Just posting this to get some free pearls...

Pearls and more Pearls

I received a copy of our local Parish's (county) Damage Assessment as a result of Hurricane Rita- ( Cut to save your LJ's )

That is what I want to know- I want to know how much damage the idiots at FEMA want for a claim to be processed and help to be given. No- this isn't for myself but for thousands of individuals/families in my area who are now homeless and are getting NOTHING from FEMA. Okay- well they did get the $2000 check- but how long will that last when you ( Read more... )

Okay- I'm appealing to my friends list here for something a little silly and frivolous ( Read more... )

First off- A very Happy Belated Birthday Wish to Marian ( Read more... )

Well I'm writing this from work but suppose I should update from when I last posted ( Read more... )

Well- on Sunday my husband and I decided that 14 extra people living at my sister's home was too much and we decided to eliminate 6 and two large dogs and go to his mother's home in Kenner. Yes we went from a place of minimal Katrina damage to right in the middle of it all. His mother's house has one extra person displaced from KAtrina- his ( Read more... )

Well still waiting for real news. We will probably drive back tomorrow to assess the damages but for now we are living on message boards and watching the news ( Read more... )

Well- if you watched the news then you know that my home town was hit pretty hard by Rita- we still don't have much video- but my sons friend called him and told him that newly installed metal electricity poles were bent in half ( Read more... )

Well I am now at my sister's home in Thibodaux, LA that is on the South East side sort of South west of New Orleans. We left our house in Lake Charles, LA yesterday afternoon ( Read more... )