Thank you everyone who was worried. We went to bed at 7 pm planning on the hurricane hitting at 1 or 2 am. I had gone to bed earlier but couldn’t sleep and Ron did not check the news, so we did not know that the hurricane had sped up and moved on shore far earlier than we thought. It hit shortly after we went to bed, but the heavy winds and rain were on the north side and we are south of the eye. We woke at 9:30 pm by a loud bang, which was something hitting the back wall of one of our sheds that is attached to the house. The shed is next to our bedroom/ bathroom wall and accessed from our Florida room. That is the large long room that is under the carport off our kitchen. The wall held but from then we were up. That is when we realized that the storm had passed and we are now getting the back wind. That wind is intense and gusts have been hurricane strength. They are warning that with the tide coming in we might get more storm surge but we did not get a lot of storm surge so the only flooding we took is from the rain. We are safe and well. Thank you for everyone who was worried. There will be debris clean up in the morning and a house inspection. But the roof held, no leaks and the windows are all boarded up so no breakage. Hugs. Scottie
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Up date on our home and hurricane Milton.
Just an update on our situation. It is like a ghost town here. Few of us stayed. Most left and went to hotels or friends homes even closer to the water, which is silly. The fact is they did not want to be alone. The storm shifted south, meaning it is closer to us so we are going to get more than we thought, plus it has become a cat 4 at landfall. It is slowed a bit now expected to hit around 1 or 2 in the morning. Good thing is we will be sleeping, the bad thing is we will lose power. I will offer Ron one of my back up power supplies from the computers to keep his C-PAP running all night. He will be too upset to sleep but I will try to help him. He has fortified the home as much as possible even boarding up windows we did not board up for Ian. The good news is unlike Ian which hung over us for 8 hours this storm will pass quickly over us and be gone. The biggest danger to us and why we took so much damage from Ian was the roofs of other homes smashing into our home and slicing open our own roof, letting it peel open. Plus the sides of the house was hit by flying debris that people left out when they left. People don’t realize that stuff becomes missiles to hit other homes or people. The animals are all hunkered down outside. Last night the animals like rabbits, possums, armadillos, raccoons, and other small critters all foraged like crazy knowing they wouldn’t eat for a few days. Now there are no animals out at all. Our security cameras show nothing moving out there. We should be OK if the house holds. If not, well it was nice being friends with you all. Hugs. Scottie
Let’s talk about ports, strikes, Christmas, and egg prices….
Today’s posts got interrupted by a friend needing my help with an emotional crisis which I was very happy to give, and then my wonderful husband who puts up and supports me through my own crises / helps me through them needing to work in my Pink Palace to get my Pride Flag backdrop done and start moving my shelving around to make things better for me. Hubby is wonderful and truly understands and wants my Pink Palace to be not only a good space for me but a safe space for all my needs. To anyone who has a complaint about my naming my office space my Pink Palace … nicely said get over yourself. This is 2024 and I get to call my spaces what I want … the not nicely way to put it came to mind but instead of voicing it I will say that I left being embarrassed or upset over my being who I am sexually and emotionally behind me over 40 years ago. Hugs. Scottie.
Quick update.
To steal a line from a song, “I feel good”! Emotional I am not just in a good enough spot, I really feel good. Ron and I have been spending a lot of time together. Like this morning I got out of the shower and got dressed and came out to the kitchen to find Ron doing dishes. So I picked up a towel and started to dry them. He hugged me and told me I did not have to, but I wanted to just to spend time together. After drying the dishes we hugged and kissed, like we were 20 years younger. He is trying to be supportive of me knowing how not going to the MS site is making me feel so guilty. He wants to give me as many good feelings as possible.
I got all my parts needed, all my stuff is backed up, I rearranged my office space making my USB hubs more available and neater, which is important to me. I feel ready to take the Inspiron to the kitchen counter, put in the one of the new SSD hard drives, put it back on the desk, hook it up, initialize the new hard drive. Then repeat for the second new hard drive. I will then wipe both computers and reinstall a very old USB Windows install from Microsoft, and then spend hours doing updates and reinstalling all my mail and other programs. I am going to lose stuff sadly but I need to do this.
So this is the plan. I am going to rush through the comments. Everyone can help by holding your comments for a couple of days. I won’t be posting during this time. I shouldn’t have posted this morning but the news items were too important. Once I get the comments replied to I start this exercise. If I am gone for a few days no one worry. I am in a good spot, emotionally and physically. Loves and hugs for everyone who enjoys them, and Best Wishes for those would prefer them. Scottie
My computer woes 9 21 2024
My really bad day trying to fix up my computers. I am very tired and worked all day on my computers to try to speed them up, and it failed badly. Hugs. Scottie
The post I lost and the last three days
I talk about my weekend and reasons for not going to the MS site anymore, the fact I wrote a long heartfelt post on WordPress and due to one mistake lost the entire thing, and how I plan computer upgrades before continuing to post more videos. Best wishes, and Hugs
My day shoe shopping plus some news
I forgot to shut off the A/C in the room. Let me know if it causes too much background noise. Also we had a thunderstorm during this recording, so you might hear some of it. Hugs. Scottie
My morning, my day trying to find sneakers, a few news articles such as Kennedy and chem trails, red states block methane regulations, Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and kill them, steal their homes / land, and think genocide is not a problem.
My feelings and upset 9-3-2024
Why I have not done much on the blog in two days. 8 30 2024
Just me rambling about my busy two days and stuff that comes to my mind. Sort of a get to know me blog.
It happened again.
I was so excited to do the videos and set tomorrows up along with having such a bad day yesterday that when I got to the comments this afternoon, I realized I lost some. I am so sorry to those who commented and did not get a reply. If that was you, please either put your comment in again on any post or email it to me. My emails are in my profile. I will do better, now I think I will check comments first when I get up and put them in a set of tabs so I don’t lose them. Thank you everyone for understanding. I only have so much time and energy, I am running on fumes right now and so want to go to bed. I woke up at 12:40 last night, have had a lot of my pain medications which are sleep inducing, and I am so tired. I am trying to stay awake. I went to bed last night at 6:30 so when I woke I had only about 6 hours sleep. If that. So I may go to bed soon even though I am trying hard to stay awake. Hugs. Scottie
Scottie's Playtime 