Talking about Earthquakes

This morning the radio station I was listening to were talking about earthquakes. Asking who's been through an earthquake. I've been through a few. First one happened about 40 years ago. We had no idea what was going on but it wasn't a big one. Just shook the house for a few seconds. Then it was over. Not too bad. About two years later, same time of year (New Year's) we had another one. This one was bigger!! We were watching TV and there was a bomb that exploded and we decided that the show wasn't that interesting and decided to go to bed. So my aunt and her kids were here visiting. My brothers and cousin, Vincent were in the bedroom playing around and would throw each other against the wall. I was already in bed and soon thought my sister was kicking my bed. My mom was standing in the hallway, ready to turn off the light and go to bed. My aunt was in the living room sleeping. That's when the house was shaking. It lasted longer than the one before. My mom thought she was dizzy, my sister and I thought the other was kicking the bed, by brothers thought it was because of them hitting the walls. My dad, well, he slept through the whole thing. My aunt had no idea what was going on. When it stopped she looked out the window to see if all was ok. By the time it stopped we all ran in the hallway wondering what was going on. We turned on the TV and radio but nothing was said about what's going on. Pretty soon we heard there was a mild earthquake. We ran outside to see if there were cracks in the street or sidewalk. None that we could see. It was dark, the middle of the night. We went back inside and went to sleep. Next morning it was all over the news. People near the mountains had it stronger. They had broken dishes, windows, etc. But not too much damage. That was the last time we experienced something like that here in the city.
There was another time that I had gotten home from work. Was getting ready for bed. Finally got into bed and was watching Benson before I go to sleep. Suddenly the antenna was shaking back and forth and I wondered what was going on. I could barely feel the bed shake and I thought EARTHQUAKE!! But it stopped before I could say anything. Hmmm, wonder if it was down in Socorro. It seems there's more quakes that start in that area. You don't really feel anything here in the city. So the next morning I watched the news and sure enough there was a quake centered in Socorro. And many people felt it here. No one else in the family felt it or were awakened!! My brothers said to wake them up next time there's one!
So that brings me to one more story about an earthquake. This time I was up in Provo, Utah, at BYU. My roommate, Sharon, had just left for Southern California with the Lamanite Generation for a tour. They were gone for 2 weeks. When she got back we told her of the earthquake that hit Provo. She was so mad because she thought they would experience one when they were in California!! She said, "AWWWW, I missed it??? OMG, I missed it!!!" She's pretty funny. Anyway, this happened about 3 AM. I was getting up at 4 but was awaken by my bed shaking and I could hear the beds in the other rooms hitting the walls. I had to hold on to the mattress so I wouldn't fall out of bed! I was waiting to hear if anyone got up but all I could hear was the beds hitting the walls. I don't remember how long it lasted but it was at least a minute. Then it all stopped and there was silence. Then I went back to sleep because I had to get up in an hour. I got up at 4, got ready for work and left a note on the mirror for my roommates asking if they felt the earthquake. I was listening to the radio as I got ready and they did say there was an earthquake in the Provo area. Registered around 5.0 or so. Can't remember. Anyway, I met my friend downstairs and asked if she felt it and she said NO. I told her what happened and she said none of them woke up. She wasn't sure if I was telling the truth. She heard about it once we got on campus. It was all around campus by the time classes started. Later I got home and my roommates told me I should have waken them up. How could I when I wasn't even sure why the beds were shaking and was pretty scared to get out of bed, I might have fallen down. Here we are on the third floor!! We also found out that the girls in the other building, next to us, had more damage than we did. Most of them were thrown out of bed, dishes were falling out of the cabinets, etc. I was glad I was where I was. I don't know what I would have done if I were over there. I guess few people had damage done to their homes. Sharon comes home and hears all this. After that, no earthquakes. I don't know if she's been in one since.
Here in Albuquerque, you can feel the shakes, lightly, when there's an earthquake down in Socorro area.
Another time I was in California with my friend and we stayed at her friend's house in Santa Barbara one night. I felt the floor move when I was asleep. I woke up and heard nothing but silence. I thought I would hear someone get up and ask if somehing just happened. Nothing. Next morning while eating breakfast, we heard on the news there was another aftershock (there was an earthquake earlier that week). I said "I wasn't sure if that was what I felt during the night!" Everyone looked at me and said "Why didn't you wake us up?" I told them that it was over before I realized what it was. And it wasn't that big of a aftershock. It was enough to wake me up. Me? I'm a light sleeper. They said next time wake us up even if it's over. Well, we didn't stay there after that. Haven't been back there, either.
Those are the ones I remember going on. I hope those in Japan today are ok. It's sad to hear how many lives were lost, to see all the damage done. We can just pray for them and everyone else on earth.

