What A Day!

Saturday – what a day.  I was having a bad pain day which I figured was because of the weather.  In the morning we had some rain with some lightning and thunder.  It was my understanding that after that went through there would be no more rain.  So, I went to Mass as usual.  When I came out of church the sky was getting very black.  I decided I better head for home – quickly.  I did stop in Ladonia at Zaxby’s and picked up my supper.  By the time I pulled out of the drive-thru my phone was sending me messages, it was dinging and ringing.  They sky was really black by this time.  Needless to say, I suspected bad weather and drove home rather quickly.  And, I was right!

I no more than got my door open and Kevin called me. He informed me that a tornado was heading our way.  At least close to us.  He suggested I get Penny and get over to their house.  Now, Penny is usually a problem when it comes to getting her into her carrying case so I can take her out.  However, I didn’t give her a chance to run and hide.  When I come in the house she lays on the floor and wiggles so I can pet her.  I reached down and started petting her then just grabbed her.  Next I got her carrying case from sitting next to the back door, halfway opened the one end and basically shoved her inside.  Kevin came over and helped me get her to his house since I was also carrying my purse and supper.  I then spent about an hour and a half over there with Kevin and Renea.  The tornado was close but we were very lucky.  We didn’t get any of the hail either. Yes, I did get to eat my supper while sitting there.

Kevin put Penny, in her carrying case, on the kitchen table.  Of course, the dogs went running up and started smelling her.  She looked at them, and then turned her back and ignored them.  So, the dogs decided to just go back to playing and wrestling.  They ignored her.

Kevin and Renea were keeping in touch with Ryan.  He was getting bombarded with large hail.  The tornado didn’t touch down by him, but it did go over him.  He is fine.  Stephanie was out to dinner with Ray and didn’t even know it was raining.  Renea was worried about her mom because the news was showing the tornado headed for the nursing home where she lives.  All is well there also.

It seems tornado season is upon us.  This will probably be the first of many.  We normally have a pretty active season.  Let us hope that we stay in the “donut hole.”

Yesterday afternoon Kevin took me on a “tour” of the backyard where they new building is going.  It is going to be huge.  One part will be to park Rick’s pontoon book inside, one part will be Kevin’s workshop and the other part will be mine.  We will eventually put a path down so I don’t have to walk in wet grass.

Today I finished getting my quilt ready to take to the quilters.  It is all boxed and ready to go.  I have the bed quilt and a hanging quilt.  I plan to take them with me when I go to the quilters on Tuesday.  I also watched a couple of videos on how to make several items that are not quilts.

Renea called and invited me to Sunday dinner today.  She fixed a pork roast with apple dressing.  One of my favorite meals, and it was delicious.  Ryan was there for supper.  Stephanie and her boyfriend, Ray, were also there for supper.  Ray has an Australian Shepherd dog named Kodiak.  He brought him with them.  So there were four big dogs running around. 

When I came home after supper and entered the house I couldn’t find Penny right away.  She was on top of the pantry cupboard next to the washing machine.  She would not come down.  I assume she was remembering what I did to her the night before, and she was determined it wasn’t going to happen again.  I closed up the house, watched the rest of the NASCAR race, and did some embroidering.  Later I watched a couple of programs I had recorded.  Penny finally came down from the cabinet about nine o’clock.  She still wasn’t sure about me putting her in her carrying case.  She is better this morning.

Since my quilt is ready to go I decided today I should get caught up on a few things around the house and yard.  I finally hung the hummingbird feeder in my front yard.  Not sure I will get any hummingbirds since it is now mid-summer and they probably have already established their feeding stations.  We will see. I purchased two solar post caps for my front deck.  I finally put them where I want them.  I am still putting “stuff” away from my trip to Cincinnati.

I forgot to post these pictures the other day:

The Franklin Trees

The Rose-of-Sharon in front of the deck

The Rose-of-Sharon in front yard by driveway

I guess two out of five isn’t bad.  These are the only two Rose-of-Sharon that survived.

P.S.  I have had two hummingbirds at the feeder already today.