Irma thoughts

Julia and her cousin started "ba la lay." Yes Julia screamed at first. But then she loved it. 

And I have seen posts of what are you glad you did/wish you did for the storm. Here's my boring list. I don't recommend reading it all except for mowing your lawn. 

Glad we have been advised by prophets to be prepared and we have church classes and support there to help remind us. Glad Steven mowed the lawn, makes raking much easier. Glad we trimmed our trees and cut the dead palm frawns and burned it all in the fire pit. (We burned our storm debris already too! It dries quickly.) Glad the kids have a sand box to make more sand bags which made the doors feel secure even though there was no flooding. Glad we (Steven) put all the deck tables and furniture in the garage. Glad we keep the cars at least half full and that we topped them off. Glad about having a portable fireproof safe where we had our passports, recent photos, and birth certificates etc in big zip locks. (The cash had been long gone. Wish we had not spent it!) We got some cash back to have some. Glad we had our 72 he kit and we had days to switch out the expired food. Glad for the opportunity to bake a cake and make a casserole in my sun oven ☀️. Glad we have a pool for cooling off and could have used it for toilets etc. Glad I have water stored for that though. Glad we cranked the air cooler in anticipation of loosing power and put extra chlorine in the pool. Glad the kids have a million flashlights and we keep lots of batteries. Thankful for car chargers. Glad for a hot pot so I could wash dishes with hot water (plugged into neighbor's generator for a while.) Suoer thankful we know and love our neighbors. Thankful I live near my non-evacuation zone parents!!! 💕 Glad we boarded windows. Our siding got dented! Glad we have a rake and trash bags and clippers and a chain saw and gloves. Glad we stocked up on ice and froze lots of containers of water as we ate our freezer food. Glad we had a cooler to transfer some things to my parents. Thankful to have a grill and a big tent and blow up mattress all for That first hot night. Glad we had big extension cords. Glad we are relatively healthy so we could help ourselves and others. Glad we unplugged everything. Glad photos are backed up. Thankful for that room A/C and generator from my parents. Not sure if we want one for ourselves. We may just prep the house, clear the fridge, and go in vacation next time! I did think CB radios or something would have been cool but only if all of my friends had them too. I was thinking I was glad we still have a potty chair in the give away pile because I would have taken it if we had driven away. Glad for our Yeti cups we were gifted for ice water in the car even after lots of yard work. Glad my mom made lots of ice and froze zip locks of it. I kinda want an ice maker now. Glad my husband got an extra day off to prepare our home and that he stayed up so I could "sleep when the wind blows."