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YAY!!!

Yay! We're back to normal!! I thought we were going to remain in the 'Alaska state of mind' alot longer than anticipated!! Glad those below zero readings are gone. Even the single digit temps are gone. We had a high of 56 today!!
With all this cold weather it has finally hit me................. a nasty cold. I hate it. I blame it on my cousin, Kay and my niece, Juella. They were both sick on Sunday. Kay had a Superbowl party at her house and invited us over to eat. So we went, not knowing she was sick. Here she is just coughing all over the place. Then I had to go get Juella from work and she said she was feeling sick. Seems that she and her co-worker, Karen, were sick at work. (getting customers sick, too!!) So the other day, Wednesday, I felt a cold coming on and tried really hard to make it go away but it just wouldn't. Now I am sneezing, coughing and just being miserable. I forgot what it was like to be sick. I hadn't been sick like this for the last 3 years!! Hmmm, wonder if it's because I finally got a flu shot!!! I haven't had a flu shot for the past 3 years!! When I was in the hospital they suggested I get a flu shot so I wouldn't get sick!! Ha! Look at me now. I oughta go hunt those docs down and say "Look what you've done now!!" Oh well, I knew it had to happen sooner or later.
Spring is in the air!! We're up to the 60's next week!!

Winter

Wow!! We got snow here in Albuquerque!!! Where I am living, there was about an inch on the ground. The weathermen (women) actually got this one right! They said it's going to be brutally cold and they're right on that too!! Brrrrrrr is all you hear from anyone in town. February 1, 2011 was the day it snowed!
They closed the schools after putting them on 2 hour delay. The roads were icy that morning and there were thousands of accidents throughout the city. So that was the reason for them closing the schools that day. Rio Rancho kept their schools open, though but parents there weren't too happy about that. Seems that they had to take their kids to school!! What happened to the buses? Then February 2nd came along and the weather people were saying that we should wake up to more white stuff as the 2nd part of this brutal winter storm was passing through our neck of the woods. Tuesday night they decided that they will keep the schools closed because of that storm. Woke up Wednesday morning and no white stuff on the ground. In fact, the skies were clear and the sun was popping up over the mountains! It was freezing cold, though. I think the wind chill was -14 that morning. It warmed up to 7 degrees that day!! Last night they were talking about black outs in southern New Mexico and urged people to lower their thermostats to keep the gas going throughout the state. This morning we heard that they closed the schools again. People are crying WHY? WHY? Seems the school buses wouldn't start! Then they were concerned about the heating in the schools. They didn't want to risk losing heat and causing the kids to freeze. I learned that diesel fuel turns to gel at 15 degrees!! That's what happened to the buses. It was 2 degrees this morning at 7. Now most of the schools across the state are closed tomorrow because of the gas shortage. They're not sure if the schools can handle things if the heat goes out. I remember back in 1971 we had about 8 inches of snow and it was COLD, COLD, like freezing. We even went to Peter McDonald's inaugeration in Window Rock, AZ on a Tuesday. They had closed the schools on Monday and opened on Tuesday. We were in Window Rock and freezing like crazy as the event was outdoors and snow on the ground. My brother was very cold and when he cried his tears froze!!! We heard it was -17 that day!! We were glad to get home that evening and thawed out by the next morning!! We learned how some schools closed on Tuesday due to no heat. One of them was my school. So I didn't miss anything. The schools were closed the rest of the week because of the heating problem. So what's going on today is something that comes around every so often. We should be grateful that we don't encounter this every year. A lot of people of taking this as a lesson in life.
We will be thankful when we get the temperature back to the 30's and 40's next week!!
I hope those across the country get by with this vicious storm going their way. I saw on the news about the people stuck in Chicago for several hours. I am sure there are people without heat, electricity and things like that. Hopefully they will find a way to get through this storm. I have been praying for everyone that is affected by the storm. I believe it's just about everyone in the USA.
(I didn't check for spelling, forgive me if I made mistakes. Tired!!)

