If you put lipstick on Ike...it's still Ike

The "locals" say that part of living in this southern Texas paradise is dealing with hurricanes...I'm still waiting on the paradise part. So Wednesday, for the first time since we've lived here, we had our first real hurricane scare. I knew it was serious when our realtor (also neighbor) and our neighbors on both sides (who all have lived here their entire lives), let us know that they were boarding up and planning on evacuating-some for the first time ever! Luckily Dolly had pushed us to do some of the preparations, so we were a little ahead of the game. But we had never looked at the boards for our windows, didn't know what order they went in and weren't sure how this was all going to play out. So...many many hours later and with the help of several friends, our boards were up at around 9:30 pm Wednesday night. Thanks Jake, Chadd & Jill for all your help!! Here's what it looks like :

A lot of people have the metal kind that the screws are in place and you slide the pieces in...
Also on Wednesday, Michael made a run to the store for us while I got Tommy his last vaccination. I told him that we needed food for the car for our drive to San Antonio where we were going to evacuate. It's usually a two hour drive, but I've heard horror stories of it taking 6-8 hours when everyone is evacuating. I suggested pb&j, granola bars, fruit, things that didn't need to be refrigerated...below is what he found...so funny! He forgot fruit but picked up sour patch kids and also one of my favorite cookies instead! I guess next time we'll make a list.
Tommy was not scared at all...or maybe he was and just deals with adversity by sleeping. Note the headlines..."Seek high ground or leave!"
Luckily, we were not affected by Ike at all and didn't end up leaving. We didn't see a drop of rain and there was barely any winds. Saturday morning I went for a walk and the weather was so nice, Michael took the boards down, which was much easier and the Ducks won! We were also very lucky that Michael didn't have to fly a plane out, as they evacuated all of their aircraft and once again he was on "standby" when everyone else flew out.

Is it November yet?? Ready for hurricane season to be over!!