ROBIN BUYS A HOME!

This is the story of a girl named Robin
Who has never owned a home in her life
Til this one day when she met this fellow
Who agreed to overlook all the strife

So Robin and this fellow signed some papers
And Robin handed over all the money she could
Which in doing so, almost caused her the vapors
But with time running out, Robin knew she would
And so, Robin became the proud owner

OF HER VERY FIRST HOME!!

said home being a 1976 Redman Riverview Mobile Home
but! it has new carpet! a new bathtub! central air! gas grill! electric lawnmower! a deck! and a whole lotta dark paneling that HAS TO BE PAINTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!

I have no idea how I will get moved this Saturday (no idea = no money (i have ideas)) and when i will get it painted but....

DID I MENTION I NOW OWN MY OWN HOME?

I will be sending out my new address soon..........phone will stay the same!

OMG!

SOMETHING HUGE IS HAPPENING!

MISSIVE (MISSILE?) FROM PETE

Tyler is graduating from basic training on October 3rd. Pete, Kim, Ron and the kids will be going down there for the ceremony.

Pete asked that I post Tyler's address on the blog (yes, the blog. you gotta love the irony) so that anyone who might want to, can send him a card or whatever.

We all know (because I've blogged about it before) how Tyler had always wanted to be in the service, what a trial it was, with many disappointments, before he was finally accepted. I think it would be nice if those of us who can send him a little card congratulating him and letting him know how proud we are of him. (Say a little prayer while you're at it that he never gets sent over to fight in that motherclucking war).

Because I've had some HUGE things going on, I haven't been posting much so this is a little on the running out of time side, but if you hurry, you can get a card to him before the 3rd. After the 3rd, his address will change.

SOOOO.......Tyler's address is:

PV1 Tyler Trimbach
CO G 1/46th AR 1st PLT
3576 Wilson Road
Fort Knox, KY 40121-5728

In other news, Mark has a couple of videos he wants to share with everyone that he found about kentucky...i thought it would appropriate for those of you heading that way next month.

Here's one about Benham-Lynch and the coal mines:




and here's one about the road over black mountain:



There's more where those came from.

And last, but certainly not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICHELLE (you certainly don't look almost 40), JOHNNY (you certainly don't look old enough to have a daughter almost 40) and MIKE (you never read this anyway). Hope all your birthdays were and are fantabulous!!

I will be posting sporadically, if at all, for a couple of weeks, due to some HUGE changes which I will explain later.

Tootles!

p.s. this pretty much uses up all my good cheer, charm and make nice to other people for the month.....enjoy it while it lasts. it's not you......it's me.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

Well, we got our electric back on thursday(i think). So no more poopy in the woods. Within two hours of getting our electric back, the dumb farmer across the road ran his corn picker into the telephone pole and knocked out the phone line. the phone company came out and said the pole had a hot wire so we would have to wait for DP&L to come out. So i guess they came out yesterday (tuesday), because we now have our phone back today! Now we only have to wait on ALLSTATE INS. to get their sorry slow asses out here. They said that they have priorities! Such as people that are unable to live in their homes have to come first. And i told them bullshit! I am their highest priority and they better damn well recognize it! Like i give a rat's ass about anybody else! Anyway, to make a long story short, now they say they might not come out, just want us to fax them some estimates and e-mail some pictures. Why the hell didn't they say that a week ago. ALSO, sunday's newspaper had a picture of an eighty year old lady holding up a sign that said: DP&L SUCKS!, she said she hadn't been honked at that much since she was sixteen.

HMMM glad I live in the mountains on Tennessee. Although we just had our bout with gas prices. Knoxville was the highest in the country for about a week at $4.59 to $4.99. On a good note I played in a softball tournament last weekend and my team came in 5th, not bad for a new team. I hiope to have pics up on here soon. in closing I would like to say Happy birthday to Michelle and Dad. Hope to see everyone in October.

mark

boy mark is on a roll ain't he. I'm reading this shit and laughing my ass off at work. so Doug have you been shitting in the woods? oh and tell Jordan Candi said hello and she is still waiting on that phone call.

REASON #564 WHY TO MOVE TO UTAH

cause the mountains block the hurricanes,nuff said except for hahahahahahaha!

REASON #563 NOT TO LIVE IN OHIO: IKE

Yep, Doug wasn't kidding. Ike decided that (despite the state's motto) Texas WASN'T big enough and for fun, came up here to show us what a hurricane really felt like. So, except for no water and very little rain (which came later), we got to experience 70+ mph winds for about 5 hours or so. Over 700,000 people were without power in the greater Cincinnati area and about 300,000 in the Dayton area.

Pete's power came back on Sunday around 5:30 or 6. My power came back on Tuesday around 1:30 pm. Doug STILL has no power. The people behind me and over to Lehigh back to Lamme still have no power, nor do many other around here. Haven't heard from Ray & Lola, so I don't know if they have any or not, I know Tricia didn't have any power as of Tuesday morning. Pete and I just happened to think of John and Zola, one of us will try to check on them Wednesday. There is problems with the phone lines too, so I don't know. My cell works, of course, but my home phone quit working yesterday. Haven't heard anything from Michelle and I know Butler county was hit hard too, but I'm assuming she's okay.

It's not been fun. Most of the stores are closed and the ones that are open are running out of supplies fast and are packed. Same thing for gas stations and fast food restaurants. DP&L are still forecasting it will take up to Saturday or Sunday to get everyone back on line. They apparently use some kind of cloaking device on their trucks and workers since no one has actually SEEN a DP&L truck or worker since this happened.

Frickers burned to the ground early Monday morning. It took them about 5 hours to put out the fire. I know this since there was a fire truck on my street in front of my house running the entire time (it took many trucks, fire hydrants and water hoses to put that fire out). Also, the smoke from the fire blew into my apartment through the only window I can open. (if you're thinking what a fun time i had that night, you'd be so NOT right.) Most of the schools have been closed. It's been a real mess. Be glad you aren't here.

Still, it could be a lot worse - the people in Texas aren't having much fun either.

I always thought "Ike" was such a nice, grandfatherly name. Turns out, Ike is a right bastard.

Some pics I borrowed from the dailynews.

WORST WIND STORM IN OHIO HISTORY

WELL, WE ARE STILL HERE! NO WATER AND NO ELECTRIC SINCE SUNDAY. WE ARE STARTING TO GET PRETTY THIRSTY AND PRETTY SMELLY. WE HAVE WELL WATER, SO WITHOUT ELECTRIC WE HAVE NO WATER AT ALL. NO FLUSH THE TOILET. NO SHOWER. NO WASH THE CLOTHES. WE HAVE BEEN COOKING ON THE GRILL, ON AN OPEN FIRE, USING CANDLES AND FLASHLIGHTS. AND POOPING IN THE WOODS. I GUESS WE'LL BREAK DOWN AND GET A HOTEL TONIGHT. DP&L SAYS IT MAY BE SATURDAY BEFORE ALL POWER IS RESTORED. ALLSTATE INSURANCE SAYS IT WILL TAKE 3 DAYS TO COME OUT AND ASSESS THE DAMAGE. WE HAVE ABOUT 5 TREES, OR PART OF, THAT ARE DOWN. A LOT OF SHINGLES ARE OFF OUR ROOF. THE FENCEWALL BETWEEN OUR HOUSE AND GARAGE BLEW DOWN. THE BACK YARD LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE. SHINGLES BLEW ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE GRAVEL PIT.

ok,ok already.can we get rid of these depressing ballons?