I know I've said this before, but I truly love the way we banded together as Houstonians after Hurricane Harvey. People have been giving even when they've lost, they've been constantly volunteering at shelters and on clean up crews and even the largest school district in town, HISD saying that this year every student will get 3 free meals every day. That to me is ... Read More
5 Chores to do While Your Mud Mask is Drying
I know that we're still in recovery mode here in Houston, but we have to remember to take time and take care of ourselves. Whether that's unplugging for an evening, treating yourself to an hour long massage or just giving yourself a much-needed facial take some time to just be. We lost power at work when the buildings flooded so we were working without ... Read More
Tuneage Tuesday – Harvey Won’t Break Our Spirit
We are in recovery mode here in the greater Houston area. There are still a few neighborhoods with standing water, but most of the standing water has been drained. Our bayous still need to go down, but people are well into clean-up mode in their homes. Sidewalks are full of damaged furniture and items as well as damaged sheetrock. Cleaning supplies and ... Read More
Recovering from Harvey: The New Normal
I saw a meme floating around that said that Houstonians don't know what day it is, and I couldn't agree more. Between 3 days of continuous rain and being stuck inside due to roads being flooded you could tell me that it's Thursday and I'd probably believe you. This is the new normal. We're well into recovery mode in the greater Houston area and still rescuing ... Read More
Harvey
I'm pushing back another blog post to give you guys an update about Harvey. I'm sure you've seen the reports on the news and on social media, and while it might seem like it's over it's not. According to the reports, we're supposed to get more rain today and tomorrow. In fact, it hasn't stopped raining by me since that band came in last night. It's not as hard as ... Read More