Sunday, July 03, 2005
Sunday Weather Report
Dotty, from "Blue Days Diary" has done the coolest thing I've seen on a blog lately! It's an End of Year Report. It's clever and creative. I think it would be a wonderful idea to do one of these for your birthday (or on December 31st) every year! I'm going to do one soon, but may just keep it in my notebook journal and not post it online. It won't be as entertaining as Dotty's.
Thunder is crashing all around. I suppose I should not be on the computer. Usually I'm very careful of things like that after I had a brand new TV get zapped! It was still under warranty, which was lucky for me but the smell was hard to clean out of the house.
Earlier this morning I had the ferrets and my little dog outside to play. It already smelled like rain. I love listening to the wind in the trees and the birds in the morning. There was a train coming closer to the small town nearby. I could hear it faintly, blowing its whistle at every intersection. I love the sound of trains. We stayed out until the wind picked up and the trees were thrashing about. Dark clouds were moving quickly, the faint thunder we had been hearing was getting louder and more frequent. I love storms, especially to sit outside and watch them come in (bounce off the lake and return, usually too). But the animals were nervous about the thunder, so all of us came back inside the house.
Now, I hear rain. I have the window open to cool the house off from yesterday's heat. I have a mosquito bite on my left eyelid, near the lashes. It looks very odd and although I normally don't mess with mosquito bites, I'm putting a cold washcloth on my eye to get the swelling down. I suppose a mosquito or two got into the house yesterday when I was going in and out all day. We don't have a screen door. The door is so narrow that none of the regular sizes would fit, it would have to be custom built.
I also have three blisters on my hand from mowing the lawn yesterday. Geez, you'd think I never did any yardwork, my hands are too soft. Mowing was brutal too, because it was so hot and humid. I actually had to stop when I was almost done just to come in and cool off before I fainted or something! I've never been a fan of working out in the hot sun, did it too much as a child. I would get so sick that I'd be vomiting and my head would feel ready to explode, I even fainted a couple of times. But my parents thought I was faking it to get out of work. I wish. I avoid strenuous effort in the hot sun when at all possible now. Can you blame me?
Joke for Sunday (I've heard this one several times before, but it's still good)
The Lord Will Save Me!
It rained for days and days and there was a terrific flood. The water rose so high that one man was forced to climb on top of his roof and sat in the rain. As the waters came up higher a man in a rowboat came up to the house and told him to get in. "No thank you, the Lord will save me!" he said, and the man in the rowboat rowed away.The waters rose to the edge of the roof and still the man sat on the roof until another rowboat came by and another man told him to get in. "No thank you, the Lord will save me!" he said again, and the man rowed away. The waters covered the house and the man was forced to sit on his chimney as the rain poured down and a helicopter came by and another man urged him to get in or he'll drown. "No thank you," the man said again, "The Lord will save me!" After much begging and pleading the man in the helicopter gave up and flew away. The waters rose above the chimney and the man drowned and went to heaven where he met God."Lord, I don't understand," he told Him, frustrated, "The waters rose higher and higher and I waited hours for you to save me but you didn't! Why?" The Lord just shook his head and said, "What are you talking about? I sent two boats and a helicopter?!"
OK, that thunder is VERY close now, I'd better sign off!
Thunder is crashing all around. I suppose I should not be on the computer. Usually I'm very careful of things like that after I had a brand new TV get zapped! It was still under warranty, which was lucky for me but the smell was hard to clean out of the house.
Earlier this morning I had the ferrets and my little dog outside to play. It already smelled like rain. I love listening to the wind in the trees and the birds in the morning. There was a train coming closer to the small town nearby. I could hear it faintly, blowing its whistle at every intersection. I love the sound of trains. We stayed out until the wind picked up and the trees were thrashing about. Dark clouds were moving quickly, the faint thunder we had been hearing was getting louder and more frequent. I love storms, especially to sit outside and watch them come in (bounce off the lake and return, usually too). But the animals were nervous about the thunder, so all of us came back inside the house.
Now, I hear rain. I have the window open to cool the house off from yesterday's heat. I have a mosquito bite on my left eyelid, near the lashes. It looks very odd and although I normally don't mess with mosquito bites, I'm putting a cold washcloth on my eye to get the swelling down. I suppose a mosquito or two got into the house yesterday when I was going in and out all day. We don't have a screen door. The door is so narrow that none of the regular sizes would fit, it would have to be custom built.
I also have three blisters on my hand from mowing the lawn yesterday. Geez, you'd think I never did any yardwork, my hands are too soft. Mowing was brutal too, because it was so hot and humid. I actually had to stop when I was almost done just to come in and cool off before I fainted or something! I've never been a fan of working out in the hot sun, did it too much as a child. I would get so sick that I'd be vomiting and my head would feel ready to explode, I even fainted a couple of times. But my parents thought I was faking it to get out of work. I wish. I avoid strenuous effort in the hot sun when at all possible now. Can you blame me?
Joke for Sunday (I've heard this one several times before, but it's still good)
The Lord Will Save Me!
It rained for days and days and there was a terrific flood. The water rose so high that one man was forced to climb on top of his roof and sat in the rain. As the waters came up higher a man in a rowboat came up to the house and told him to get in. "No thank you, the Lord will save me!" he said, and the man in the rowboat rowed away.The waters rose to the edge of the roof and still the man sat on the roof until another rowboat came by and another man told him to get in. "No thank you, the Lord will save me!" he said again, and the man rowed away. The waters covered the house and the man was forced to sit on his chimney as the rain poured down and a helicopter came by and another man urged him to get in or he'll drown. "No thank you," the man said again, "The Lord will save me!" After much begging and pleading the man in the helicopter gave up and flew away. The waters rose above the chimney and the man drowned and went to heaven where he met God."Lord, I don't understand," he told Him, frustrated, "The waters rose higher and higher and I waited hours for you to save me but you didn't! Why?" The Lord just shook his head and said, "What are you talking about? I sent two boats and a helicopter?!"
OK, that thunder is VERY close now, I'd better sign off!
