Hurricane Ike Update

Alright, I'm going to be posting updates as I am able, granted the power stays on. This last recording took place around 7:00 pm. Now around 8:00 pm the winds are getting a bit stronger and the weather channel says that we can just expect them to grow stronger. We haven't had any rain yet, but we are expecting it. Oh and Daddy...the neighbors said that if you don't cut down the tree trunk in the front yard soon, they are going to pay a native american to turn it into a totem pole. Currently Ike is a category two storm, but if winds pick up one more mph it will be a category three. I dont expect to have another update until tomorrow morning if we still have power then. Everyone be safe tonight and tomorrow. I love you all so much!

May we take comfort tonight in the Lord our God who has told us that He will take care of us.

Take comfort in Psalms 46. (Copied from biblegateway.com)
1God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Selah

4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
10"Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
11The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah

~:)(: Carole-Marie :)(:~

Hurricane Ike

So as you may know, there is a hurricane named Ike coming straight at the Houston area. In the AccuWeather.com storm tracker, its main path is only a few miles from where I live, and the side we are on is the supposed "dirty" side of the hurricane. I've never actually gone through a storm where I have been afraid, but this one is the exception. My parents are going to Connecticut, so it will just be Rob and I at home. I know there is nothing more that they could do if they were here, but still, the thought of them not knowing what is happening and worrying is scary to me. I've seen the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans a year after it happened and the destruction amazed me...I guess I'm just wondering if that will be what I see when I look out the window after Ike passes. The thought of the unknown is a scary thing...please keep all of us in your prayers.

87 things-- Updated 01/23

As some of you may know, I have a list of 87 things that I want to accomplish before I turn 35, while the list is on facebook, I realized that it is not infact on my blog. So...here it is. (if there is a * next to it, it has been completed. A ~ means that I am going to try and complete it before 2008 is over)

1. Ride a Horse on the beach
2. Learn to snow ski
3. Sing in a Karokee bar
4. Visit Europe
5. Drive across the USA
6. Become fluent in ASL
7. Own all the classic disney movies.
*8. Spend a day eating junk food and watching movies
*9. Spend 3 months getting into shape after eating junk food and watching movies
*10. Fall in love
11. Host a huge dinner party
~12. Go skydiving
13. Go up in a hot air balloon
14. Go repeling
15. Learn ballroom dancing
16. Learn swing dancing
*17. Learn country western dancing
*18. Give free hugs in the middle of town center
19. Go to a dance club
20. Go skinny dipping at midnight in a place other than a pool.
21. Be the designated driver for all our friends.
22. Visit THS after graduation
*23. Be in a movie
24. Graduate college or be close to graduation
25. Milk a cow
~26. Be kissed in the rain (by a guy)
*27. Kiss someone while blindfolded
28. Perfect the art of swordfighting
*29. Bowl a turkey
*30. Bowl a 150 or higher game
31. Go on a cruise
~32. Ride a tricycle at walmart
33. Go to a movie premier
*34. Sing and dance in the rain
*35. Sleep under the stars
36. Dye your hair
37. Sew a piece of clothing by yourself and wear it
38. Get a new phone that isnt like the one i have now
39. Meet someone famous
40. Swim with dolphins
*41. Build a snowman
*42. Ride an elephant
43. Fly first class
44. Stay at least one night in a five star hotel
45. Get married
46. Stay married
*47. Solve a rubix cube
48. Go whale watching
*49. Go on a picture scavenger hunt
50. Win first place for talent
*51. Try at least 10 different cheeses
*52. Send or receive a secret valentine
53. Bury a time capsule
*54. Buy lemonade from a lemonade stand
55. Save 10,000 dollars
56. Have a family
*57. Send a message in a bottle
58. Be kissed on the beach
59. Take pictures in a field of flowers
*60. Frocklic through a field of flowers
*61. Own an original work of art
62. Get a portrait painted
63. Go to a nude beach
64. Put handprints in wet cement
65. Have your shoes shined
66. Ride in a horse drawn carriage
67. Eat fresh sugar cane
68. Get kissed behind a waterfall
69. Own a diamond ring
*70. Share a milkshake
71. Play spin the bottle
72. Go zorbing
*73. Whistle while you work
~74. Eat one blazing buffalo wild wing
*75. Go to a dog show
76. Visit all 50 states
77. Learn to surf
~78. Read the entire Bible
79. Go to the top of the statue of liberty
80. Crowd surf
81. Eat pizza in Italy
82. Visit the Eiffle Tower
*83. Be kissed at midnight on New Years
84. Buy something for under two dollars on ebay
85. Go to a drive in movie theatre
~86. Wear shorts on one of the coldest days in the year
87. Live life to the fullest