Never knew meat could mean so much to me.

Really, I never knew meat could mean so much to me. We stopped by friends Scott and Cynthia's place while out checking on a few houses after Ike. They gave us a refresher and I helped with some minor clean up in their yard. When all was said and done Cynthia asked me if we would like some chicken she had happened upon at the grocery store. You may or may not know that it's darn close to impossible to get much of anything right now. So we graciously accepted it and a few other comfort foods.

We got in the car and were so excited about it that we thought that we would share the only 3 chicken breasts that we could have for a week or more with our friends the Kerby's. They had watched the girls all day so we could help with the clean up efforts. They like us only had canned food to survive on. It was so nice to have chicken for dinner that night. And some how it fed three adults and three girls.

Chris and I feel so fortunate to have power, water, gas and a non leaky roof over our heads. We know that there so many people in our area that have been impacted by the storm. Now when I find fast food or a restaurant open I get excited. Same with gas. There are so many things that we take for granted. I think that Ike was an eye opener for us. League City is surrounded by destruction. How did we get protected? Why were we not hit as hard as everyone around us? It's like Ike took a coffee break while over League City. The damage we had was minimal... our fences down, trees were slumped over and the pool that I mistakenly left in the back yard was still there when we got home.

Things could have been much worse. Thank goodness it wasn't. Now it's time to count our many blessings and be grateful for all that we do have.

(I know y'all want pictures... there are too many to post. So I will do the next best thing and make yet another slide show. They are coming soon!)