We had 8 feet of water in our house. The house may be salvageable, but not likely. We lost everything.

I've put in a men's and women's shower. I'm not a master carpenter, but I think I did a good job.

Just when we thought we were making progress getting the Katrina evacuees placed, along comes Rita. They started arriving today trying to get out of the path of Rita.

It's always better when you can do it as a team. We didn't catch any breaks last week. Actually, we didn't make any breaks for ourselves. I talked to the girls this week and said just 'cause you have a name you can't just show up and expect to win.