We survived

Those of us in the south have experienced Hurricane Irene. Palmico county has been hit hard by this cat 2 storm, a storm that was measured at 750 miles wide. Here in Oriental, we experienced high winds, some say it was 110+ to 134+ winds, water was 5-9 feet during the surge and the rainfall after was incredible.
Hardest hit were the marinas here, most boats were damaged but cosmetically. Our boat Legacy was out at anchor in the lowest part of the south river about 10miles from Oriental. Legacy did great in southwest creek with no damage and just a few chafed lines.
When we started watching Irene, we saw she was taking the same path we normally cruise to the USVIs, and knew she was heading here.  We moved the boat thursday, striped the canvas off and battened down inside and outside of the boat, we put in the fiberglass door entry boards and locked her up.
Friday am about 8am we set off, Aubrey drove, while I sat in the front of the dingy with our dog Uraine and headed to shore. After10+ miles of riding from the boat to the marina we got off at Whittaker point marina and got showers, packed the car and headed to our friends home in town.
After showers, Aubrey took the dingy down the creek to Whittaker creek marina where there is a dingy  lift and put the dingy and motor on shore, with the help of several strong men.
With the boat secure, the dingy tied to a tree (as water rose there about 10ft) we set off to our friends, unpacked our things and hunkered down.
About 8pm on Friday, we lost our power till 8pm Monday night when it was restored. At the onset of the hurricane, the electrical poles down highway 55 had bent over and fallen on the road and many transformers had blowen up. This is why the power went off, we were cut off.
Highway 55 is the only main road out of Oriental, since I couldn't get through it, I turned down Kershaw Road and went to the back way, it only goes thru Arapaho and up to highway 304 where it joins into Bayboro, the next town up. Those roads were closed.
Sunday a friend and i went that route taking photos and going for supplies in New Bern. Once you got to Highway 70 the power was on, gas stations had lines around the block, police blocked intersections and directed traffic.
ON the way back we went down highway 55 and had to go under the downed electric poles near Kershaw road, a very scary experience..
Roads here were flooded, trees down everywhere and damage like a bomb hit this area, but once the daylight was out, people were out surveying the damages and getting to clean up. Today garbage was collected, but not wood or tree limbs.
Aubrey is on the boat now cleaning it and getting it ready to board soon, right now our problem is the marina lost 90% of its finger piers and many tall piling poles are loose, so its not safe yet.
Our friend lost his sailboat, it sank, another old wooden power boat sank, its very sad.
People who live on boats, where its there home and refuge are devastated when they experience a huge loss such as this.
I will write more on damages and post photos as i can get them onto my computer, stay tuned, were still not out of the woods yet, a new storm is on the way up. Her name is Katta..

bits of things today

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Foodista is a blog i follow, this week is honoring Julia Child, great site!!
http://www.foodista.com/blog
This is pick blog of the week!

Great new link

The grocery game

http://www.thegrocerygame.com/   This site is for the truly lazy. But it does what it promise's. Go and try it out, it's free for one month, it will show and compare prices at your local stores using your zip code. It's interactive..

www.stumbleupon.com 
This site is fun, go there and discover things you never dreamed of seeing, go places you have never been and have a ball, you stumble upon stuff, and its great fun


On my site don't for get to log in or join, write feed back and please pet the kitty, he is interactive and purrs, meows and plays using your cursor. Also enjoy and feed the fish..
the fish and kitty enjoy your visits.

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More to choose from.

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The Count Down

It's the 10th, just days from Payday. Besides preparing for another Happy dance cause Payday arrived, I am also preparing my list of things I need this time at the stores I plan to go to.
I've got some new strategies on using coupons. I watched a video about using coupons and  have just learned a few  better more effective ways that I'm dying to try out.
So I'm scouring the ads, finding new coupons, making a bit more comprehensive lists and hunkering down for a successful shopping trip.
So 7more days, I think I have just enough time to make that list, check it twice and get ready to do some serious shopping.. how about you?

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My kitty-Maukie

I put Maukie up on the site recently. He was a creation that was insprired by a friend's daughter. Talluah has a black and white kitty. At night when most of us sit on the decks of our boats, watching the waves roll in the harbor, Talluah has the kitty out on her boat, its chase the kitty or be chased by the kitty. I spend alot of time at night just before dark being entertained by Talluah and her kitty. So I thought since I had a fish pond on the site, why not a kitty, So Tallulah's kitty inspired me to make Maukie.
A little girl, doing nothing on a summer's night, but having fun chasing a kitty around the deck of her parents boat, that is summer life on the water here at home in Oriental.
Thank's Tallulah and her cat.. for inspiring me to make Maukie.. He may not be real, but I enjoy seeing him when i open the page daily to work on it.
It's the little things in life that inspire us!
Have a good evening, I'm going out to watch the sun set on another hot day in Oriental.

Lots of new stuff to see!

We have added new sites, you can click on any of our photo links and find what you want, from cell phones to Internet hosting, to exotic perfumes 75% off. Some of these sites are exciting ways to learn
how to save yourself some money.
One of the biggest money saver's and fuel saver's is using the Internet to purchase items that you need. Instead of going out in this heat and making an extra trip for something you just now thought would be great to have, why not shop on line, use one of our many sites we profile and find what you need. In the comfort of your home and only a click away.
Now the Internet has even more interesting things than ever. When I first started using it, it was just the Internet highway and had no ways on or off it unless you were a geek, could write code and learn ways to enter the highway, find the data and use it effectively. All that has changed. Now you can talk long distance for penny's or even free world wide with phone programs such a google phone http://www.google.com, Skype http://www.skype.com and a number of other programs out there starting up.
You can shop and compare on line to find bargains using places like bizrate http://www.bizrate.com or Nexttag http:/www.nettag.com. Find the price you want and order on line.
Many times, you don't even have to leave home to get something you want. But you do have to do some research , like shopping on line, looking in the paper for coupons and on line for store coupons, joining places like groupon  http://www.groupon.com
With money becoming even more hard to come by and the economy even more stressed, its really important to use the resources you have at hand. So don't throw that Sunday paper out, look for deals in it and on the computer, go to your favorite store and check their circular ads (weekly deals) and also look on line how to effectively use coupons and group deals.
Besides the gas, time and money you save doing the research, you will find better ways to shop, faster ways to index and look up things your looking for, use emails to help alert you to special deals and become a savvy shopper.
That is the goal. learning to use what you have to get what you want!