Gustav the Great

Hurricane Gustav came blowing through. After a fun filled week in CA and my mom getting married our flight Monday was canceled. I guess they don't like to fly through hurricanes?!?! So the plan was to fly into Dallas and drive back. We got continuous updates about the storm and our house from our cool neighbors. We got into Dallas, stayed with our fun friend Ashley for the night and prepared for the drive home. We drove from Dallas across the top of Louisiana into Mississippi through Jackson and down into St Tammany Parrish in hopes to avoid the storm and traffic. We avoided the traffic but drove right through tropical storm Gustav was quite interesting.

Here is the sight we drove up to.

and after a little clean up....

We are thankful for many things.

*Our dog children who were in our garage at the time of destruction escaped unharmed.
*Shaw has gap insurance on his car... so we are hoping it's totaled.
*The tree didn't hit the pump which is on the other side of the garage, so we have water.
*Our neighborhood was only our of power for 24 hours so freezer and some fridge items are still good.
*Shaw's not at work. =)
*We are now prepared with generator, chainsaw and plenty of food for the next storm to come... which may be sooner than we think.

we would like to thank Michelle for making us bloggers... we are now a part of the bloggisphere.