just a (transplanted) city girl

>RAIN
There will be a convergence of Hannah and the remains of Gustav, increasing the rainfall.

NYC and west, including the lower Hudson can expect 5″ to 7 ” of rain with isolated areas of 8″ to 10″ of rain.

NYC , LI, CT can expect 3-5″ of rain starting Friday evening getting much heavier after midnight.

NYC currently is highly variable depending on changes in the track so expect anywhere from 3 to 7′ with possibility of 8″-10″

Rain in NYC can be as much as 2″ per hour, again, causing fresh water flooding in poor drainage areas. NYC should prepare for at least 4 to 6″ of rainfall.

The periods of heaviest rain will occur Friday night after midnight and Saturday through Sunday morning.

The confidence factor on these rainfall amounts is about 70%.

WIND
LI and CT will have the highest winds around 4 pm on Saturday. Winds are expected sustain at 40mph iwth gusts to 50

NYC, Queens and Brooklyn will have 35 to 45 mph winds with gust up to 50mph

COASTAL FLOODING
Waves are expected to start earlier at 10 ft , east of NYC, increasing to 15ft closer to Montauk on Saturday around 7pm

The storm surge in the NY Bight is expected to be 2 to 3 ft, with 3ft further east including eastern LI

>Here is what happened: Mom might have an aortic aneurysm or a very large tumor in her belly. She has an MRI scheduled for Wednesday and then probably a surgery date. I will be making trek down for the surgery.

So, M says we are still going she ‘needs’ it. I am not getting excited again until we are there. Maybe not even then. Maybe not even until we actually get to Tavern-on-the-Green. Sigh, I should have listened to Eeyore.

rain tomorrow?
I cannot believe with how bright and sunny and warm it is today, that tomorrow they are forecasting floods! Yes flooding, I am not kidding you.

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Bella >^..^<

When M picked me up she told me she had gone to Target, she looked all please with herself, she told me she bought clear plastic rain coats for us for tomorrow! She is all psyched up to go. So I guess I should be excited. I am trying to. I was rude to Mel, I yelled at her in an e-mail and she was trying to make me feel better. I will have to post lots of pics of the rain tomorrow! Right now I am going to post pics of my ankle chain.

>Gwen is, now I get to drive her to school. OK we got there on time and I got my hair done. I didn’t have time to get my pedicure so I will have to do that after my doctor’s appointment. I really have to go now, I have to stop at the library before I go up to Dr. Sharma’s.

So I got to Sharma’s, I got an Epi-pen! I got a pedicure, then decided I also wanted a manicure. When I got home I waxed my lip, so now it feels funny. Later I am going to shave my legs. I probably should go to Allsport, but I want to be sure my toenails are dry before I put shoes on.

I should never hope

We are not going to Manhattan Saturday. I don’t know why, but here is how I know: M asks me to get Gwen, nail appointment running late, then she says K called, talk to you later. Ok, then says I have to get home talk to D. Then, I owe you a scotch, we were going to have scotch at Tavern-on-Green, and once more, talk to you later. So we are not going, this is what happens when I get excited and start planning things, the thing doesn’t work out and I am left crying, I hate crying.

I hate crying because then everyone knows that Bella isn’t really tough, it is a front, an act, a mask to hide who she is.

>Have to post something, can’t miss this close to the beginning of the month. But I am tired and have to sleep now.

>to tell you that Gwen’s new word is ‘Genius’. Like when I told her that I used a cup to fill Petie’s water dish, and when I showed her the exercise bras M and I found, that zip up the front, “That is Genius!”
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Bella >^..^<

when I did this before it got lost in cyber space. Or maybe I hit cancel instead of send. There was a blank draft when I checked my e-mail on the computer.

First day of September, first post of the month.

No new e-mails or thread posts. I am off to Woodbury Commons with M and the boys.

M told Gwen and I to remind her she never wants to take Fred shopping with her again. It was like his brain stopped working when we got out of the car. We got him clothes for school, and M found an MP3 player with 4gig of memory, but no red bras. Anywhere. I am going to have to look online.

The thread and my e-mail are pretty quite today. I am trying to refresh the page to see if there are any more posts and it is taking FOREVER! Okay, it’s done so I am off to read it. Well, still not too much action. I ordered Law & Order:Criminal Intent for M. Season 1. This week is the US Open so there is no Law & Order: CI. I never did find any red bras. M says her beige one will work. So now, I think I will check my e-mail and then play some solitaire. Well, I have to look up a book first. See Ya!

Didn’t play solitaire, or anything else, but I am still messing around with the computer. I am listening to my MP3 player with my new earbuds. I guess I just have to get used to them. The main thing is them not falling out my ears. I need to use them so I can wear my sunglasses and earrings.

Cookie is going to the Hampton’s until the 9th of September. I will miss her posts and e-mails. I have to send her a good-bye e-mail, just in case she checks before bed.

{{scene opens to a NY police station and the Sgt on duty checking the calendar. Another officer sees him}}

Officer (O) – What’s up Sgt? Forget the day already?

Sgt – I just had to make sure it wasn’t Halloween.

