Nita would be awesome for you to come hey we can sure do one when ever you can make it, no reason we can't do it more than once as far as I am concerned. Well guess what is happening right this very moment big big rain drops hitting the skylight above my head and it is going to be another downpour the sky has just opened up. big thunderboomers too. At least yesterday we had a little bit of a break and my yard water did go down some, but Cypress creek behind us came up even higher yesterday many of the areas we tried to drive to were flooded, much too close for comfort! These 2 fronts are hung right over us and the area that is between the fronts is what is causing this mess, there is some kind of circular rotation happening causing it. And until something strong comes through and breaks that darn cycle we are trapped under it. That happens often when the moisture off the Gulf hits a front from the West and bam we get the resultant collision. And to make matters worse we did not get to the grocery store yesterday! Good thing my pantry has lots of beans and soup mix in it.

If you in a roll-over and the vehicle ends on its top, the doors may not open and the only way out is through a window. (I was in a slow roll over last fall. The car did a half roll and came to rest on its top. Luckily, I was able to open the door. No one came to help me. All were concentrating on the other car that had 5 passengers. Helpers on the scene of newer cars often find their efforts impeded because of locked doors. Many newer cars automatically lock all doors after the vehicle passes through a certain speed. Our Hondas lock at 5 mph. I had an older Chrysler product that locked doors after passing through 15 mph. Be prepared to break glass from inside or outside a vehicle. Rear windows are usually not safety glass, but are tempered glass (breaks into small pieces rather long shards). Side windows may be tempered as well. The safety glass windshield has two layers with a membrane in between.

Sure - so long as she seals them every year - like clock work. Go ahead and WALK her through a "year in the life". Pull out the sealing instructions (btw...did you ever seal/polish your travertine as it aged?). Pull out a can of the sealant. Pull out a few names of stone companies in your area - those who specialize in polishing stone floors. Take her to their show room and ask the questions you are asking here. Show her ALL THE WORK it takes to keep light honed travertine happy. And work means money. Then show her a high end porcelain tile in the same "look" - and then walk her through the "no fuss no muss" care instructions for those floors. And travertine is so soft and so easy to stain/etch it is ranked as a marble...for maintenance purposes. Ask her if she would ever have a MARBLE floor....my bet is she will say "Never! They are too much work!" That's when you swoop in and explain the travertine would be ranked in the same category....see how far that argument takes you. After that, if she won't budge, let her have it. She's a big girl with an eye for the beautiful. Just make sure she has EVERYTHING on hand (speed dial) for the yearly maintenance that will be needed.

What is hard to believe is Lubbock, TX has 10 inches of snow today! Unheard of. We were nice and dry in the new house. The creek crested just below top of bank. So thank goodness it stopped raining when it did. But several other creeks and bayous did go over the banks and they had flooding in those areas. I don't expect anything to change in this area. The millions of dollars they got to make changes is being used mostly in the city of Houston areas and not so much is allocated for those who are in the country and outside the city. It's a real shame. That's why I absolutely knew we had to move. It will continue to happen. They open the dams and they don't care about the people who are continually affected by the overflow. It's not fair. They should not be allowing builders to build subdivisions in those areas but they are still developing there. It was so sad last night on nextdoor trying to make the new residents who bought the flood houses understand what they were facing. I asked them did you get informed that the house you were buying was a flood house. Some of them were so clueless.