Hey there!
It has been quite some time since I wrote last... Not much is going on with me. I just finished installing Internet Explorer 8 Beta. I haven't had much time to play with it, but so far, it's pretty cool! Accelerators will make it happen, I think.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow...and my Mom is still in Wisconsin. My Dad, Sister and I are going to a friend's house for dinner. I think it will be fun. I am still doing school, hoping to get the rest of the week off! :)
See ya!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Hurricane Ike
Well, here at home...about 4 hours inland from where Ike is expected to hit in a couple hours, it is bright and sunny. Everyone around here is preparing for the worst! Schools were let out two hours early or even canceled!
All the bottled water is gone..the meat, milk and bread, too! Gas stations have lines of people who are sure they are going to be homebound by a little rain and wind..:)
-K
All the bottled water is gone..the meat, milk and bread, too! Gas stations have lines of people who are sure they are going to be homebound by a little rain and wind..:)
-K
Friday, September 5, 2008
Almost HOME!
Hey bloggers :)
We are finally coming home, my Grandpa is doing better..we might come back for his surgery, but for now, we are headed home. We are about 6 and a half hours from home...12 down, 6 1/2 to go! I'm SO tired of sitting, but we don't have nearly as long of a drive tomorrow. Please continue to pray for my Grandpa and Grandma. My Grandpa-Of course, he's healing from surgery, but he can't bend his leg for 5 more weeks. Pray for him to have strength and be able to heal soon!!
My Grandma, also-She has been a HUGE lifesaver to my Grandpa, but she is also training to be a BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) Leader, which takes up 2 mornings every week. My Grandpa has to have IV antibiotics at the hospital every day, so she has been run ragged.
'Night! :)
-K
We are finally coming home, my Grandpa is doing better..we might come back for his surgery, but for now, we are headed home. We are about 6 and a half hours from home...12 down, 6 1/2 to go! I'm SO tired of sitting, but we don't have nearly as long of a drive tomorrow. Please continue to pray for my Grandpa and Grandma. My Grandpa-Of course, he's healing from surgery, but he can't bend his leg for 5 more weeks. Pray for him to have strength and be able to heal soon!!
My Grandma, also-She has been a HUGE lifesaver to my Grandpa, but she is also training to be a BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) Leader, which takes up 2 mornings every week. My Grandpa has to have IV antibiotics at the hospital every day, so she has been run ragged.
'Night! :)
-K
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bad News- PLEASE PRAY!!!
My Grandpa went in this morning for knee replacement, and...the doctor found a staff infection in his knee that could turn into mersa, a more vigorous infecion..so he has to be on IV antibiotics for 4-6 weeks, and he can't bend his knee until after that. He won't be able to actually have the knee replaced like he originally wanted to. It really is a God thing that they caught it now, because if they wouldn't have caught it if my Grandpa hadn't had pain...And the reality is, if they didn't catch it, it could have gotten much worse. This will really be tough for my Grandpa to sit still for 6 weeks...so pray for him, that the infection won't grow any more, and that his infection will go away!! -K
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Getting ready to leave on yet another trip....
August 20th 2008 (My Birthday) 10:10AM
Well, today we start packing clean clothes and school books to leave for my Grandparent's early tomorrow morning. My Grandpa's having knee surgery, and we are driving the 21 hour trip in 2 days. I am SO not ready to start school, but we start tomorrow. But, for the moment, we are celebrating my birthday. I got a futon (for my room) last night, Chuck Wicks and Chris Sligh CD's, pillows and sheets for the futon, and Target and Starbucks gift cards. I've had a pretty good birthday so far :) We are going for lunch soon, at Chuy's, the BEST mexican food around. It is gloomy and rainy on my birthday. :( Oh well...I guess I should go finish packing...yippee....
-K
Well, today we start packing clean clothes and school books to leave for my Grandparent's early tomorrow morning. My Grandpa's having knee surgery, and we are driving the 21 hour trip in 2 days. I am SO not ready to start school, but we start tomorrow. But, for the moment, we are celebrating my birthday. I got a futon (for my room) last night, Chuck Wicks and Chris Sligh CD's, pillows and sheets for the futon, and Target and Starbucks gift cards. I've had a pretty good birthday so far :) We are going for lunch soon, at Chuy's, the BEST mexican food around. It is gloomy and rainy on my birthday. :( Oh well...I guess I should go finish packing...yippee....
-K
Birthday Bash Weekend (August 2008) (Day 3)
Monday August 18th, 2008 (Day 3) 12:00PM
Well, we are headed home, so I will relapse what we did yesterday, now. Yesterday, since it was raining, we drove up to Corpus Christi, and spent the day driving around. We didn’t feel like a museum, and the aquarium is mostly outside, so we went driving looking at the scenery. Downtown Corpus is on the water, so we were going to eat lunch at Landry’s, a steak and Seafood joint that floated on the water. We got there, and walked inside-the second we stepped in; we knew we couldn’t eat there. The smell was horrendous! It smelled to me like one too many hurricanes had passed through and the carpet wasn’t replaced. Mom thought it smelled like they had gutted the fish in the lobby. J So, we decided we would drive a little bit more to try to find somewhere else to eat.
