The Guild 7-7-2002 Give Pink a Chance

I loved all your pinks, I just got here too late for the group giggle for the pinky joke. sorry.

All I can say is Heavens to Murgatroid it'll never happen again!

Wow JL this is so kewl! So beautiful! We only have stupid stuff in FL like Dinky World and you have to pay actual money to see it! Can you believe that?! ;-)

I never tried pink until I happened to hold a top up to a mirror to see how it would look, boy was I surprized!

I recently bought a bubble-gum pink summer sweater that I get compliments in droves each time I wear it. I think the color just makes you look livelier, more fun loving. :-)

There's a Laura Bush petunia! (Hope this works)

http://www.texasgardener.com/m ar2002/laurabush.html

It's taken me most of the day, but you did good with Pink.

And deesplace does great with pink.

When we get married I am going to wear pink.

I wish you were here so I could kiss you.

You are such a tease.

It's interesting, I love both Noonan and Coulter - two wildly varied personalities, but both honestly conservative to the core.

I reconcile my love for both of their styles in the following way:

Some people are called to minister to the faithful - they are cheerleaders, or uplifters, or prophets who definitively separate the wheat from the chaff - these are the Ann Coulters of the world. Then there are those who are called to minister to the yet to be converted - whose reason and gentility, solidarity and beautiful way with words work themselves into the hearts of those who long for conservatism and do not yet know it - the Peggy Noonan's of the world.

I thank God for both of them, and really believe we should add them to our daily prayer lists. They are on the front lines of the fight, but it is our prayerful support that helps hold up their arms when they grow tired and weary.

And while we're at it, could we add Kate O'Beirne and Mona Charen to that prayer list?

Loved the picture of Pinky - great idea. (But what'll we do tomorrow night, Brain?)

Pinky Tuscadero.......

Have a fine evening, please.

Pinky ruled!

This is from TexanaRed
Flooded Freeper Could Use Help ^
Posted by TexanaRED to Hillary's Lovely Legs
On News/Activism ^ Jul 7 9:43 PM #284 of 284 ^

And everybody else!

Man, you guys and gals are blowing my mind! I just appreciate so much what ya'll are doing that words cannot express!

I am fine - getting alittle exhausted from not sleeping much and having endless lists of things I need to do. I met with the FEMA guys today and have decided I will accept a grant if I am eligible for one, but not a loan even if just has 1% interest.
Right now I wouldn't have anyway to pay it back. I can't even work now because I swcrewed up my left shoulder and arm a couple of weeks ago - hurts so bad I can't even carry my handbag. I had been going to the chiropractor and having accupunture, but it's hurts so bad now I WANT DRUGS for the pain! Three damp weather, stress and not being able to get back out to Doc Glenns has contributed to the pain. But, this too, I will survive. About ready to call the surgeons and tell them to get out the bone saw and just take the thing off! Man, it hurts!

FEMA guys kept me waiting an hour and a half sitting in my car in front of what was my house - this was after I was assured they would be there in 20 minutes. The guy that took the report was a total dufus. Had his supervisor not been with him I don't thi9nk he could have filled out the report. So, if I am eligible for help, I don't expect to actually get it until I'm 95 or so.

Now, I will try to answer some of ya'll questions - if I can remember them all! I am not only homeless, right now I am real close to mindless!

I do have a PayPal - forgot about that when sockmonkey called. The addy is medina@omniglobal.net.

I will staying at my sisters the next few days - until sockmonkey gets back. I have decided to take her up on her gracious offer of a roof ovwr my head. I just wonder if she knows how hard it might be to get me out of that place! A rustic cabin on 25 acres! I will be in heaven! I have always been somewhat of a hermit and wanted to live out in the middle of nowhere, so I might fall in love with the place and never want to leave.

Gracey, got your FReepmail, but for some reason on this computer I can't reply. Anymouse has my cell phone number, as does sockmonkey and COB1. Don't really want to post it here. I have had several people say the same thing about
fight wth my insurance about the tree. The city has already cleaned u p alot of the debris, including the tree that hit my house, but I did take a bunch of pics as did everybody in the neighborhood. The guys from FEMA did say that I might be surprised in what the insurance might be willing to pay since I lost everything even though I didn't have flood ins. So, will wait and see what they way tomorrow when I call them.

Dittomom, are y ou still in Bandera? My sis lives in Medina and I am going over there tonight. Man, I would love to be able to get together if you are still here. Send me an FReepmail and let me know if you are still and maybe we can have lunch or something. I'll be at my sister's and maybe I will be able to reply from her computer.

Whoever (can't remember now) it was that said they had a brother in Bandera, I pray that he and his are safe.
I have heard numerous different things about how bad it was over there - some said really bad, some said hardly any water at all - probably pretty bad though. We are so fortunate that this thing hit at 9AM or thereabouts rather than 3 AM. Had it been much earlier, we would have probably had lots of loss of life. There are so many elderly that lived below me on the creek that are deaf as a post. Many would not have even been able to hear the creek. People 15 blocks from the creek and had never even come close to having water in their homes, had 3 and 4 feet of water. A day care center full of kids got 3 feet of water and it was about 12 blocks from the creek. Scary!

Fred Mertz, of course I remember you! Geez, we had a great time in DC didn't we!

