talked to the folks this morning. they're fine, but sounds like there's a lot of work ahead -- including clearing at least 50 fallen trees off their property. amazingly, they have their electricity back.

they said it was all very surreal -- they keep finding things in the yard that belong to houses down the road.

my brother talked to my folks again. he says there is a 12-foot hole in the roof and it's pouring rain and they are trying to move the stuff in those areas to other parts of the house ( Read more... )

My brother just called and told me that my parents and grandmother, who live in southwest Georgia, were hit by a tornado. THANK GOD everyone is OK. The house is even mostly OK, although there is a hole in the roof, which is bad because they are still going to get more rain from Ivan ( Read more... )

Did you see all the Hurricane Frances stuff on eBay?

Check it out.

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Frances moved slowly toward Florida on Friday, and the National Hurricane Center said it could gain intensity before making landfall, possibly late Saturday ( Read more... )

when you develop a little muscle twitch under your eye.

I'm off to meet euqort!

Today is my mom's birthday ( Read more... )

Thank you for all the kind wishes. It was a nice day. Spent most of it on the phone, starting with my mom in the morning and ending with girlonthewire late at night. Went out to dinner at Carmelo's with a friend of mine and then to Cedar Door and Curra's for Mexican martinis and margaritas. Hit the gym this morning to try to undo some of the damage. Now I'm at ( Read more... )

I am still without computer at home, and the work one is not functioning too well either. I was going to order my new battery, but then I realized I had no idea whether I have a 12-inch or a 14-inch iBook. That makes me feel smart.

- took a bunch of clothes to Goodwill.I'm mildly obsessive about not having clothes I could grow back into around here. My closet is deceptively bare. I reminded myself it was probably a better idea to do laundry than to shop ( Read more... )