Joplin which is in the news though is just 3 hours away from where we are and they were hit with a major tornado. We have a good bit of Ozark hills which seem to keep us fairly protected by the times storms come across from the Mid-West to our area. We did sleep downstairs last night though.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24weather.html
We will have more thunderstorms coming through tonight and tomorrow. They remind me of a reunion when we were up on the "top" of the Colorado mountains and it thundered and boomed all night. The storms almost all seem like that—in your face—and if you didn't believe in God you better repent. They seem very powerful and are amazing, but a bit scary. I say a lot of prayers to get a pulse on our situation. I usually get an okay and so I don't worry. Yet, I always feel nervous, well nervous until I get the "you'll be alright". Then it is just a matter of getting through the feeling of helplessness during the power of the storm as the lightning cracks and the thunder booms.
The Queen doesn't take storms very well at all. However, it is what it is and we live with it.
What is amazing to me is that the area is used to all the water coming down in this area and so it moves on out and has a place to go. Then the sun comes out and it dries up quite a bit and you are "back to normal" minus a bit of your dirt road or drive way washed down the hill.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Stories just my size
Reading is fun especially when they are made for your hands. Pierre and his "I don't care" episode garnered the most reading. Maurice Sendak wrote many fun stories.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Wild and Wacky Weather
We have been having really crazy weather here-lightning storms, thunderstorms, and rain, rain, little more rain, a small break and lots more rain and rain again. Oh and did I mention rain? No? Well then, rain and rain and more rain.
This has been a common picture on our NOAA weather radar. in this picture, we are currently not having rain, believe it or not. Can you find us amidst all the red, yellow and green colors? Most of the rain that we have been receiving has been coming out of the West. So we should be getting some more rain in a little while. Imagine that.
We do feel really blessed though that this time around, amidst the extreme amount of rain, that we do not have any water flooding our basement. Some places have received up to 10 inches or more of rain in the last three days. Many businesses near creeks have been flooded.
There was a tornado at the St. Louis airport as well a couple of days ago. And we are not out of the woods yet with a forecast for more rain this forthcoming week.
This has been a common picture on our NOAA weather radar. in this picture, we are currently not having rain, believe it or not. Can you find us amidst all the red, yellow and green colors? Most of the rain that we have been receiving has been coming out of the West. So we should be getting some more rain in a little while. Imagine that.
We do feel really blessed though that this time around, amidst the extreme amount of rain, that we do not have any water flooding our basement. Some places have received up to 10 inches or more of rain in the last three days. Many businesses near creeks have been flooded.
There was a tornado at the St. Louis airport as well a couple of days ago. And we are not out of the woods yet with a forecast for more rain this forthcoming week.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Talking for Typing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking has arrived on Friday and I have thoroughly enjoyed using it. I am amazed at how much it can write according to what I say. So this post is completely being spoken into a microphone headset which came with the program. I also joined the script frenzy even though I am behind, but at least I am working through a script. It was easy at first because I had written down a quick synopsis of actually two different stories. Okay, so I had to use the mouse just now. One of my stories is called Man and Machine. I don't want to give too much of it away. So that's all you get for now. Sorry.
Our eldest princess has complained that I do not write very much in my blog posts. I like to take photos and quickly share them and because it is on the iPod is not as easy to get text to accompany the photo by hunting and pecking. So, that is why my posts are so short. And it's a good thing that I get anything up there and all sometimes. :-) That is correct. I did not type that :-) I just spoke :-) and it appears. Now that is cool. All right, it's time for bed or I'll just keep talking and it will keep writing. I really like this program!
Our eldest princess has complained that I do not write very much in my blog posts. I like to take photos and quickly share them and because it is on the iPod is not as easy to get text to accompany the photo by hunting and pecking. So, that is why my posts are so short. And it's a good thing that I get anything up there and all sometimes. :-) That is correct. I did not type that :-) I just spoke :-) and it appears. Now that is cool. All right, it's time for bed or I'll just keep talking and it will keep writing. I really like this program!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Cleanup by the park
We spent our family time together cleaning up at a park we love. We also happened to be near some railroad tracks so out came the camera.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Wonderful Handmade Gifts
I received these grand, handcrafted gifts recently for my birthday. I have a stack of shrinky-dink cows-each a different breed. The other item is colored paper, cut in thin strips and glued down. I love these items Ducky and Bunny made. Thank you both!
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