battening down the hatches

not that we have any!!!

seems Miss Irene is on her way and will come closer than they thought

we are in the lime green area right under the D of DC in VA!!!!!!!!

this is one bigass storm

over 500 miles across

250 miles from  the centre,on each side

(we are 200 miles from the coast....close but no cigar,I hope!!!)

big enough to get them to send the ships out to sea so they don't get damaged or damage the harbours

and as the silly woman on CNN said this morning

they can turn right around and save us all

no

that's the National Guard that does that

and they stay put

with us

the dominican republic

Hatteras Beach

has been evacuated along with all of the outer banks in

North Carolina

they will be hard hit if it makes landfall there

the whole coast will feel it

they just don't know how far inland it will go

so we don't know what to expect

time  will tell

(photos from CBS)

I got a call from a friend in Texas yesterday

she asked if we were OK with the Earthquake

and the person who she was with said she head it was because of

the founding fathers turning over in their graves

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

best one yet!!!!

I got this in the mail from my friend

the one who wears baskets on her head !!!

she sent this as a farewell to my friend who died

an Indian wave all the way from

Alaska

with a Cherokee

 "goodbye"

Wakan Tankan Nici Un

May the Great Spirit

Walk Wth You

and I talked to her on the phone too and told her how wonderful it was she found it and sent it

pat would have loved it

my basket wearing friend has had her own share of scary things

they had one of those huge storms with high high winds and enormous amounts of rain last week

her house was damaged badly

not beyond repair thank goodness

but badly enough to get the insurance involved and a contractor out to see the damage

it's all going to be OK because she has the cheque and the work is lined up to start soon

she said how very fagile we  all  are

how close to disaster we all seem to be

a rain storm can take everything you have away in a blink

but this time it didn't

and she's OK and will have it all done before winter sets in

and we had an earthquake that rattled us and the buildings

but we are OK

the buildings can be fixed

so now

let's hope that this next event

is just

a passing breeze

for all of us

no one has died so far

that's all that counts

may it stay that way

and I'll be on the couch with my teeny tiny hook and some thin cotton trying to remember how to

make a doily

coz I want some doilies lots of them

so I better practice

:}

and maybe I'll get the pillow top finished too

have the back to join together which won't take long

so now it's time for tea and for me to get off here

coz

you aren't going to believe it

we are under a

severe thunderstorm warning

until late tonight

and I need to shut the 'puter down

so it doesn't fry

OH

and the hubs felt an aftershock last night

it was a 4.5

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

xxxxx