We Survived!!!

We survived! Life is coming back to normal. Oh.. not the hurricane.. it never even came close to Houston. We survived having 12 family evacuees in our home from Sunday to Tuesday. Agghhh!!!


Kelley's family lives in Lake Charles. On Saturday, his mom called to let us know that she and Kelley's daughter would be coming because Lake Charles was beginning to evacuate. Later in the day, she advised us that she would be bringing Kelley's Aunt and her 3 children. Ok.. no problem. Family is family and we have room. WELLLL.... come Sunday morning, Kelley's daughter's mother calls and says that she has no place to go (her mother has passed and she has no relationship with her father). By noon on Sunday, 12 people had converged upon our home. We had (now keep up):

• Kelley's Mother


• Kelley's 11 yr old daughter


• Kelley's Aunt and her 15 yr old son, 9 yr old dauther, and 7 yr old son


• Kelley's Aunt's sister AND her 14 yr old daughter, 9 yr old daughter, and 5 yr old son


• Kelley's daughter's mother and her brother (Yes, thank you! I humbly accept the wife of the year award.)

Needless to say our home had officially turned into a shelter. We went through loads and loads of towels.

Washed plenty of dishes

Pallets all over the floors.

And of course, bags and bags and bags of trash!!! (Uh, huh.. that would be a beer and a few wine cooler bottles)

Wow! My strength, patience, and just over all attitude was most certainly tested... AND I PASSED! :-) All were gone by around 2pm on Tuesday. Kelley, Sophie, and I literally just collapsed into a TV induced stuper (that included absolutely NO weather coverage of any type) for the rest of the day.

Soo.. Hi everyone! I am back. I can blog again. I survived!