Two weeks ago we had a tornado warning, severe enough for the Emergency Broadcasting System breaking into my cable and telling everyone that there was a funnel cloud spotted and to get in our basements for cover. The tornado never touched down, so fortunately we were safe.
That, of course, was my inspiration for today's Ten on Tuesday, which includes some of the items that I ran around the house to retrieve during the 4 minutes I had between the time I got the warning and the estimated time that the tornado would have hit.
1) My backup CD's of my photos
2) My wedding ring (I don't currently wear it, so it's stashed in a hiding place)
3) My home videos (they're all clean - most of them are of my son, though I did throw in my sister's wedding videos)
4) My camera
5) My Ben box...it has a whole bunch of important documents and Ben-related things
6) My glasses, because I'll have to take off my contacts sometime!
7) My laptop - I've got a lot of important crap in there
8) My wedding pictures - I haven't had time to scan them into digital format, so they're in two huge albums
9) My sketchbooks - I've had a lot of artists do sketches for me, and some of them are pretty priceless
10) My makeup bag - I'm a big makeup fiend, and I wouldn't know offhand what color of everything I have so it would be tough to recreate all the stuff I have
FYI - I know we had this topic before, but it's been awhile!
Next week: 10 Cities You Could Live In (for a month, for a year...if you couldn't live in your own)
Posted by Yano at September 3, 2007 09:24 PMYea I'm first:-) Happy TT!
Posted by: Karen (mommy of three) at September 3, 2007 09:30 PMit's a quick rough draft, but i'm heading out into the woods. Happy 10 on Tue!
Posted by: Nino at September 3, 2007 11:12 PMMine's up! (This one was hard for me...)
http://theknittingdiva.com/?p=186
Mine are up... this is a great awareness item. Thanks!!
Posted by: Laane at September 3, 2007 11:59 PMMine are up... this is a great awareness item. Thanks!!
Posted by: Laane at September 3, 2007 11:59 PMwow your makeup kit is on the list hehe..Mine is up
Posted by: jennyL at September 4, 2007 03:23 AMI've got mine up.
Posted by: Jessie at September 4, 2007 05:05 AMA good topic this week - this one was easy for me since we've had to evacuate for a hurricane before and that taught me what was truly important to me and what I could live without.
Happy Tuesday everyone - and Happy September!
Posted by: Bubba's Sis at September 4, 2007 05:06 AMPosted.
Posted by: Desiree at September 4, 2007 05:50 AMThis is my first time joining in YIPPEE! Love the theme next week, too...
Posted by: ellen b at September 4, 2007 06:36 AMMine is up. You've inspired me to actually get all my keepsake photos and kid-related items (special clothes, cards, etc.) into one central location. (Here's hoping that's not where a fire ever originates!)
Posted by: patois at September 4, 2007 06:45 AMDisaster preparedness is one of those things that always seems to fall to the bottom of the to-do list. This is a great time to revisit the idea, though, no matter where you live. Nearly everyone has some disaster potential, whether it's hurricane, tornado, earthquake, blizzard, tsunami. And these days the threat of man-made disasters (terrorism) is also ever present.
Fortunately, when I look at my life, though, there is very little stuff that is irreplaceable. I guess it's time to make sure I have backups and safeguards in place for those things.
Posted by: pjd at September 4, 2007 07:03 AMHard to narrow down. Fun list, though.
Hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day!
Thanks
Posted by: JennieBoo at September 4, 2007 07:44 AMGood list...the make-up bag made me laugh though.
Here's mine...
http://scrappycat.wordpress.com/
Mine are Up!
Posted by: zyniq at September 4, 2007 08:23 AMI had my list almost ready, then had to go back to add something one thing that would be essential for me to find the rest - thanks for jogging my memory, Yano! Good topic.
Posted by: Florinda at September 4, 2007 08:25 AMDoing mine right now!
Posted by: Shannon at September 4, 2007 08:28 AMHope everyone enjoyed the holiday.
Waving at you all from New York :)
http://thememesection.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/ten-on-tuesday-september-4th/
My name is the direct link again. I like my list a lot. I think it shows how much I really don't care about material things, just memories and my wife. :)
Posted by: Clockworkchris at September 4, 2007 10:18 AMGreat prompt!
Posted by: m.o.M at September 4, 2007 12:14 PMMy post is up. :-}
Posted by: Moviegirl20 at September 4, 2007 12:51 PMMy intensely practical list is posted.
Posted by: Cat. at September 4, 2007 03:54 PMMine are up!
Posted by: at September 4, 2007 04:23 PMMy ten are up!
Posted by: Sharon at September 4, 2007 05:26 PMMy 10 are up!
Posted by: Julie at September 4, 2007 05:37 PMHi, I'm new here.
Mine's up :-)
New here too - Mine's up.
Posted by: MsShad at September 4, 2007 07:58 PMI'm up!
Posted by: Erin at September 4, 2007 08:56 PMI'm late!
Posted by: Apples at September 4, 2007 11:20 PMmine is up
Posted by: Amanda at September 5, 2007 12:46 PMi'm up...better late, than never!
Posted by: Keeley at September 5, 2007 04:34 PMInteresting choices. I missed this past week because of the holiday weekend. So, I'll try and get the 10 cities for tomorrow!!
Happy Monday
Posted by: Hootin' Anni at September 10, 2007 06:04 AMMine is up! Happy Tuesday http://hunna.blogspot.com/2007/09/ten-on-tuesday_10.html
Posted by: Jessie at September 10, 2007 08:53 PM