We drove, and drove, and drove, and drove some more, it seemed like, and FINALLY one of the towns had a restaurant. We ate at Floyd’s Ranch House Family Restaurant. It was quite an ‘old people’s restaurant’. An HOUR later, we finally got back in the car. (We had quite slow service)
We decided then to drive to Corpus Christi to ride the ferry to Port Aransas. Karen insisted on getting out of the car, and God must have given her that itching to get out for a reason. As we were standing on the side of the ferry, we saw a dolphin jump up! After we got off the ferry, we stood on a pier, trying to see it again. We stood there for about 10 minutes without seeing anything. Karen said that after this huge ship, we could go back to the car. Well, as the huge ship got closer, we saw a dolphin jumping in front of it. We watched it follow the boat out. It eventually came back, with another one, and we got to see them for a while. It was pretty cool.
Then, on the way back through down, we saw “Seafood and Spaghetti Works” and Tarpon “Tampon” Inn. We enjoyed the day A LOT!
So, when we got home, it had long since stopped raining. Karen and Jenna went for a walk on the beach. They came back for a few minutes, and then Mom and I joined them on the beach. We saw a live crab, not a hermit crab, a real crab. It was side –stepping, I found it quite amusing. After we had gotten our ‘ocean fix’, we went back to the condo and started fixing dinner. After we ate, and the dishes were cleaned up, Mom went into the kitchen for something, and she let out a shriek. She saw a COCROACH! It grossed us out a little too much, so Karen decided we were not going to eat breakfast there this morning J we watched the Olympics for a little while, and then went to bed.
This morning, we once again woke up to rain L So much for one last walk on the beach...Instead of the beach; we started to load the car. At 9AM (2 hours before we had to be out) we started out. We stopped for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, about 10:30. We have had quite heavy rain showers this morning; we just about had to pull over because Dad could hardly see! We stopped for gas, but other than that, we have just been driving. Gracie’s asleep on my lap, Jenna, Karen, Mom and I have been reading books or on laptops or IPod’s J
We are finally to San Antonio, so we only have about an hour and a half until we get home. The sky looks very dark, again! Now, the beach bash is over, and after my birthday on Wednesday, we will head to Wisconsin. And, we’ll have to start school all over again. We had fun on this trip, even through the rain, and who knows, maybe we can do it again next year!
Well, we are headed home, so I will relapse what we did yesterday, now. Yesterday, since it was raining, we drove up to Corpus Christi, and spent the day driving around. We didn’t feel like a museum, and the aquarium is mostly outside, so we went driving looking at the scenery. Downtown Corpus is on the water, so we were going to eat lunch at Landry’s, a steak and Seafood joint that floated on the water. We got there, and walked inside-the second we stepped in; we knew we couldn’t eat there. The smell was horrendous! It smelled to me like one too many hurricanes had passed through and the carpet wasn’t replaced. Mom thought it smelled like they had gutted the fish in the lobby. J So, we decided we would drive a little bit more to try to find somewhere else to eat.
We drove, and drove, and drove, and drove some more, it seemed like, and FINALLY one of the towns had a restaurant. We ate at Floyd’s Ranch House Family Restaurant. It was quite an ‘old people’s restaurant’. An HOUR later, we finally got back in the car. (We had quite slow service)
We decided then to drive to Corpus Christi to ride the ferry to Port Aransas. Karen insisted on getting out of the car, and God must have given her that itching to get out for a reason. As we were standing on the side of the ferry, we saw a dolphin jump up! After we got off the ferry, we stood on a pier, trying to see it again. We stood there for about 10 minutes without seeing anything. Karen said that after this huge ship, we could go back to the car. Well, as the huge ship got closer, we saw a dolphin jumping in front of it. We watched it follow the boat out. It eventually came back, with another one, and we got to see them for a while. It was pretty cool.
Then, on the way back through down, we saw “Seafood and Spaghetti Works” and Tarpon “Tampon” Inn. We enjoyed the day A LOT!
So, when we got home, it had long since stopped raining. Karen and Jenna went for a walk on the beach. They came back for a few minutes, and then Mom and I joined them on the beach. We saw a live crab, not a hermit crab, a real crab. It was side –stepping, I found it quite amusing. After we had gotten our ‘ocean fix’, we went back to the condo and started fixing dinner. After we ate, and the dishes were cleaned up, Mom went into the kitchen for something, and she let out a shriek. She saw a COCROACH! It grossed us out a little too much, so Karen decided we were not going to eat breakfast there this morning J we watched the Olympics for a little while, and then went to bed.
This morning, we once again woke up to rain L So much for one last walk on the beach...Instead of the beach; we started to load the car. At 9AM (2 hours before we had to be out) we started out. We stopped for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, about 10:30. We have had quite heavy rain showers this morning; we just about had to pull over because Dad could hardly see! We stopped for gas, but other than that, we have just been driving. Gracie’s asleep on my lap, Jenna, Karen, Mom and I have been reading books or on laptops or IPod’s J
We are finally to San Antonio, so we only have about an hour and a half until we get home. The sky looks very dark, again! Now, the beach bash is over, and after my birthday on Wednesday, we will head to Wisconsin. And, we’ll have to start school all over again. We had fun on this trip, even through the rain, and who knows, maybe we can do it again next year!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Birthday Bash Weekend (Day 3 morning) (August 2008)
Sunday, August 17th 2008 9:45AM
This morning, we woke up to quite a bout of rain. We are sitting around, watching the Olympics, trying to find something to do inside. It is supposed to pour rain ALL day, so we are just sitting here...waiting,"Waiting" Waitin' on the World to change....:)
This morning, we woke up to quite a bout of rain. We are sitting around, watching the Olympics, trying to find something to do inside. It is supposed to pour rain ALL day, so we are just sitting here...waiting,"Waiting" Waitin' on the World to change....:)
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