Saturday, March 13th, a day we'll always remember. We had a terrible Nor'easter come through with 67 MPH winds and gusts that registered 75 MPH at the beach! We got about 3" of rain. 3 trees fell at the other end of the block and 5 power lined snapped, 2 completely coming to the ground. Two cars were totaled in the process. We lost our power along with 1/2 of the town. All I can say is it's a good thing that we like camping because it helped us cope! Sunday morning PJ and i went around checking out the damage. Holy cow!! Parts of the town looked like a war zone. On channel 7 Eyewitness News, they referred to Wantagh as Ground Zero! I couldn't believe how many trees were down. In some areas it looked like a tornado came through because it was tree after tree... boom, boom, boom all down!

Princeton Dr and Jane St














Field 6 of Jones Beach














An almost submerged garbage pail















HESS station where the roof blew off Wantagh Ave near Merrick Rd




























Andrea's block... A six house court... 3 trees down, one totaling a car, one blocking the exit of the court and one smashing the gas line! Andrea was evacuated and as of today, Wednesday, still hasn't returned.














My street, John Street, one of the 3 trees down














One of the cars














The other 2 trees














One of the snapped power lines in front of the Dalton's house. I have many many more pics but I think this is more than enough. We got our power back yesterday (Tuesday). I think it's temporary. I think they hooked us up to the block behind us just to give us power. They haven't replaced any of the wires or poles so i'm thinking they'll get to that after they get everyone back with power. What a weekend!!!

Last night some friends and I celebrated Andrea's 60th birthday by going to the Creative Corner and making CERAMICS! We haven't done that for about 40 years! I was a little leery about it but we actually enjoyed it!
Andrea LOVES the beach so I decided to make her an Explosion Box with pictures that I took from Jones Beach. She LOVED it! Everyone came over to look at it. I think she liked it!

It opens up in all directions to give you layers of pictures.





























I made this card for her. It's one of my favorite prints and I have a caopy that i framed for myself. It reminds me of PJ and I in 20 years!














Andrea was very surprised that this outing was for her birthday.




















Diane and Judy acting up!












































GOOD TIMES!!

This is just NOT my day!!
I went to CVS to pick up a prescription for PJ. I had a question about it so I had to step aside for the pharmacist to come to answer it. In the mean time I went in my pocketbook to get my wallet that had my prescription card in it. I couldn't find my wallet. It was weird because there's like nothing in my pocketbook! It was in the zippered part and was black so it blended in to make me not see it The cashier saw that I was a little embarrassed by that one. We had a little laugh! Then I took out the card and was waiting for the pharmacist. I stacked the shopping baskets nicely that were next to me because they were in my way. The pharmacist answered my questions and then I was going to pay but the cashier had to get something. I went in my wallet to get my card out and it was now gone! I searched my pockets, the floor, the counter etc. The cashier came back and once again I had to step aside because of the missing card. I found it in the shopping baskets that I rearranged! So we had a bigger laugh about how I should have stayed in bed this morning! So I'm finished and go out to my car. I put my glasses on and one side falls off! They split in 1/2 on the nose part! I was going to go back into CVS to give the cashier an even bigger laugh but I didn't. I drove straight home!!!
So that one shopping trip has me completely flustered!!

Last night PJ and I went to the Hicks Nursery Flower and Garden Show. This was a special reception for the 'professionals' before they open it up to the public.
We were greatly impressed at how much Hicks has changed over the years. PJ worked there about 35 years ago and boy, it certainly changed since then!
The gardens were all made by outside Landscape Architects and businesses that do paving, plantings etc to create these beautiful gardens.
It really brought me back to the past. Here I was... being able to actually understand and add to the conversations about pesticides,
Long Horn Asian Beetles, Mealy Bug on Poinsettias etc. I was quite proud of myself!
We bumped into quite a few people that we knew. We even went to TGIF's afterwards to catch up with Billy and Laura C. We had a very enjoyable evening and saw some beautiful gardens!

I know this is a double picture but Blogger isn't letting me delete it!

Eggplant in the middle of a flower garden!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY...

This week, it has been so beautiful outside. A week and a half ago we had almost a foot of snow and today, it hit 59 degrees!! I had to take a nice, peaceful stroll along the water at Jones Beach.



I used to look through these things all the time when I was a kid. You put a quarter in and the binocular power comes on for a few minutes. I took this picture because it reminded me of the smiles that are captured on odd objects commercial. I forgot what the commercial is for though!

The insurance company finally gave us the 'go ahead' to be able to dispose of Alyssa's car.

I put Alyssa's banged up car on Craigslist yesterday. Within 2 hours we had someone interested. The guy came over right away with his family and bought it!

This was a HAPPY MOMENT to see that after 5 MONTHS of it sitting in my driveway, 'Lily' will be in her next home! Now we will have room in the driveway for 2 WORKING cars!!

I was supposed to work today but things got mixed up and I was never put in for the job. PJ had taken off to go skiing. He loves to ski and hasn't gone in a few years. He went to Catamount in VT.

Today will be a great day to pack up my supplies for tomorrow nights fundraiser crop at St Wills. J,M and I enjoy this crop very much! I hope we're all winners of raffles!

I watched last nights girls night of American idol this morning. Siobhan is my pick as a top 2 performer. She's a uniquely beautiful girl. get those teeth made even and I can see model potential also! But that high note... as Randy would say...

that note was DOPE girl!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0tDKjdyRA

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

Yesterday we went to a few garage sales. We got this pretty glass greenhouse for $4. I love it! PJ brought home some Primrose, basil and cilantro that he was growing at work. I put the basil and cilantro in there to keep it nice and 'tropical'. I LOVE it!!