well, ya' did better in the creativity department than I did

Re my screen name: I racked my brain for hours trying to come up with a screen name! This is the first place I ever needed one! The first few I tried were already taken-don't even remember what they were. I wanted something pretty anonymus. Not too many folks nationwide would recognize IP so...ipquilter. Now it really feels like a name. Is that normal?
Sherry in S MS where I'm not so anonymus anymore and I'm very okay with that!

Sherry, glad to see you are HOME!!

I had looked at the pictures but did not pick up on Sherry's name until you mentioned it. I got it. I am so happy you all survived with minimal damage and you are back home. What stress you and everyone on the coast must live through everytime a storm starts forming in the tropics. It is also amazing to me how far inland the rain goes.

Nice pics Sherry, and NOW I know where your screen name came from! Maybe others knew it before and I was just dense, but really, that makes you some kind of royalty, huh? I'm not going to describe it here, the rest of ya'll will just have to go to her pics to see for yourself
Glad you all are ok, we're all on the watch for these next ones... Florence

So glad that you are home. It may be a wise thing to keep the boards up as there are 3 others out in the ocean. Hopefully you won't have to go back to the hotel. Get some sewing ready to take with you next time so you won't be so bored. Do you hand applique? If not, maybe now is the time to learn. Judy in AZ

We're home now! I posted a blog and there is a link to pics! Thanx so much for your thoughts and prayers. You all have really become friends to me and I love you all!
Sherry in S MS, enjoying my chair and a nice rum and juice.

Sherry glad you are safe looks like next one will cause us trouble but not like you went throw I hope hanna dies out before it gets close Happy

Hopefully the worst is over and while it was not as bad as it could have been it was still bad. Everyone is in my prayers. Knowing people in the midst of a hurricane puts a whole different level of stress on watching the news about it.

Sherry, I'm glad you're safe there. I hope all our Louisiana members are also safe.

Pat in Rockport, TX

Louisiana got slammed. Again. Here in Biloxi things are calming down kinda. The wind is still blowing pretty good, but I didn't have to brace myself when I took Dixie out to potty. We're going home in the morning. The neighbor said our house is fine. FIL's house has water in his workshop, but only a couple of feet. His shop is under the house which is on stilts. Not too bad. The casino has minimal damage. Leaks and ramp issues. All in all we came out pretty good. There are flooded houses in the area but none of them are mine.

Y'all have been so nice through this. I was a nervous wreck and I really appreciate your prayers and support. Please continue to pray for the folks who were so badly treated by Gustav. I never realized until the last couple of years how long it takes to recover from a really bad storm. The folks west of here have a long hard road ahead of them.

Love y'all,
Sherry in S MS, oh so very ready to get back home in the morning!

Here is west central Mississippi (Vicksburg) it has been raining all afternoon, but nothing really hard, and the wind is gusting at times. If the wind gets too high we will probably lose power. I think the forecast is for rain for several more days. I talked to my sister in Baton Rouge tonight and she said they got hit pretty bad. Trees and power lines down, roads closed, and her electricity had been off since 3:00 this afternoon. She personally didn't have any damage, but her neighbor had a large oak tree fall on their house.

Sherry, you have been in my prayers. We're west of Houston and have been keeping an eye on things. Glad you are keeping us posted. WandaM

jbtaz36 wrote:
Sonuvaquilter was home for Labor Day weekend. He could have stayed at the school but it would've meant staying in a shelter situation. Russ said "I'm comin' home!!" I'll nag him about the blog thing!

Sherry in S MS