Monday Morning Mishmash

• How about that Beyonce show last night??
• I already miss football.
• I cannot seem to eat enough beets these days.
• Why can't I blow out my hair like my hairdresser does?
• Dora has a newfound fear of hardwood floors.
• I misplaced my keys at the mall last week.  The mall.  As in, "I went into about 20 different stores," mall.  Sigh.
• We had a dusting of snow on Saturday morning.  There were 38 car accidents in Franklin alone by 9 am.  I got such a kick out of that for some reason.
• I have never seen the movie "Groundhog Day."  It is 20 years old this year.
• I am not allowing myself to leave home today until all the laundry is done and put away.
• In other words, I have no clean underwear.

How's your day going along?

This n That Thursday

More things I love about being back in Tennessee when I'm not hunkered down during tornado warnings:

• My CSA baskets in the dead of winter.

• Walks with Dora at Berry Farms. 

• Fundraiser Songwriter Nights.  Especially when your brother is a sponsor of the Patron's Party.  And also when Lee Greenwood is there, joined by his sons, who attend BGA, and they give you chills.  Turn it up.

Why I'm Yawning Today

I knew we were in for storms overnight.

Actually looked forward to a break from this January heatwave.

But what blew over was horrific.

First of all, Dora hates storms.  Hates.

So, at bedtime, she got a little "calming" treat.

At 12:30, the howling wind woke me up.

I can hear the grass growing outside, so it doesn't take much to wake me.

I browsed the local TV stations, all of which were live.

Not a good omen.

But the front was still in Missouri.

Dora was asleep.

So I tried to sleep.

At 3 the tornado sirens started.

I turned the TV on again.

The red was close by.

The weathermen on NBC in Nashville live broadcast as their power went out
 and a roar went over the station.

This has just been confirmed as an F2 tornado that hit the ground east of downtown

 and stayed on the ground for 4 miles.

At 3:15, these same weathermen said this: "If you are in Cool Springs, and are near I-65, then you should already be in your safe place."
This is exactly where we live.

So Dora and I ran downstairs and got in the hallway bath.

Then: roaring, groaning and shaking.
Not in a fun way.

It really does sound just like a train.

And just like that, it was gone.

 We were safe.

And the all-clear sounded a little later.

So we went right back to sleep.

Just like veteran storm troopers.

We have had our first "spring" storm.

Only it's not spring.
So, all my friends east of Tennessee, be alert today.  It's ugly.

We may be spending a lot of quality time in that loo.

Maybe I should put a TV in there.

This 'n That Thursday

Things I'm sick and tired of:

• Beyoncegate.
• The actual size of a Subway sandwich.
• How cold it is.  It's winter, people, get over it.
• The Great Flu Shot Debate.
• When people get a stomach virus and call it the flu.
• When people get a cold and call it the flu.
• Conspiracy theories.
• Lance Armstrong.  
• Angelina Jolie.
• Manti Te'o.

You?  

Awesome

that's my boy billy

i wonder what's on his mind

i bet i can guess

Friday Frivolities

• Wheeee!
• I saw Zero Dark Thirty on Wednesday.  Verdict: go see it. 
• I have a surplus of kale from the farmers' market.  Anybody have a good soup recipe?  Without legumes?
• I always thought Lance Armstrong was a creep.  Now I really do.
• Fun fact: he and my mother had an oncologist in common on their respective teams.  
• I am going on a girls' night out tomorrow night with work friends.  We have hired a stretch SUV to drive us all over Nashville.  I'm a little scared.  But like the intrepid reporter I am, I will have a full report next week.
• At what age do we start ignoring birthdays?
• I have been reminiscing about my Barbie dolls lately.  Wonder what that means. Prolly related to the whole birthday business....
• Do you have an exciting plan for the weekend?  

Tuesday Text: Parentexting™

Hmmmm

Wonder what he ended up doing last night?