Author’s choice:  Something I saw that amazed me this summer …

21st August: Author’s choice ~ Hot, Hot, Hot!

28th August: Author’s choice: Animals

Summer fun

summer skys

 Summer rain

Ivey Storys

Well today was a big one for me . I get to see the baby yayayaya. Well we got there at 8:15. I had the kids with me. There Aunt Robin came and look after them for me.   She got to see the Baby too she was so happy to see the baby.  The baby is 10oz now that is good for the baby. Heart beat was great too. Well when it was time for to find out the sex of the the baby. He or she got there lag in the way.  So we don’t know what it is yet.   I have a good photo of the Baby so you can see it.

Here is a photo of me and my growing belly.

 They all chance My Dew Date to Nov 24. It was Nov 19

PS My Camera charger has been missing for 1 mouth now. I will get back on Friday Photo when I get my Carmra up and going.

My pregnancy is going good I am 18 week now. Man it is going fast.

My 1st Dr app they found out that I had High Blood Pressure so I have been taking blood pressure pill for that.

 I had it with Sam & Bindi too.

Last Wenday I went to Dr and they took blood to see if the Baby will have down syndrome. They will call me if it come out to be that. Then they took my blood sugar. I had general diabetes with Sam. So after a 1 hr they prick my finger and it was 164. So they said I need have 3 hr blood suger test. So yesterday moring I went for my 3 hr test. So they prick my finger 5  time. 2 /30 /2/ 1 hr test. Well it look like I have general diabetes with this one too.

I will also have my 5 mos Unlasound on July 1 to find out if it a boy or a girl. Cant want.

Sam will be 3 on June 30 we are have a Birthday Party for him this Sat 20.  Corby ,Sam & Father inlaw will be going to oklahoma to see his Uncle Phil Graduate form the Army. I as staying home with Bindi and take care of the house. For a week . So Sam will be on his way home on his birthday.

Friday 19th June:  Author’s choice -  The Colours of Summer

My Brother Toby

My Brother Levi

Friday 15th May: Author’s choice – Shadows. (It can just be the shadow – or the object or person and their shadow!)

this one you can see Mr. Ac/Dc Shadow and the play set at McDonald’s shadow too.

Pinkie and her shadow eating her cheese hamburger

Me and my Shadow

Friday 22nd May:  Author’s choice – Green (as in environmentally friendly! )

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This was the scene outside the home of Frank and Anita Suarez on Matthew’s Bluff Road. | Staff photo by Stephanie S. Beecher

LUMBERTON— Weather officials said Monday evening that the early morning storm that seriously injured a Sadie Drive woman, destroying her house and damaging several others, was the result of straight-line winds — not a tornado.

In a press statement, the National Weather Service in Wilmington attributed the extensive damage to a “wet microburst … or localized downburst accompanied by very heavy rain.”

The storm struck the Long Branch Community east of Lumberton at about 8:15 a.m.

Charles Britt, emergency management director of Robeson County Emergency Services, said the storm affected a total of 33 structures, including 15 homes, six storage buildings, eight shelters and one pool.

“The total estimated damage comes to about $813,000,” he said. “But, these are just preliminary reports.”

Ginger Britt, of Sadie Drive, remains the only resident injured. Britt was found under heavy debris, after the storm moved her house off of its foundation and into the back yard before it was flattened.

Family members were able to free her and call 911. Britt was taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center, where she was in serious condition at noon Monday.

Most of the other residents of the other affected residences were not at home when the heavy weather hit.

The National Weather Service called the damages “consistent with straight-line wind speeds of up to 125 mph,” comparable to a F-2 tornado or a Category 3 hurricane.

Residents were shocked to learn that the storm was not the result of a cyclone.

“If that wasn’t a tornado, I don’t know what to call it,” said Virginia Britt, Ginger Britt’s mother-in-law.

This morning, all that remained of Britt’s home was a hollow brick shell and a front porch. Family members sat on the porch with their heads held in their hands, staring blankly into a sea of rain-soaked debris.

“We are trying to salvage what we can, what furniture we can,” said a weary Elton Britt, Ginger’s father-in-law and her next-door neighbor. “I’m worried mostly about Ginger. She was the only one home. We don’t know how bad it is yet.”

Though Elton and Virginia Britt’s brick home was still standing, it looked more like a trashed theater set, with no roof, half walls and holes where windows had been. About a dozen people sifted through belongings, most of which were covered in yellow insulation.

Elton said he was taking his grandson to school when he received a phone call.

“I knew that when they told me my home was hit that Ginger’s was gone,” Elton said.

He said he and his wife were not prepared for what they found when they returned.

“We turned the corner and I knew she was out there,” Virginia said pointing to the back yard. “I just started running. We didn’t even notice our home was destroyed at first.”

But it didn’t take long, they said.

“Ain’t no coming back home now,” said Elton. “I ain’t got no home.” Virginia said her husband and her lived in the home with their two grandchildren, and that Ginger lived nearby.

Dozens of emergency workers and sheriff’s deputies trampled around the muddy yard, stepping over flooring, broken furniture, and home decor. Soaked sheets and tin roofing had wrapped around tall trees like winter scarves.

Neighbors huddled, shaking their heads and consoling sobbing family members and friends.

Charles Britt said that the Britts’ homes were the hardest hit. Several other homes in the area were severely damaged, he said.

“These are the main structures hit. It completely destroyed the mobile home,” he said. “We have several buildings down, and several outbuildings destroyed. Several trees have fallen on houses.”

A tree took out the bathroom in the home of Frank and Anita Suarez on Matthew’s Bluff Road. Frank Suarez said his family was not at home during the storm.

“We were lucky,” he said.

Dozens of uprooted trees littered the area west of N.C. 72., falling on about four other homes. Most of the structural damage occurred on Sadie Drive.

At about 5 p.m., Elton and Virginia Britt were still cleaning up debris and salvaging belongings. Family members, friends and neighbors stood quietly chatting as a group of children played soccer in insulation-strewn grass. They said the whole situation hasn’t really hit home.

“You’ve seen it happen to other people but you can never imagine it happening to you,” she said. “We’re just numb right now.”

Virginia said the Red Cross has donated money for a hotel stay and for three days worth of food. She said she has been touched by the community’s support.

“Everybody’s been so nice,” she said. “We are just trying to get through this.”

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