November 5, 2008
After all was said and done, this was quite an experience. The power in my house was off for almost three weeks. I had no telephone service or internet connection for over a month. The office was closed for over two weeks.
I’d like to share with you what I learned.
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January 27, 2009
Jane and I moved to the Garden Villas area of Houston within a year or so of each other. It’s a great neighborhood to live in. The lots are large – about an acre. The roads are lined with huge old pecan trees that arch over the middle of the streets.
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
I’ve talked a little about our neighborhood. Truthfully, the neighborhood is divided into three sections.
We have the upper crust who live in the streets to the north. They have big houses, landscaping, maids, masseuses, part-time jobs and more fun. That’s where Maryanne and Kennon live.
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November 02, 2008
So. Hurricanes should never be allowed to hit when it is dark outside. That’s my new rule.
Friday night at about 6 PM the winds started picking up. Until then, it had been a picture perfect day – sunny with a few clouds, a light breeze. Had I not been watching the news, I would never have known Ike was approaching. Near our neighborhood, homeless people live under a bridge that spans Sims Bayou. I wonder if they had any idea what was coming?
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October 07, 2008
So. I have been thinking about this hurricane. It’s possible to think a lot when there is no electricity or internet connection.
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Well, in my experience of cleaning, there is the “good” clean and the “bad” clean” and the “immaculate clean”.
The “good clean” is when you manage, in a relatively short amount of time, to straighten the house up enough to have well-behaved company. (Well-behaved company is that group who will not open closet doors, look under beds or write their names in the dust on the top of the refrigerator.)
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June 20, 2008
OK yes. The gunk is off my fingers. . . but the stupidity has not ended.
So… Sunday morning..
I was so pleased with myself because two rooms in my house had stayed clean for over a week.
– Plates had been mounted on the dining room walls.
– Horizontal surfaces were cleared of detritus.
– Dog hair was no where to be found.
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May 18, 2008
Just to make things perfectly clear right from the start, I am an idiot. I know I am an idiot. Furthermore, I don’t think my idiocy is going to diminish over time. Also, I am a disorganized idiot which can be downright frightening.
I live in an old house. It was built in 1930. I bought it in 1994. For 14 years, it has been slowly but steadily sinking around me mostly because I am an idiot – but I digress.
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