Almost a week's worth of entries

I know, I know.  I haven't posted since Wednesday, but there has been SO much going on!  I guess you can tell that by the fact that there are 38 pictures up there.  Here is a rundown:

Thursday, I stopped by my best friend's house to say 'howdy'.  Kevin joined us, and we relaxed on their deck, watching the storms to the North.  What?  To the North?  "Umm, Kevin?  You know that's our house, right?"  He agreed, so I headed out.  As I left, the weirdest clouds ever formed over me.

Within 5 miles, it started to POUR.  I quit taking pictures and started watching the road.  3 miles after that, I could NOT see the road, and went around 10 mph in order to BARELY see the yellow line.  Soon, I was driving through rising flood waters (don't worry, nothing deeper than I could handle, but 10 minutes later and I would have been in trouble.)  My windshield started to fog up, so I rolled the window down about 2". 30 seconds later, the hail started, and it was pinging off my temple.  Awesome, no?  LOL

I got home safely to see that one trash can was halfway down the street, and the other was in the neighbor's yard. *sigh*  I ran to retrieve them, in the pouring rain, and came into the house DRENCHED!  All I could think of was drying off, when I saw it.  Yeah, the a/c is down, so ALL of my windows are open.

OK, time to mop up water.  That took a while, and when I was done, the storm had passed.  Mom says that we got 4" of rain.  I know for a fact that most of it was in less than 2 hours.  Nice.  I got up Friday, and it was all suddenly very funny.

Friday night, coworker Mike came over to attend our town fair, as did my BFF Tammy and her husband Greg.  We ate some BBQ, then went to the fair.  It was smaller than ever, but we hung out for a while, and we got to see Tammy win a 3-legged hippo.  It wasn't "missing" a leg, it was sewn together with only 3.  ROFL

Saturday, Kevin had to work.  He expected to be off work by noon, and we were to attend a 3:00 wedding about an hour from here.  By 1, I knew he'd never be here in time.  Besides that, he hurt REAL bad from the 65 hour week, so I let him off the hook, and told him I was going without him.

I hate weddings, but this one was awesome.  It was in the woods, on their raw land.  They've worked hard to clear it and make it ready, and it was so sweet.  I had a good time, and even had an organic beer.  That was a first, but that's Melodie.  She is a hippy, born too late.  I love her, and everything is natural and organic.  The snake was an odd addition, but I hear that native American's call that a sign of a new beginning.  OK.

Today, we kidnapped Dad, along with Mom and Aunt Rena, and took them to get lunch at the closest Chinese buffet.  It was great, and I had a good time.  Several of you thought that "I missed father's day" or "I missed Dad's birthday" meant that I forgot about them.  That's not the case.  Time just didn't allow any fun until today.

We had a great time, then we came home.  Kevin mowed the lawn and even did the hill with the weed eater (that's a JOB.)  Then, he went down to help neighbor Jimmy with some odd jobs.  I'm watching the end of the Nascar race.  Carl isn't going to win it, but at least he won the Nationwide race yesterday.

OK, I'm done with this marathon entry.  I'll be better at posting, now that things have calmed down.  Have they? Well, maybe for now, but the girls come home next weekend, so it'll get exciting really fast!  LOL

Peace Out!