It looks like we dodged another one. Ike totally missed Florida. Thank goodness!!! Madisyn's birthday is on friday and it seems like we haven't been able to celebrate her birthday on too many occasions because of different issues (hurricanes, national disasters and family issues).
It is raining less these days and I think the ground is starting to dry out. An article in the local newspaper stated that instead of mosquitos, we are being overrun by tree frogs. I can totally understand our house is covered with them. It feels like we are Moses living in the plague. We have even found a couple in our house. Anyway all is well with us and we are really glad we dodged another storm.

What is with the mayhem in the tropics????

Even though Fay was just a tropical storm, she dumped a ton of water on us. Then there was Gustav. Today we got wind and rain from the outer bands of Hannah. The storms are lining up like people for a ride at Disney. Now all eyes are on Ike to see what direction he is headed in and then just watching Josephine out there floating around hopefully not causing much for concern. Our days seem to be filled with watching the Weather Channel and seeing where Jim Cantore is located,since he is always sent where the storm is going to make a direct hit, and going online to NOAA and looking at the projected pathes of all of these storms. I'm hoping and praying that the storms will pass so we don't have to put up the shutters and feel trapped inside a dungeon. However I do like them on the bedrooms upstairs because it makes them nice and dark.