Guido, I did my first response to you because you had said sockmonkey got water - I didn't know that and will definitely offer to help her clean up when she gets back.

Somebody made a suggestion of having a house raising - geez, that would be a ball! Get us some huge ice chests full of
cold brew and build a house! Hmmmm. not sure I would want to live in it after we finished though! LOL! I am not going to rebuild. My property is so damaged it would take $15,000 to $20,000 to just repair the property inself before I could even think about rebuilding. The city might be interested in buying it from me. They own the big field across the street and will be building a new plant within the next few years. And, the city is already talking about having to dredge out the creek and make it wider to handle more drainage. So, maybe they will buy my property. Going to try to meet with the city manager sometime this next week. Also, I am not livew those people in California who lost their house one year to mudslides and rebuild, then the next year to fire and then rebuild.

I have the same address on Ross street - the post office will just hold my mail until I come get it. I have a freeze on my two bank accounts because my check books went with the house. So until all my checks clear and we can figure out how much I have, they are just sitting. I never balance my check books - well, not never, but only about every three or four months.

Guild Ladies - thanks so much for the thoughts on the household items. Please don't think me ungrateful, but right now I don't even know where I am going to land permanently and really don't want a bunch of stuff I have to haul around.
I have seriously thinking of looking for a cheap travel trailer and fixing it up. If I do that, I sure won't have room for much of anything. Besides, I hate to cook and I am perfectly happy not having pots, pans, dishes, etc. LOL! I am surprised I have survived my own cooking this long! Send me a microwave and 8000 frozen dinners and I'll be happy!
The lady at WalMart insisted I buy some sheets even though I told her I didn't even have a bed, so I do have a set of sheets, a pillow, and one set of towels. I wear a six 6 or 61/2 shoe and since I have only the pair I bought with the WalMart card the city gave me, I could use another pair. of sneakers. Hard to say what size jeans I wear - normally about a 5 to 7, but I havwn't been eating much and have dropped some lbs. I am happiest with cotton tee shirts and boxer shorts that will pass as shorts. T-shirts I wear a medium, shorts need to be small. Ya'll really don't need to send clothes - although I do appreciate the offer. I usually shop at the Salvation Army store for jeans, shorts, etc. - that way as my weight fluxuates, I can just take my fat jeans in and trade them for skinny ones and vice versa. Ton's of people have brought me clothes - got more socks and underwear than I could wear in a year. I am so scattered right now, I really don't know what I need. and really haven't thought far enough into the future to know what I'll need later on.

Funny, but the things I really want are the things that most poeple would have at the bottom of their list. I want my band saw that I used only once, I want my RoroZip, my chainsaws, my drills and sanders , my kayak, my camping gear,
my hairbrush and comb (had them since I lost my house to fire in 86). I hate losing all those tools I have bought over the last 15 years as much as losing my house! Crazy, huh!

Well, I have taken up enough bandwidth for now and want to get to Medina before it gets too late, so will say bye for now.
Will check in the next couple of days wth a progress report.

I thank you all so very much. When sockmonkey told me what she was doing, I asked her not to. It is very hard for me to accept money and stuff from friends, so this a learning experience for me. I appreciate it all so much. I know that I would have been alright without help from so manyy people, but all the offers of help has certainly made it easier to deal with. And the fact that you guys - most who only know me by my FR handle care to much to do all this for me is just overwhelming.

Please excuse the typos, misspelling, etc. I am exhausted, arm hurts, don't know how to operate this dang MAC computer,
and am just flat too lazy to make the needed corrections!

Looks like TexanaRed has a Walmart nearby, so those of you who thought of sending a Walmart card, that would be a great idea.

She also wears a size 6-6 1/2 shoe, so that leaves me out, I am a 9.

She needs a microwave and I got a fabulous one at Walmart for $70 at Christmas, so those Walmart cards could get her what she needs.

Let's please keep TexanaRed in our hearts and prayers. She may still need our help, but at least she knows that she has our support.

Thank you Guilders. You all have very big hearts.

Thanks for letting us know what we need to know. Night now. laters, lod

Wow, thank you for that fantastic post from Texana!

Ok - great information. Think we can go from here.

Good ideas in the post.

Thanks for all the detailed answers, Texana, despite your situation and the sore arm.

Looks like I'll head over to Lowe's and Walmart tomorrow to pick up a couple of GC's.

Please include your screennames when sending things to TexanaRed. That way she will know who to thank.

The Song Remembers When

Wow! I got back last night from TN and it looks like I missed a lot!!! I'm so sorry to hear about TexanaRed's loss.

We were hit with the Hurricane Floyd flood three years ago in our area and it was a devastating experience. The floods remained for 6 weeks and 1/3 of our county was declared inhabitable. NC got a lot of FEMA money, but thanks to our weasly governor, he took the money to balance the state's budget. ACK!! That's another issue altogether.

Thanks for the list of things that she needs.

BBL. I have a ton of threads to catch up on, the female-bashing one at the top! LOL!

BTW, I love pink! When we finally got our girl after 3 boys, hubby and I went wild with pink. Luckily, she loves pink and will only wear dresses. And yes, she has her own strand of pearls! HAHAHAHA! Can't start them too young.