O – Halloween! We have two months ’til then. Why would you even think that?

Sgt – There’s a chick at the desk who wants to file a report of assault and robbery.

O- Sounds normal.

Sgt – She’s got wings, a wand, and some fru-fru gown and claims her tiara was stolen by another chick in a red wagon.

O- Is it gay pride week?

Sgt – No, she’s not a tranny – claims she’s the tooth fairy and asked me about the crack filing in my molar.

{{Office rises and looks at the calendar}}

O- Geez Sgt, we are in for it if they are showing up on Labor Day. How do you issue a BOLO (be on the look out) for red wagon?
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♫♫ Carolann ♫♫

<– dancing daintily beside my red wagon

I’m so pretty, oh so pretty

Tips tiara rakishly…

Sure wish I had a wand………
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>’.'< ♥ Mickie ♥

It was a dark night, not even a hint of the moon to be seen, and the lone street light guttered as she walked underneath. Her wings drooped and her hair hung in loose ringlets framing her angelic face. The frown she wore was a contradiction to her countenance.

“In all my years I have never had an encounter like that. I usually only have to deal with little kids who want to catch me in the act.” She adjusted the tiara she no longer wore – realized her error and gave a sigh. She stopped. Had she heard something? Must have been her imagination.

She needed to get to little Jason’s house. That boy had lost at least six teeth in four months. It was heartbreaking to see his cherubic face as his family enjoyed corn on the cob all summer and all he could do was watch and wish for teeth that were taking their own sweet time to come in.

There was that sound again. No – it couldn’t be. Not the red wagon! Was she being followed. Louder still. She inhaled sharply and turned but could make out nothing in the darkened street. There it was again, closer still. She gripped her wand and held it tight against her chest. It couldn’t be – not again. What could that woman possibly want now?
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♫♫ Carolann ♫♫

The creeps are out there and society is stacked against us. Follow this link to HollaBackNYC the reason I say society is stacked against us is exemplified in her statement about not being able to move and no one noticing. Society tells us to act like ‘ladies’ that means, not make a fuss if a guy is pushing up against us, it is rude to yell in the subway, ‘Get off me you pervert!’ And yet that is exactly what we need to do.

Now I know why this didn’t work before! Sometimes I am a real dummy.

Anyway, I went to Lily’s and no one was there. If I hadn’t been running late, I would have gone to Debbie’s, but since it was 9:15 already, I decided to go to Muddy Cup and get a latte. Now I am home and getting ready to wash my bed sheets.

It is raining and dreary today, no one is up but me. I think after I put my sheets in the washer I will take a walk. It is a perfect day for walking.

Well, after taking my sheets to the laundromat to put in the dryer, cause I didn’t want to heat up the basement, it was too warm to walk. Maybe I will in a little bit, after I rest and drink some water, and if M gets home soon. Gwen and I went to Panera then Target, she wanted to look for shelves, I wanted to look for an ankle chain, well, she got her shelves, I got nothing. So I am in my bedroom pouting. Well, not really, but I really don’t feel like doing anything. I am going to check my websites now and I will be back.

O.K. I am a dummy! I ordered the pearls and beads for M’s necklace, and forgot to order anything for my anklet! I think I will go look at what I have in the way of beads and such. I have some left over from the necklaces I made, so I might be able to whip something up. My neck is hurting me now. I need to go to Allsport because I forgot to rinse the conditioner out of my hair last night so now it is stiff and sticky so I need to wash it again. SIGH. Sometimes I amaze myself.

Drove today. Part of the emergency drill, reported first to White Plains then to NYC. The car they gave me to drive had a non-working power source, what used to be called the cigarette lighter so my GPS didn’t charge, I didn’t notice until this morning so I had about a quarter of a charge on my GPS. It died about halfway to White Plains, well actually, I was almost there, but I was on a road I was unfamiliar with when it happened. Fortunately I found the Sawmill and know the way from there. Except out of habit I turned the wrong way on 119. I switched cars with my boss, since he knows the way from White Plains to NYC, I also followed him. I told him I didn’t want to lose him because I had left my CD in the car, HA HA!

The CD I took was one I just burned this morning, it has the two Frey albums and then a few other songs I added just to fill up space. I told Tigger I was listening to my, well actually your, music. He thought that was cool. I have caved again and bought Tigger candy, Altoids and Laffy Taffy and Now’N’Later. I don’t feel like getting up to look at the packages to see if I spelled them right. I also sold a book and haven’t packaged it yet. I also need to send an e-mail to the man who bought the CD player. I mailed it today, wrapped in bubble wrap, I hope “HOPE” it doesn’t break.

Blogger had this new feature where you can ‘subscribe’ to a blog and read it right in the dashboard. So I did that, and left my name so they will all know I am reading. I don’t know if any of them will read mine. I really don’t care

Grace majorly slammed Mel today, Cookie and I missed it. I did because I don’t really read the thread carefully during the day, since I am not supposed to be on it. I don’t think she is really mad at me. She posted a response calling her on it. I am glad, cause if I had done it, it would not have been worded so nicely.

Now I have to go get another book ready to mail. This is getting kind of fun now. See you tomorrow.