Cats

My niece has two cats, Jimmy and Zelda. Jim was a gift to her from her two friends. Zelda was from one of a friend's cat. Her friends got the other kitten. Anyway, things happen and my niece had to find a new home for her and her pets. She asked her mom if she could leave the cats with her for about 3 weeks, at the most, while she finds a new place to live. (She and her friends had a falling out). Anyway, her mom was happy to do that, at least we thought so. Her mom had other ideas about taking in the cats. All she had to say was no to her daughter. Here my niece is so happy that her mom is taking in her cats and no complaints at all. On the other hand, my sister is talking about how her daughter just dumped the cats on her, she didn't buy food or provide litter. Then with me, she said none of that, just happy that she took in the cats. The home teachers got their earful of the bad news and just told my sister to take the cats to the pound since she can't take care of them. They must have planned for her to take them at a certain time if my niece didn't comply with her wishes. Nothing was ever said to my niece from her mom. My niece was there to feed her cats and clean up after them. Only thing is that my sister beat her to the cleaning part. Not sure why, but my niece was thankful to her for cleaning up even though she told her she'll do it. So after I got out of the hospital, I was waiting for my prescription when my niece called and told me her mom just told her that she's giving the cats away to someone from church. But she wouldn't tell her who got the cats. So she wa crying and wanted to know what happened. I told her that I had heard that her mom wanted to take the cats to the pound for whatever reason she felt she should. So I called the HTs because I knew they were going to take them. Sure enough they said they took the cats in that morning and I told them that they shouldn't have. They jumped all over me because my niece wasn't taking care of the cats. I tried to explain but they didn't want to hear it. So I asked where they took the cats. I told my niece and she was able to retrieve them through adoption. But she got her cats back.

I guess she loves her pets because they love her back. It's sad when you have parents that really don't seem to care about your existence. She now believes that her mom really doesn't give a hoot that she's alive and she's her daughter. Poor thing. She knows the rest of the family loves her and will do just about anything for her. It's sad that my sister doesn't realize the good things about having kids. She really doesn't talk to her kids since the day they were born. She doesn't even know them. She looked forward to the day that they were 18 and out of her life. She got her wish.

Weekend

So I spent the weekend in the hospital. This happened last weekend. I guess I just wanted something different in my life instead of the same ole thing going on for the weekend. It wasn't fun being there, though. There were times I thought I was going to die............ because of the room I was in and can't see outside. Then lying in bed most of time can get tiring, too. But I am glad that nothing was found and I didn't have to stay in there much longer. Hopefully that's the only time I will stay in the hospital. It was my first time to stay in the hospital, as well. No more!!

People!!

Why can't people mind their own business. I don't go into their business. I let them live as they like and do as they like. But for some reason I am supposedly a wicked person. I don't read my scriptures or even say prayers. I don't go to church any more. Am I suppose to report to someone of everything I do so that 'they' know what I really do each and every day? Is there a scripture and prayer police that we report to that I don't know about? Yes, I don't read my scriptures.....................every day like I should. But I do read them just about every day. Just because I don't go to a certain ward doesn't mean that I don't go to church. Do all the wards do this to their members? Was I not suppose to leave the ward I've been in for several years? Do others that left the ward get judged like I do? And a former missionary told me the same thing! That I need to go back to the ward because that's where I belong. I wrote back to that missionary and explained why I wasn't in that ward. Hopefully that missionary got the message and understood what's going on with me. Sorry that I happen to be homeless but I don't figure to be homeless forever. I will find a place once I am employed. SO GET OFF MY BACK!
Just had to get that out because it was bothering me. I really don't care what people think of me. I feel that they are probably jealous because they are not me!! Ha! Yeah, take that to the bank! Anyway, I laugh whenever I hear someone tell me something like that.