Where have the days gone?

Gulf Coast News Recovery Report

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:35:05 -0400

I ran across this website, which has loads of details about the current state of recovery efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Biloxi, Gulfport, etc). Also see my "Mississippi" tags.

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QotD: Today is the Greatest...

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:01:21 -0500

What's the best thing about today? Mississippi trip reunion dinner: seeing our new friends once again, watching the slide show of everyone's photos. I found a recipe online for a carrot & parsley salad to take, since I've got lots of both of those.

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Vox Hunt: I Don't Get It

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:39:06 -0500

Show us something you don't understand. OK - here's the beautiful Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi, MS - rebuilt to surpass its former glory within a few short months after Hurricane Katrina. Total Biloxi casino revenues during the month of December...

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Ledger article about our trip

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:18:20 -0500

Our local paper published an article yesterday about our trip... it was a slow news day, haha.

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Mississippi work trip - 2008

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:35:31 -0500

I finally caught up on writing all about our trip to Mississippi last week, where we went to help with the ongoing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. If you'd like to read the whole thing, you can start with my Heading Out post, and keep clicking ...

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Progress made

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:41:19 -0500

In summary, here are some photos showing what we accomplished on Miss Janie's house during the week: On the outside of the house, we removed the old siding from around the bow window, wrapped and trimmed that whole wall and fixed the window,...

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Last day of work

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:00:00 -0500

Today when I woke up, I could see I wasn't feeling any better, and possibly worse, so I just stayed in bed. Nikki brought me hot tea and toast from the dining hall, and more Vitamin C packets to drink. It was kind of sad watching everyone go off ...

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Taranto's Boiler

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:00:00 -0500

One of our household rules has always been that you can't play if you didn't work - meaning if you're too sick to go to school/work/whatever during the day, then you're too sick to play ball / go out / whatever later on. So since we'd been planni...

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Thursday in a daze

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0500

Wow, when I woke up today I could barely move. Fever, chills, stabbing pains in my head. I was feeling perfectly fine even as late as 10:00 last night! I got up anyway and shuffled into the dining hall for some hot tea, which I drank in a semi-co...

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Busy busy

nobody@vox.com(SandyU) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:43:58 -0500

Sorry I've only had time to post by phone today - we played card games all evening after dinner and shower, and I'm so tired I'm actually going to go to bed at "lights out" time tonight (10:00).

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