As of now, it looks like Ike will not be bothering Louisiana for which I am thankful, but it looks like it will hit between Texas and Mexico. I wish it would not hit anywhere in the United States, but I guess that is what we in the Gulf Coast has to always be worried about. When thinking on what is harder to deal with in Natural Disasters I would rather deal with a Hurricane, at least you get more notice on a Hurricane. I have been through Hurricane's and Earthquakes and some Tornado's. Yes you do get some warnings with Tornado's, none with Earthquakes (I always liked to see the street move for those as a child). But, yes Hurricane's can be hard to deal with, you have to think about evacuations, like where you are going to go to, thinking about what you will have to deal with when you come home and if you have a home to come back too. I went though that during Katrina, but did not evacuate during Gustav, I did not see the need. Plus with 27 cats, 3 dogs and a bird where would I go. The only place I would have been able to go to would have been my sister's in Tickfaw, but she did evacuate and since the storm hit around that area and Baton Rouge, I would not have done any better. All I had to deal with this time was the 4 days of no power and the tree limbs all over the place. (Yes, it could have been worse). I am sorry that Gustav did so much damage to the interior of Louisiana and that people in Baton Rouge got hit hard, I know what they are going through, I have been there.

So now I just have to keep watching the weather and see what will happen. I just do not think my mind and body can handle another Hurricane right now, so I am praying that no more come up the Gulf. This just reminds me that I need to get better organized for the next storm, need to find a place to go with all my animals (I will not leave them behind, no matter what anyone says). Too many animals where killed and left to survive on their own during Katrina that I will not see that happen with my animals (plus now there is a Law that you have to take your animals when you leave).

I am sending good wishes to all my friends, that did have damage to their property and are still with out power. I can only hope that this will be the last Hurricane this year.

Ok. I finally decided to start on Live journal. Now, I am not much of a writer, but will do my best.

Right now my life is anything but calm. First I had to deal with Hurricane Gustav and now Hurricane Ike. Between all this my 82 year old father and 18 year old son get into an argument. (This all stemmed to Gustav and 4 days with no power), because my father won't do anything to make my life easier, he now makes it harder. To me he is acting like a child, because I mentioned that I pay for all the food, so now he will not eat anything I buy or fix. This is only making it harder for him now. All he does now is shut himself in his room and watches T.V. (which I am paying for by the way).

To make matters worse he is actually "punishing me" because of my son. I am not allowed to go anywhere I want to go unless it is to the store for cat food.

But on a lighter note, my new little kitten "Lil Bit" is so funny, this morning while I am trying to get all the animals fed, he sits at my feet "meowing" to say "hey I am hungry, hurry up and feed me". But he was doing that since I woke up. But he fits in with all my other kitties and so now I have 27 cats (boy I am a glutton for punishment).

The story behind so many cats in my life right now is that when my mother was alive she rescued cats and once she got them, she would never get rid of them. I do not mind so much, but sometimes they can be too much, especially when it comes to cleaning the litter boxes. Now Lil Bit was brought home by me, I found him in someone's spare tire that is under the vehicle. He was crying and when he jumped out I saw how small he was and did not want him killed (Was in a Wal Mart parking lot). He could not be more than 4 weeks old, but I fell in love with him at first site. At night he sleeps with me, but during the day he is everywhere. I could not think of a name for him to begin with and just started calling him Lil Bit and he comes running when I started calling him this name, so the name stuck.