Lovely pics Karen of your garden........
Hazel called back, seems they are having problems with the bus, she told me not to leave just yet, so I thought I'd bore everyone with some old WDW pics.
Lina--March 2002--DTD
Rose, I agree that Sean does not look old enough to graduate. And I would have had "fish eyes" if that had been my son graduating! You both look great!
Well, camping was a bust! It started out nice but on Saturday we had serious tornado warnings so we all had to huddle up in the bathrooms in the main building. They wanted us to tie up our pets outside!!What???
So being the good doggy owner I am, I wanted to fib and tell them that Cabo was a Seeing Eye Dog and being trained so it was NOT an option. Instead, I just sneaked him into the bathroom and ignored the dirty looks I was getting.
A funnel was forming directly over the campground and people were freaking out! Green clouds all over the place!! Tony has video of the funnel forming on his blackberry but has to figure out how to post it first. The funnel dissapated (SP?) before it never touched down though. Horribly high winds and tons of rain. 30 minutes later, we returned to their site only to find 2 of the 5 tents that were pitched. The other three were in a heap two sites away.
We packed up everything left over and headed over to Wisconsin Dells (a popular tourist town about 20 minutes away). We were able to snag a 2 bedroom cottage for under $100.00 from the hotel we usually stay at. They also lost power for about 2 hours themselves with terrible storms. We thought we'd go and get some pizza but the restaurant was closed due to no power. The ONLY place that served food and wasn't jam packed was McDonalds (YUCK)! It'll do in a pinch though.
It stormed all night and we even had another tornado warning! ENOUGH ALREADY!!
We headed home Sunday morning and found a virtually dry basement. What a relief that was for us. BUT, Chuck's sister had 2 feet of water in her basement, Stacy's grandpa had over 4 feet in his and no power, and Chuck's brother had a flooded backyard that was seeping into their garage which houses their new kitchen cabinets while they wait for a kitchen remodel.
More storms are predicted Monday - Wednesday here in SE Wisconsin.
Stay safe everyone! AND....Stay cool!!
Sorry to hear all that Nancy.
MG....so sorry to hear about your camping adventure from Hell, but happy to know everyone is safe and sound.
Went through 3 bottles of water and 1 bottle of Gatorade this morning already. Don't you know it, the AC broke down in my work car and the township mechanic is off this week. After tomorrow, the high temps are only going to be in the low to mid 80's, so that won't be so bad. Hey, I'm getting to sweat off a few extra pounds this way.............
Walking around this morning was a bit much however, I had to take slow steady breaths as the air is so thick with humidity. It's nice to be home for the next hour in the AC.......
It's called Motherhood Karen...I used to ask my kids all the time, "What grade did I get"?
So, this is what I have to look forward to???
Thomas starts kindergarten this year, and I'm sort of looking forward to the "school stuff"....
So, this is what I have to look forward to???
Thomas starts kindergarten this year, and I'm sort of looking forward to the "school stuff"....
For you Joanne. And...another vacation? I'm jealous girl. I get only 3 weeks a year. (I used to get 8 weeks total per year at my other job though).Sunscreen plz....
Sunscreen pretty plz....
thats where i'm heading.
gotta put sunscreen on the scar though.
sorry about the trip MG.
glad you guys are ok though.
watching the news now and seeing roads being washed away in WI makes us worry about all our WI friends.
But glad everyone was ok and that you had a fairly dry basement.
OOOOOOO! That was post 2000!
Congrats Rose! Why don't you celebrate by booking a cruise? I did this too Nancy!
Really didn't feel like getting on the computer much after dinner, in fact I just crashed on the livingroom floor for a couple of hours, having leg cramps from walking around in this stinking heat and humidity all day long and tomorrow is supposed to be worse than today. I went through 5 bottles of water and 2 bottles of Gatorade today. I'm getting too stinking old for this job, to think I was a young lad of 24 when I started reading meters, now I'm an old fart of 53, my how the years have changed me...............
And look, I get post #3113 to boot, this is my lucky day........
I sat in our school's courtyard in the shade. It was very nice and even breezy. I only lasted about 30 minutes, though, with the humidity.
(Pics of house start on #3).
Andy, did you ever try Smart Water? I drink it all the time. It's an electrolyte enhanced water.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/203187/review_of_glaceau_smart_water.html
I buy mine from Sam's club. It's not cheap but oh so good for you.
And luuk hou smart I be nou cuz I drinkt it.
http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/16550335/detail.html?taf=c3k
Holy Cow! We just drove passed this house on Saturday afternoon before these pictures were taken!!
Jen, Janice, Cheryl, Glad everyone is ok. Jeff, are you guys ok too? I think we even have a couple other DISers from Wisconsin who haven't checked in since thread #1. Hope they are ok too!!
