We put up our storm shutters for Nate for several reasons – other than we are nerds. The main reason was because there was a hurricane in the Gulf. Secondly, I was here for Opal. Opal was supposed to hit New Orleans and she took a turn at the last minute and hit us as a Cat 3. And last but not least, we had never used our fabric shutters and we wanted to actually use them.  The fabric of our window covers was mildewed from our storage unit where they were rotting away.  In the end, we really put them up because we knew we wanted to get our building and parking area pressure washed. We found one of the newest Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce members, Curb Appeal.  We left our window covers up for two days after Nate so that they could be pressure washed along with our building.  Barry Underwood, owner of Curb Appeal Exterior Cleaning is awesome, licensed and insured. His number is 850-503-2444. Also, don’t use service providers that put up the yard signs on the side of the road. They are breaking the law. If they will break the law to get your business…how can you trust them?  Just a thought.

We have a column by Inkie this week. She can’t write every week – because she is too busy playing and napping. My husband and my daughter pop in to the office occasionally during the week – but not to see me. They want to see Inkie. My husband doesn’t know how we get any work done. “I fully expect that one week you will just have pictures of Inkie and some press releases – and that is it,” he said. Nope, that won’t happen.