Sunday, June 25, 2006

Pt. Aransas Trip (or, lots of pictures of Elissa)




Clinton, Nick and Kevin prepare the grill while Elissa supervises










The weekend of June 10th we went on a Carol Heider planned expedition to Port Aransas: 4 bungalows, 5 bedrooms, 5 couples and a baby. (Us, Heiders, Elliotts, Boyces and Kevin and Denise) The bungalows were cute! We cooked all our meals and spent lots of time on the beach. Elissa had her first experience with sand and surf and had a blast.



















Sunday, June 04, 2006

Hurricane Prep Week

Quote of the Day: Dave - "We make a good team on this window boarding project." Barb - "I would rather we made a good team doing something fun!" Followed by pouty look.

We have made a decision not to evacuate for the next hurricane. Our house is sturdy and well removed from potential impact by storm surge from even the worst hurricane.

Barbara started the week by preparing our hurricane kit. Everything we need to weather a storm and potential disruptions in utilities and other services. No power for 3+ days and Barb will be headed out and I will be headed to the plant, most likely.

This Sunday we spent 8 hours planning and purchasing supplies for boarding windows and then working on it. 6 hours of cutting and screwing boards later we have 7 windows completed and 6 to go, including our three biggest windows. Many of the windows on the south and west side were deep enough that we could use Plylox clips - pretty cool stuff for us coastal bound residents!