Oh, let's now reminisce about flood days.
I always thought something was wrong with me
because I get all excited when there is a hurricane coming our way.
You have to watch how you say that to people these days.
With all the destruction that has happened over the
last few years, people don't take too kindly
when you say you love hurricanes.
But I know why I love them.
There are so many good family memories when
thinking of hurricanes.
So, let me go back in time...
Before the seawall, when the roads would
flood and so there could be no school,
No time to go anywhere because you couldn't.
Remember how everyone in the neighborhood
would come out to play?
Everyone would help each other to clean out
their places but if you were a kid
all you had to do was get out
your water toys, and play with your friends.
I remember being so sad when the seawall
went up because flooding was never the same
and school just wasn't cancelled for very long.
Mom always said daddy loved hurricanes and bad weather
just like me, wonder if for him it was because of
the memories, too!!!
I, too, love, love bad weather, but needless to say, I'm happy that we don't flood as in the the above pictures. Believe it or not, we still have to put sand bags at the front door of "Celena's" when we know that we're going to have a lot of rain.
ReplyDeleteTed and I are officially the proud owners of another piece of the world...we finally signed the papers to purchase the property next to "Celena's"...yyyaaaa!!!
Nannie, a camp groud does sound like a good idea, but it is so nice and peaceful back there, we've put a couple of swings under the trees and are hoping to make a pond towards the back side. We're also thinking about moving the old PHI house (My office) to the back side and fix it up really nice and maybe rent it out as a "weekend" house for fishermen. Hey, we can make a "big girls' playhouse" and have tea parties!! Yes, Brother, you can come, too...
Have a great day, everyone!!
Love ya,
Cecil
C just in case you are wondering, these are the pictures I scanned last year when you found them at Mrs. Cecilia's
ReplyDeletejust knew one day they would come in handy.
So I know you are glad it doesn't flood like that anymore since the mess to be cleaned would be your mess,
but remember all the fun we used to have?
We would walk all over GM in the water and it was so high you couldn't tell where the road ended and the bayou began.
everyone would take out the peroque's and we would play all day in that water.
how we never got bit by snakes I'll never know because we surely saw lots of them!!!
Were there alligators, I can't remember...
I ENLARGED THAT PIC IN FRONT OF RANDOLPH'S TO SEE IF I COULD TELL WHO IS IN IT BUT I COULDN'T. I THINK THE LADY WHO IS FACING THE CAMERA LOOKS LIKE NEVA SO THE KIDS MIGHT BE HER BOYS OR KATHY.
ReplyDeleteYEA HURRICANE SEASON WAS THRILL FOR US. NOT SO TODAY! HATE THE THOUGHT OF LEAVING AND EVERY START OF THE SEASON I SAY I'M NOT GOING BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A 125-130 WINDS MONSTER COMING TO YOU I GUESS YOU RUN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANNY !!! Isn't it great to be able to write down your memories here on the internet ........... BEFORE YOU FORGET THEM ALL !!! Haaaaaaaaaa!!
ReplyDeleteOh, Mikie, you are most certainly looking for an ass woopin'!!! As you probably know, she hasn't been at her computer since early this morning, because I'm SURE that she would have responded by now. I can't wait to read what she writes about your comment...deep shit, buddy, deep shit....
ReplyDeleteWe gotta love you, you're here to stay...hehehehe!!
Aunt C
What was wrong with that comment???? I forget things all the time... I just meant it was nice to have a place to jot down memories ... it was no way a reference to someone in their 60's who just might on the verge of senility (spell check not necessary) "You'll" know that Granny's young at heart no matter what her birth certificate says after you translate it with the rosetta stone! HA HA HA HA HA
ReplyDeleteBOY, ANON, YOU ARE JUST LUCKY THAT I READ THIS AFTER YOU LEFT MY HOUSE TONIGHT! I AM STILL YOUNG ENOUGH AND STILL REMEMBER I LOVE PLAYING WITH YOUR KIDS AND I DO A DAMN GOOD JOB OF IT! AND THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS IS HISTORY!!!!
ReplyDeleteTO EVERYONE WHO READS THIS: MR. MICHO MAN IS MANNING THE 4 CHILDREN BY HIMSELF STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON!! WONDER WHO HE MIGHT CALL IF HE NEEDS HELP!!! ANYBODY GOT ANY IDEAS????
GOTTA LOVE HIM!
I don't know...he just makes me laugh. Good luck with the kiddos (please don't call me because I have no idea how to handles young ones anymore...we'd just go shopping..hehehehe)!!
