick.
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