Gustav putting Katrina’s lesson to the test

Well, its looking more and more like Gustav is going to be the real deal. Right now, forecasters are saying Gustav will be a Category 3 hurricane when it makes landfall… in Louisiana.

Gustav has already killed 51 people in Haiti and 8 in the Dominican Republic, and I believe that it has only briefly achieved hurricane status. Right now it’s only a tropical storm but is expected to strengthen considerably once it makes it out into the gulf.
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Peking Acrobats on the General Jackson

Last Saturday, Kennye and I rode the General Jackson with the Metzgers and the Boswells to see the Peking Acrobats perform. Kennye and I had seen the show before a couple of years ago, but wanted to see them again. This time, I had my camera with me.
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Nice Asphalt

As most of you know, we moved into our new house about a year and a half ago. We’ve really enjoyed the new house and the location, but one little thing has persistently annoyed us: the road.

When we began to build the house, there was only a gravel road out front. We assumed that shortly after the house was finished, they’d come out and put down the first layer of asphalt. Boy, were we wrong.
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Pregnancy Week 20 - Is it a Boy or a Girl?

Kennye and I went for our Week 20 ultrasound yesterday. This was just another routine ultrasound checkup except that we were far enough along to see the gender of the baby.

I think it will be fun to look back on this day, so I’m going to fluff up the exciting news with a few details.
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