Also, let me know if you think there should be anything added/subtracted from the site. 

Okay, on to bigger and better things:  How was everyone's New Year's Eve?  As for us, we just stayed in and watched a little TV and played games.  Not much partying when you have a four-year-old.  I'm sure the rest of you had some fun, so let's hear it!

Adam

                             Tim Doty

Now start blogging!

       Troy                                           

How many of you had Mrs. Tolly for a 5th grade teacher?  I know I did, and she is also the mother of one of my husband's good friend, Kirk Tolly.  Well, after many years of illness and approximately 6 months of a lot of pain, she passed away yesterday.  I am sure she is much better where she's at, but it is obviously difficult on her family.  So please keep them in your thoughts and prayers (if that's ethical to say on here :) ).

I just felt that I should let everyone know about it.  And if we want to do some reminiscing about her, we can.  All I remember of her is that she was very quiet, but she had complete control on all of us 'children' when we were that age. 

Laurie

Anyway, hope you keep on writing!  We have all missed you!

Adam

Philip.

Well, hopefully it's not too early for a woo-hoo, but it appears we've dodged that bullet.  We heard from a friend who's a New Orleans cop that our house has survived the storm.  The only problem is a branch is apparently laying in our yard.  No broken windows, no lost shingles, and no apparent flooding.  I can't wait to get back to see it for myself!

That will be a few days before we can do that, though.  Hundreds of thousands of households in the area, including ours, is without power.  No sense in going back without AIR CONDITIONING!  Yow.  You might as well crawl into the oven.  It would probably be cooler than hanging out in my house with no AC.

It turns out that Gustav is a stalker.  It's now coming though Memphis with winds and rain, but it's not that bad.  Much rather be here for Gustav than NOLA.  But I'm ready to go home.

Thanks so much for all the e-mail you sent with your concerns!  It's great to know there were so many people pulling for us. 

Now we return to our regularly scheduled blogging...

Adam

If the storm is like it's being reported on the news, we may be home before the end of the week.  I just hope we don't see a report about how Algiers was spared the worst of the storm, except for one particular house on Kings Canyon Drive.  I can just imagine my neighbor's car sticking out of the roof our house.  Oh well, it would be karma for me driving my car through my neighbor's living room when we lived in Seattle...oof.

Okay, time for coffee...more later...

The family is doing well!  Please don't worry about us now because we're safe and sound, enjoying a free breakfast at the Homewood Suites in the Germantown area of the city.  We have a Whole Foods nearby, and many great restaurants, so we're set.

At this time, we don't know how long we're going to be here, but one thing is sure:  If we're here for three to four months, we're finding a preschool for Jackson!  He's a great little boy, and he needs to be around kids his own age from time to time.  Also, if we're here for awhile, I may consider running for city council.  I'm sure they need opinionated outsiders telling them what they've been doing wrong for decades.  I might even start a blues band.

The All-Doofus Blues Band - I'm the second doofus from the left.

Jackson just woke up, so we're going to get him ready so we can explore our new hurrihome.  I'm trying to talk Miranda into visiting Graceland, but she's balking at the idea.

I don't know why.  I hope we get to see the infamous bathroom where the King bonked his head on the throne, but I heard they don't show that on the tour.  What if I have to go to the bathroom?

Okay, we're on our way out.  More later!

Adam

I spent the whole day yesterday getting the house as ready as we can for a hurricane.  I've never boarded a window in my life, but it's amazing how quickly you can teach yourself when a category 3 storm is staring you in the face!    I think the projected path that DeWayne sent me yesterday says it all:

Thanks to a very organized wife, we have everything ready to go, and we're about to pack in all in the car.  From the news reports, I-10 is already bumper-to-bumper, so it's going to be a slow ride out of town for most of the day.  I don't know when we'll make Memphis, but hopefully it'll be sometime tonight.  Also, the alternator on my car just started acting up for the first time a couple days ago, so I really hope that doesn't crap out along the way.  We'll see.

Anyway, we plan to take pictures, so you might see some of those up soon. 

Okay, gotta start loading the car.  Stay tuned!

Adam

I'll go first. 

I am on the cusp of it, and am not sure how I want to rebel.  I have a project vehicle that I am in the beginning stages of restoring.  It is a 1986 Jeep CJ7.  Not sure if it is rebellious enough, though.  I'm thinking some kind of adventurous vacation, probably just for me as this seems to be personal, but not sure what or where yet.  Any suggestions? 

As for ink, I have a tatoo of Dale from the Chip-n-Dale cartoons.  I have had it longer than I haven't meaning I got it when I was 22.  It is located on my right front shoulder, and you can see it only if I show it. 

This could be an interesting thread, I think, look forward to reading these.

Ist me Philip and I am in the deep deep south now. Well as deep south as Columbia,Souht Carolina.

Well let me bring you all up to date. I moved down to St. Petersburg, Fla. and in 1990 I got married and had a son by the name of Drew Tyler Watridge. But things did not work as planed and was divorced in 1996 after moving to Columbia

Buit in the true souht I was able to make new friends and found a verry sweet loving person on Oct 13, 1996 and it was love at first sight.We then dated and by November the 28th in the year of 1998 I was married again and her name is Gloria and when I said the I dos I allso became a proud and happy step father of 3 children and 5 grandchildren.

So now as of today I am 46 years old and loving life day by day.

As all of you will remember that I had glasses bakc then;but now I have none and have loved that I could wear all the cool sunglasses.

But please to bring a point across to all my fellow classmates please get your eyes checked. even though I don't have to have glasses now I have found out on my last eye exam that I am now blind in both eyes but can still see as my sight is like 20/200 and 20/300 so please all of you DON"T TAKE YOUR EYES FOR GRANTED as I have seen the pics on this websight all of us are getting older and older.

Well I will go for now and check back from time to time.

Philip