Yesterday & the Morning...

Gosh, looks like no yard work today. It is pouring outside, and we are currently under a tornado watch or something like that. I woke up at 9am, by the sound of rain. I looked at the clock, and saw that it was 9am; I couldn't believe it was still dark inside the house, I looked outside and the rain was coming down in barrels, and the clouds were black! So, guess it is inside today for me and the boys. What about dear hubby? Ahhh.... he is in Texas right now, probably having nice weather. He left yesterday for a cross-country flight that will keep him there till Sunday evening.

I am telling ya, I had such a hard time falling asleep last night. There is something creepy about being in the country, living in the woods, in a big house and alone at night with just the kids. I kept praying for Gods protection. I even kept getting up and checking on the boys. Now it is morning, and the kids and I are ok. Thank you Lord.

Yesterday was pretty good. It started off bad, because I was grumpy about my birthday the previous day…. then, I got online to check my email and saw that two of my best friends from high school signed my guest book. I was so happy to hear from them…and they wished me a happy birthday!!! Sherri and Sonya were gals on the dance team with me, called “The Pony Express”, now those were some happy days. High school was a blast!! I attended Middleburg High School in Middleburg, Florida, aka: Redneck Tech or Hillbilly High. LOL - We all graduated in June of 1994. I actually missed my 10-year reunion last year because we were in the process of moving from Virginia to here in Milton, Florida…thanks a lot United States Navy!! Just kidding, I love the Navy.

Anyhow, after getting cheered up by the emails from my old school pals, I headed off to Benny Russell Park in Pace. Elijah at first was kinda clingy, wanted me to stay with him, then he was off to play abit. He was in the sandbox when we heard a loud “POP”, and then seconds later, loud crackling and a huge lightshow from a transformer exploding. There was smoke all around and the kids and parents freaked out. A lot of them left. One of the ladies I was with called 911, at that point we were sure the trees were going to catch fire due to the smoke. But shortly after the call, the smoke dissipated and there was no fire. The police and firemen showed up and then shortly left. Elijah continued to play, then he got lost up in a big maze that looked kinda like a wooden castle, he was crying that he couldn’t find me and that he was lost. I freaked, I tried to find him in all the mazes and couldn’t. I had to get another kid that was his age, to bring him down, come to find out, there was a hidden entryway easily missed that I kept passing. He was above me and I couldn’t figure out how to get to him. Well, after getting him out we headed home. He got over it and wants to go to the park again.

On the way home, I stopped at Wendy’s to get him a chicken nugget kids meal because he was hungry. At home, I changed clothes and headed out for a little yard work. I will post before and after pictures when I am done. I also mowed the lawn also, well, what little lawn we have, a lot of it died cause we didn’t rake up all the leaves after hurricane Ivan, but it isn’t too bad, I am going to add some centipede grass seed. Anyhow, this is all for now. I will write more tonight if I have the time.