ReplyDeleteLove,
SNC
MR. MICHO MAN and no spell check,
ReplyDeletewould that be the michellin man who sells tires
or did you mean Macho man as in the village people?
he ain't callin no one, he's putting them all in Barbara's pool on Friday afternoon, pulling them out just in time for Rebecca's return home.
Well at least the LSU baseball games are over, they may eat....
no, really Miki is a macho man,
I tell Beck all the time how lucky she is to have a hubby so involved in his kids.
I also tell her to thank you all the time, Mikie
now whether she does or not I'm not responsible for....
THANKS LIL, LIKE HE NEEDS HIS HEAD MORE SWOLLEN THAN IT IS ALREADY! I AM TRYING TO KEEP HIM IN CHECK BUT YOU JUST SCREWED THAT UP. MR MACHO MAN DON'T LISTEN TO YOUR AUNT LIL. FOR SOME REASON SHE IS TRYING TO GET ON YOUR GOOD SIDE. DON'T BELIEVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNOW YOUR AUNT C IS MORE REALISTIC! PUTTING THE KIDS IN THE POOL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DRYING THEM OFF SUNDAY MORNING FOR CHURCH SOUNDS MORE LIKE THE MACHO MAN WE KNOW AND LOVE! LIL AND C THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF A GOOD FATHER HE IS IS HE IF THROWS FOOD AT THEM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE!!
BUDDY, PAY BACK IS H--L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOTTA LOVE HIM!
Let's just say the gang has come to the realization that they are stuck with Dad for a couple of days...... No need to panic ... the good ship lollipop is sailing on calm seas ... unless there's an attempted mutiny or one decides to abandon ship(she has a tendancy to do that every now and then) .... Soooooooooooooooooooooo anybody wants to bond with some family just let me know ... I'll deliver!!
ReplyDeleteWell I don’t know where it comes from but I also LOVE bad weather. I love high winds and lots of rain and that’s why I LOVE hurricanes. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the damage or destruction hurricanes cause but I just Love the bad weather. I also get very excited and happy when I hear of a hurricane heading our way and almost pray that it comes my way. I’m sick I guess.
ReplyDeleteDoes any one know what hurricane the pictures are about ?? Water looks kind of deep but it all depends on how long after the hurricane the pic was taken.
The most memorable hurricane to me as a young one was hurricane “Flossie.” I remember going without water, gas or electricity and being out of school for two weeks. We grilled / B-B-QED, everything in our freezer and some out of Randolph’s freezer from the restaurant. Water was shipped in from I believe the National Guard. They also “Protected” every one’s property. So Said.
I also remember going to Butch Robicheaux’s house and he and I trying to build a perogue out of scrap wood and cotton. The cotton was supposedly to stop water leaks. It never did float but it kept us occupied for a whole day.
The other hurricane I remember very well is hurricane “Hilda.” I remember we went to Donaldsonville. We spent the worse part of the hurricane in the center block barn. At one point I woke up and Daddy and Joe had me touch the walls and you could feel the walls moving back and fourth from the high winds. That’s when Nancy, Joe’s Mother cooked the famous dish “Chicken A La Hurricane Hilda.” I have tried many times to cook that dish but never has it come out as good as she cook it that day.
Anonymous, don’t try to kiss-up after suggesting that my “OLDER” sister has DAMINTATREEA. (Don’t bother with spell check; I know this is correct spelling.) You messed up now, and you are stuck with your youngons all by uself for the whole week end. Good Luck.
L-U-A,
Peter
uhhhh,
ReplyDeleteit wasn't aunt c that came up with the pool thing it was
AUNT LIL!!!!
anyway, i don't have to suck-up to anonymous because we all know I am his favorite....
this would be a hurricane from C, Todd, and I's generation...
ReplyDeleteI think the fat kid with the white shirt is Todd, wringing out something,
and I am not sure but the two girls sitting down looks like it could be
myself and Roxanne Doucet but I have no memory of this storm
Does cocoa krispies constitute a good supper?? Just checking.
ReplyDeleteHEY DUDE,
ReplyDeleteCOCOA KRISPIES IS A VERY GOOD SUPPER AS LONG AS YOU BRIBE THOSE KIDS NOT TO TELL MOM WHEN SHE GETS BACK.
