Shot, are you ok?

Iris GW

14 years ago

We haven't heard from you in a while - are you still around, buddy?

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shot
14 years ago
Hi ESH,
Thanks for the message of concern. I am still hanging in there. I have a 1330 appointment today to discuss some blood work I had done a couple of weeks ago.

How are you doing?

Shot
Iris GW
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14 years ago
Well, better now for hearing from you! School has started again of course so everything is back into a routine. These cool mornings are just lovely, aren't they? Can't wait for fall!
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Ed and others, thanks for your concern. Yes, we are okay with just some minor damage compared to others and lives lost. The one that I know of that was killed was about 20 miles from where I live. Seems it wrapped a mobile home around a tree north of Dublin off U.S. 441. My wife and I awoke to thunder and lightning about 7 a.m. I went onto the front porch to check on the two dogs and it started raining real hard. All of a sudden it got almost dark for a few seconds and the wind was terrible. Put both dogs in the garage for the remainder of the storm. We have two large pecan trees in the back yard and it took some big limbs off plus breaking a swing that I had made out of 4X4's. Turned over and scattered about everything around, but nothing major. We spent Mother's Day cleaning up. Macon really got hit hard. Amazing not more lives lost than two. Thanks again for your concern. Got to go back outside and drag off some downed trees around the edge of the woods in back of the house. Thankful Shot
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shot
14 years ago
ESH, glad to hear that the routine is routine again. Thank God for schools, huh?

Wondering how you been fairing with all the rain in your area. Our daughter in Atlanta sent her mother a picture of the parking lot at her apartment. She had gone to Savannah for the weekend and returned to all the water.

Hope you are doing well.

Shot
Iris GW
Original Author
14 years ago
We had a lot of rain and there was standing water in the yard (even against the house) for some time yesterday when the rain was NON-STOP and heavy. But all is well now and the damage to the landscape is minor (3 shrubs got swept away). I cringe when I watch the news and see what others are having to deal with.

Good to hear from you!
Iris GW
Original Author
14 years ago
Hey buddy boy, just wanted to check in with you again.

The rain just keeps coming this year, doesn't it? We waded through another spell yesterday.
shot
14 years ago
Hi ESH,

Good to hear from you as usual. I am hanging in there just getting dizzier by the day.

Wow! We have had our share of it this year. We are up to over 14 inches for the year. Cold too! Deb is suppose to set the fireplace up while she is off. We had talked about getting gas logs, but we need to burn up what wood we have accumulated.

Oh, she got me a new computer for Christmas. It is Dell with 750 gig hd, 6 gigs of RAM, 1 gig video card and a 23 inch monitor. It has Win 7 on it and I am trying to get use to it. Thank goodness we have a computer geek in the family...

Hope you and the family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Your ole friend,
Shot
shot
14 years ago
Hi ESH!
You made my Christmas. Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and got all the things you had wished for.
Hope that your son, Alex, had a Happy Birthday.

I am still kicking... just not a high as I once did. If I could just get my appetite back. I am down to 151 pounds.

We had a Merry Christmas and got the things we needed and wanted. We had the grandkids home, so it was nerve wracking. Thankfully they all had left by yesterday and then the company started coming. I finally got my nap...

For the New Years I think the wife and I will stay home. That is suppose to be our next chance of rain. What am I talking about... I couldn't go out anyway. So what are you guys doing for New Years?

Shot
Iris GW
Original Author
14 years ago
Great to hear from you - glad that you had a nice Christmas. I'm sorry to hear about your lack of appetite - I'd bring you a fresh pecan pie if you'd eat it!

We have no big plans for New Year's Eve either - just a local get together with several friends. We are long past going to a fancy shindig where you have to a) dress up and b) drive along way! I hope some well wishers stop by to see you. Friends and family, what more could you wish for?

Take care.

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