Wow! What a week! Just quickly, because it has been CRRRaaaaaZZy around here!
Lance was contacted out of the blue last Friday by someone in Beaumont who is working with FEMA on the cleanup efforts from Hurricane Ike. They are needing help, massive amounts of it with debris cleanup and they desperately need manpower and equipment.
So we have been working feverishly trying to bring in any and all resources to bear on this project. Lance even went down to Beaumont Sunday morning to get the lay of the land himself, even though it was our anniversary, because it was just impossible to coordinate such a huge undertaking without a clear picture of what they needed.
Friday they said they needed bobcats and operators and we had a 4 man crew ready to go by saturday afternoon, they were set to arrive Sunday a.m. But then, sat afternoon they said, no they had didn't need the bobcats, they needed trailers, then they said that dumptrucks and bobcat.....
Anyway, Lance needed to be there. So he was down there Sunday thru Tuesday. And now we know exactly what it looks like, where the landfill is, where the areas that need most help are, exactly what equipment is needed, who all the players are, contractors, FEMA personnel, etc. He got to talk to all of the guys in the chain personally instead of on the phone and it was all good.
So, our 12th anniversary was spent apart, but for a great reason. We cannot even imagine how this opportunity is going to be able to allow us to help others out, how our little company can make a huge difference in other's lives in ways that we NEVER imagined!
But then, also, after all of the struggles we've been through, too? The amount of work that there is to be done down there can keep us very busy and actually bring our company our of the red, and in a very short time, too, if all things fall in place right.
So I have been at the computer trying to recruit from home as well from around the country through craigslist, making phone calls, etc, to help the guys in the office bring crews, people, equipment, down here, too.
Whew! What a challenge, especially since I've been out of the field for 7 years! But what a thrill too!
Gotta Go! Blog Ya Later.....
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Emily is A First Grader!
I cannot believe my baby girl is a first grader! She is so precious and so beautiful and so grown up all ready.
She's already a pro at the whole drop off and pick up process of course from last year and gets testy when you treat he like she needs to be told something she already knows, LOL. :)
But even at just two weeks into school she is already missing me. We have already planned on making special efforts at mommy/Emily time a regular thing and much more often than we do. I have made it a point recently to take her on Mommy "Dates", you know, girl time, like shopping trips or going to the mall or the park just the two of us and leaving the boys behind. We are going to go get our nails done together sometimes too, really rarely because I don't want that to be a regular thing that she expects or thinks she has to have done for her to have fun with mommy, because we can also paint our nails together at home. But it would be fun to it together once or twice at a salon and she is just flat out excited about that.
She is starting dance lessons this year too. I am excited for her as much as she is excited. She absolutely can't sit still anyway and loves to dance so I can't wait to channel that and see what talent she may have as well as teach her grace and self-discipline through group instruction.
We also want the kids to be exposed to the discipline of some form of martial arts as well as dance, as well as the comraderie and physical training of team sports of some sort, whether it be baseball, soccer, or basketball. I'm not real thrilled with the injury level of football, although I love the game. Lance can attest to that. He played all through high school with the team that the tv series is based on. He played against Emmett Smith! Wow! He's got some great stories to tell. Anyway, football? I don't know.....that will be Blake's choice when it comes to that, though.
Anyway, first grade.....wow! This is going to be a great year! I can just feel it!
She's already a pro at the whole drop off and pick up process of course from last year and gets testy when you treat he like she needs to be told something she already knows, LOL. :)
But even at just two weeks into school she is already missing me. We have already planned on making special efforts at mommy/Emily time a regular thing and much more often than we do. I have made it a point recently to take her on Mommy "Dates", you know, girl time, like shopping trips or going to the mall or the park just the two of us and leaving the boys behind. We are going to go get our nails done together sometimes too, really rarely because I don't want that to be a regular thing that she expects or thinks she has to have done for her to have fun with mommy, because we can also paint our nails together at home. But it would be fun to it together once or twice at a salon and she is just flat out excited about that.
She is starting dance lessons this year too. I am excited for her as much as she is excited. She absolutely can't sit still anyway and loves to dance so I can't wait to channel that and see what talent she may have as well as teach her grace and self-discipline through group instruction.
We also want the kids to be exposed to the discipline of some form of martial arts as well as dance, as well as the comraderie and physical training of team sports of some sort, whether it be baseball, soccer, or basketball. I'm not real thrilled with the injury level of football, although I love the game. Lance can attest to that. He played all through high school with the team that the tv series is based on. He played against Emmett Smith! Wow! He's got some great stories to tell. Anyway, football? I don't know.....that will be Blake's choice when it comes to that, though.
Anyway, first grade.....wow! This is going to be a great year! I can just feel it!
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