Ever After

June11th

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If Ye Are Prepared . . .

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ye shall not be cowering in the laundry room closet with no food, no water, no shoes, no flashlight, and no clue what you’re going to do if your house blows away (because you just opened a “notice of cancellation” letter from your homeowner’s insurance company moments before the tornado sirens started going off.  I sure thought I had paid the bill???)

(Thankfully, our new fence had not yet been completed … only the poles have been installed.)

I threw the cat in the dryer to keep her contained and safe. (Vivi FREAKED out about her kitty being stuck in the dyer).  Ariana then rushed off, saying that she was going to grab something important. I was super irritated, thinking that she was going to grab her American Girl doll, but my irritation quickly turned to humility when she returned with some special sets of my dad’s scriptures. (Good thinking, Guppy!)

I don’t know if I will ever be so prepared that I will not FEAR when all heck is breaking loose outside, but I am definitely going to take our preparedness to another level.

4 Comments

  • Comment by judy — June 11, 2009 @ 2:15 pm

    I heard you all got it pretty bad up there! I have been worried about our preparedness because this is all new to us. But what a great idea for keeping the cat safe never thought of that. Only thought of where we would go (laren’s closet or the coat closet. All my 72 hr kit stuff is out in my bedroom waiting for me to organize it. Now I feel like I need to start it now.
    Glad you are all safe and you don’t have to redo the fence. We get a new roof in 3 weeks and a/c unit because it got pretty dinged and not worth the repairs.

  • Comment by katie — June 11, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

    Lori,
    the first time the sirens went off during a storm, it was a traumatic enough experience for the kids that I “prepared” for the next time. That was a year ago & our hiatus to the bathroom during bad storms now is much more pleasant. I have a backpack with a flashlight, weather radio, a few kids books, their memory game, fruit snacks and a fleece blanket. I keep it under the sink in the boy’s bathroom which is our storm room. Last night I only had to grab the boys, the dog & a matress & all in under 3 minutes, our new record. We played memory & ate fruit snacks, good times! I wish I could have seen Vivi’s face when you put the cat in the dryer, that is hillarious!

  • Comment by Emily Clark McArthur — June 13, 2009 @ 11:28 pm

    I’m glad you guys are alright. The weather here is much different than growing up. I feel it very necessary to be prepared, because we already had to use it once and it’s bad weather time again. Good luck. Let us know if you need anything.

  • Comment by Natalie — June 18, 2009 @ 6:57 am

    This Texas weather is SCARY sometimes!! I need to update my emergency stuff. Hmmm, sooner rather than later is probably best.

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