PETE,
DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS BUT EVERY HURRICANE JOE, MAEMAE, AND THE KIDS WOULD COME OVER TO THE HOUSE. HATE TO REFRESH YOUR MIND BUT IT WAS HURRICANE BETSY IN 1965 THAT WE WERE OUT OF UTILITIES FOR 3 WEEKS AND WE BBQED EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. I REMEMBER THE TRUCKS DELIVERING WATER TO THE HOUSE AND THE RED CROSS BRING SUPPLIES TO US. I WAS ABOUT 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD FOR FLOSSIE. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE YOU 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD. I REMEMBER BETSY WAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 65 BECAUSE CJ AND I WERE GOING TO BE MARRIED IN DECEMBER AND WAS PRAYING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH DAMAGE. WE DID HAVE DAMAGE BUT WAS CLEARED IN TIME FOR OUR WEDDING
L YLL
RONNIE
IF you wake up and a kid is missing ... do you consider it a continuation of hide and seek or do you call someone?? just checking.... And can you use the same milk in the same bowl from supper for the breakfast round of cocoa krispies??? answers greatly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteIs there a special number to call for amber alert or is it 911? Last time I called 911 it worked pretty well but I'd like to try the amber alert this time.... always wanted my name on the radio after all the beeps .....
ReplyDeleteOH, YOU USING MILK IN THE COCOA KRISPIES??? MAN, IT WORKS BETTER IN A PAPER PLATE WITH NO MILK THEN YOU CAN JUST KEEP IT ON THE TABLE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAKE YOU UP THE NEXT MORNING THEY CAN JUST GO EAT!!
ReplyDeleteAS FAR AS 911/AMBER ALERT, I THINK THEY ARE JUST ABOUT ONE IN THE SAME. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FAME I'D TRY AMBER ALERT.
I TOTAL STRESS AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU BRIBE THOSE KIDS NOT TO SNITCH ON YOU WHEN MOM COMES HOME YOU'LL BE OK. BUT IF ANY OF THIS COMES OUT - I'LL HEAR YOUR BETTER HALF FROM MY DECK!!!
YOU KNOW WE SHOULDN'T EVEN JOKE ABOUT 911. YOU STILL REMEMBER MAKING THAT CALL???
now i know where i got that gene for LOVING bad weather. not just from pop, but everyone it seems :) hurricaines, rain, thunder, lighting, none of that bothers me, but i tell you what. you ain't been cold and miserable until you've been trapped in you apt for 3 days b/c of a snow store!!!!! when i moved to MD in aug. 2002, mom, pop, and m can to visit that thanksgiving. drove all the way! 1250 miles. but 2 days after they left, my first snow started. at first it was cool. i put on my new coat on that i got as a late b-day/early christmas gift from everyone that very week. hat, gloves, scarf, boots, and all. me and lissa (the dog) went running outside. then we built a snowman (something you'll never do in LA) and then it didn't stop......it keep snowing.......... and snowing.......... and snowing.....until my car was just about covered to the top. luckly 3 days later i was suppose to work at the hospital so they came to pick me up. ya'll will think this is funny. showed my southern side. phone call came from the "snow command center" at work asking if i would be willing to come in to work and stay overnight at the hospital if they sent a 4-wheeler out for me. after being stuck in the house for 3 days, running out of food, and having real bad cabin feaver. i jumped at the opportunity to leave. as i'm getting some clothes together, i thought "4-wheeler"?????? these crazy northerners were gonna send a 4-wheeler out about 30 min normal drive from the hospital for me.....what were they crazy!!!!! turns out, they meant a 4-wheel drive truck, wow! i did feel much better when i say that truck pull up :) and just for the record. MD is technically the south b/c we're below the masion dickson line. PA is the north! :)
ReplyDeletelove, aleena brei
HEY ALEENA
ReplyDeleteI JUST DECIDED TO GO OVER SOME COMMENTS AND NOTICED THIS ONE THAT I HAVE NEVER READ. BOY, ME BEING THE HOME BODY THAT I AM I BET I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SNOW UP TO MY WINDOWS OR HIGHER. ARE YOU'LL WARNED AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT THIS? I WOULD HAVE TO BE BECAUSE I WOULD WANT TO STOCK UP ON POPCORN AND DIET COKE TO LAST ME THE DURATION!
I GUESS THIS IS A SILLY BUT IT IS VERY COLD IN THESE TIMES? CAN YOU KEEP YOUR HOUSE WARM? WE ARE PLANNING A TRIP NEXT YEAR TO CANADA AND I DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE DURING THE SUMMER!
L U
AUNT RONNIE