Comments on: Damn You Irene

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:47:18 +0000

YAY for you!! Amazing how we take it for granted, huh? My 80 year old Mom is scheduled to leave on Wednesday, on a trip with her senior group, to Vermont and New Hampshire. The organizers have changed the itinerary somewhat, and insist it will be fine, but understandably, my Mom is beside herself. They are now going to the Montpelier area. Any bloggers here from VT?

By: Denise Lanier

Denise Lanier — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:31:56 +0000

Hey Kristin, just follow that link I gave up there, it’ll take you to the info!

Lynn, I did blog a bit already about Rescue Me, and will again after the finale, I’m sure

Ann, when I checked my blog site stats – which I do at the end of every week jto see how people make their way to it – I had 10 times the normal hits from people using search engine terms looking for info on the end of the RM season. It just has to feel darn good to know so many people care. Also, my favorite term someone used: “Denis Leary finally sexy Rescue Me”

I’m pretty sure they meant to search for finale, but who knows? Gave me a good laugh.

Happy Labor Day weekend, y’all ~

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:36:59 +0000

WE HAVE POWER AS OF 9:30PM LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!! CHILDREN WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN…JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING!

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:34:11 +0000

Barbara,
So sorry to hear your news. This is just awful!

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:31:50 +0000

Jen,
Thank you so much for your help! You are so sweet. This blog has the nicest people. We got power back yesterday at 9:30PM. We are all so happy….even doing laundry is a joy!

By: Carol Brightman Johnson

Carol Brightman Johnson — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:10:35 +0000

Eloquent and honest as always.

By: Carol Brightman Johnson

Carol Brightman Johnson — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:08:31 +0000

Glad you rode it out well. My friends’ pics and videos from Vermont look ghastly.

By: Carol Brightman Johnson

Carol Brightman Johnson — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:05:56 +0000

Generators are good, especially for those who have animals that drink gallons of water every day. When we were in the horse business, we had a generator the size of a small car!
Mice finally ate the wiring and now we have a small one, but better than nothing.

By: Carol Brightman Johnson

Carol Brightman Johnson — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:01:05 +0000

Very sorry about the lake house. Guess you didn’t need to haul buckets of water after all, since the shoreline conveniently rose far enough to save you the trouble.
What a disappointment and a waste. Things seemed ominous when you didn’t post and I was hearing reports of ALL the rain. I hope that the repairs won’t be too horrendous.

It’s good you can lean on Gomer in this difficult time (He does appear to have very good perspective).

Re the first responders, our family has been fortunate to live in the town for more than 25 years and we have always had the best people ever. You are certainly aware that volunteers often know facts that can make a huge difference to the people they help.

Some years ago, a house was struck by lightning while the owner was out, and it caught fire. A neighbor called in the alarm, but the old, wood frame house was getting involved in a hurry. The owner of the home bred dogs on a small scale, and had several living indoors at the time.

Firefighters went to work on the blaze, and brought out the animals, but one of the firefighters knew a dog was still missing. He managed to get the limp, apparently lifeless creature outside–and gave it artificial respiration, which brought it back from the brink. Where else can you live where all your pets are known to those on a fire call?

Needless to say, the owner was incredibly grateful to have his beloved friends safe, despite some (lightning quick) damage to the house.

Of course, that’s just one incident and I needn’t go into disasters of more epic proportion here, but it shows the attention to detail and level of care we are blessed with.

We all have “stuff” to deal with and I can’t get rid of that old adage, “Into every life some rain must fall,” even a wicked good one, apparently.

Good luck with the mess, to you and the town. It’ll probably be cleaned up by the time I get back, which does make me feel guilty.

Hope M. Zidane hasn’t fled back to Canada!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:42:48 +0000

Lucky duck! You should bring a box with you because I’m sure other people will need it too. Are you or your husband involved with the show or has Ann invited you guys?