Here is a link to Hurricane Alex. (I love this site) {It totally Works for Me!}
Source: The Weather Channel (My newest fave t.v. channel) Two out of my five kids are ill with ear infections. My kitchen has no sink, no dishes, no stove, no oven and no flooring. We are at a standstill at the moment with the kitchen remodel due to the storm.
Good news:
We have lights, a/c, gas, food, water, charged cell phones, chocolate, and did you catch chocolate?
Due to the fact that I’m so sleepy and haven’t had a chance to blog this week (I’m blaming Alex for all of it) – I will be posting more kitchen remodel pictures next week.
Until then we thank you for your thoughts and prayers in South Texas and Northern Mexico.
Blessings to you! You are loved!
Just got to say, I love my man!
I like adventures. He likes to build things. We cater to each other’s needs. He bought me an AWESOME camera and lets me take weird roads in the middle of nowhere to get pictures. 
This was a road in honestly… no-man’s land.
We didn’t even see a tractor or a cow.
Just these beautiful things.
I’m not sure if you call them windmills or green energy.
They look like lady’s legs dancing through the air.
We had heard that they were noisy but we didn’t hear anything.
I’ve always been interested in windmills. I like the whole idea.
Using the wind to make energy. I like using natural resources that God has given us such as the wind to make a/c in my home.
Because I like to stay cool. I live in Texas where it is not cool.
To tell you the truth – I have no idea if my energy company uses these and I’m okay with that. I have other things on my mind at the moment. Like…
getting our 
These things are huge! We drove up to one. 
Did I mention – HUGE???
Here is the door…oh, I really wanted to go up and touch the stairs. But, I got scared. Yep, the gigantic blades turning are quite frightening. 
So, next time Mr. Windmill – Be forewarned! 
But, I just couldn’t help myself. Not to mention, we are not professionals. We do this because we love each other.
I had flowers from my own garden and a bar that we built because we love each other. 
Now my hubs was floating the “lost” sheet-rock. It was found under the ugly 70’s paneling. We removed it because it did not represent our “love.”
He stayed up until the wee early hours in the morning finishing up. I would have helped but we have decided it is better for our marriage and showed true “love” if I don’t help him floating. 
Taped and Floated bar showing the love…
Let there be LIGHT!
Have you ever seen these before? 
These are my cabinets for the bar. The lazy Susans are going in that corner! Granite is going on top-talk about LOVE! Whohoo! 
My oven (how I missed thee!) 
The tape and floated walk-in pantry!
And, my other custom built cabinets! We actually built them all by ourselves. Can’t wait for them to go in…
This is my pantry door. It just looks so sad against that wall-don’t worry, it has a special place.
The song by Buddy Holly seems to fit best for us… 
This is our dining room! (No dining table to dine on!)
Our living room without a place to sit! We did remove the yucky paneling! It is GONE baby!
So is the carpet! 
Take a look at the bar! It has electricity!
See it closer! Notice the power Sonic Drink!
Remember what it used to look like…
Now this! Whohoo!
Before: Crazy Closed-in Wall
Now an Open Bar
Notice no more florescent lights…just recessed.
Can’t wait to show you what goes here!
My Pantry! (I keep calling it a closet.) I’m so going to hide in there from the kids!
We even put plugs in there to charge flashlights and a special place for the toaster. The toaster will never be seen unless you go into the pantry!
The other part of the pantry.
My 
No more back-splash.
No more headers!
No more ugly oven hood.
No more wall and only 1/2 a cabinet. 
No worries…all the cabinets are coming down. My hubs has built all new custom cabinets (and I helped.) 
Another view of the bar. Don’t you wish you had a wheel-barrel in your kitchen? I heard it is the new fad!
This is where a decorative shelf will go. I love it!
My guest room. It is so bad. Luckily, no one is staying with us at the moment.
There would be no place for them to lay their head.
I guess if we were to have guests they could just reach over and get themselves a can of beans if they got hungry in the middle of the night. We supply a can opener and everything! We cater to our guests like that!
