I have lived in Michigan for a little over a year now and I must say, it never lacks for interesting weather. Who would ever think that a weather system (Hurricane Ike) that started its life off the coast of Africa would eventually end up passing through our little city of Albion. Naturally, it was the remnants of Ike which is now a tropical depression that came through, but it was still part of the same system that made landfall twice in Cuba then came roaring onshore again at Galveston, Tx. We have had some other little tropical system going on Friday and then Saturday and today, Ike joined forces with that and proceeded to dump 6 1/2 inches of rain yesterday and I'm sure much more than that today. It has actually been raining constantly since Friday morning--just light stuff on Friday and Friday night and heavier yesterday (obviously, since we got 6 1/2 inches) and today it came down in buckets and torrents. Today was our Linger Longer Sunday (pot luck lunch after the meetings) and when we came out, everything was awash and raining so hard, you could hardly see the cars in the parking lot. Naturally, I was umbrella-less, (something I plan to remedy very shortly) so I'm sure I made quite a stunning sight sprinting across the parking lot to the car with a plastic grocery bag over my head (it works great--you should try it some time if you're caught without an umbrella and just happen to have a grocery bag with you. After we got home, Kayleigh wore it into the house and it looked just as stylish on her.)
The rain, finally, is down to a light drizzle--now the winds have picked up and we're under a high wind advisary until 2 a.m. tomorrow morning with wind gusts of about 45 mph out of the north so there goes our nice warm tropical system--temps tomorrow are only going to be in the low sixties. But fortunately, the mid seventies will return in time for our Festival of the Forks celebration on Friday and Saturday. Taylor will be in the parade as part of the band, so we will try and get pictures of him and all the other sights of the festivities.
I'm very proud of the Michigan roads around here as they have stood up to all this rain without flooding at all (can't say that for Texas--they get a fraction of an inch and have to close roads everywhere. For some reason, the rain there just doesn't seem to sink into the soil and just runs off and floods everything). Anyway, with all this rain, we got off fairly lightly--some water in the basement (mostly the laundry room) and one instance of the power going off for a little while here in the house; not sure why, but something got wet and overloaded a circuit), now as long as we survive the winds tonight, everything will be great! As I said, the weather here is never boring!!!
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I'm so glad you posted again! I check your blog faithfully every day so I was so excited to see a new one!
That is a crazy weather system you've got. We were in the 90's and SO muggy here today. I prefer ours over yours but it was still unbearable outside.
How did Kayleigh's heart appointment go?
It is about time!!! I am with Alison on the checking it all the time hoping that there will be something new and since you are the one that told me that it was a new one, I wasn't totally surprised that there was a new one on here when I pulled it up!! We don't have rain right now or the winds, it is kind of dry. It is in the high 70's to mid 80's on the average here during the day but it gets down right cold at night, some of the room heaters have been turned on at nights. I am glad you posted again, keep them coming!!
Yeah the weather is never boring kinda dark with a slight chance of get the piss beat out of your kid...what the freak move out now come on...i told you not to move there...but do you ever listen to me...no gosh have they caught the douche bags yet?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has looked completely haute couture wearing a grocery bag on my head to keep out the rain. I even keep an umbrella in virtually every spot I can think of, and yet do I think to use it? Nope...
Judy, Kirsten's cute "Threat to discontinue you on my blog" :) made me think that I had better get on the ball and see what you have been up to. I truly haven't forgotten you, but life has been so hectic and busy here that I don't get to spend much time on the computer. I was fascinated by your weather story. Oh how I wish you could send a little rain our way. We need it so badly. We actually had a couple of lovely storms a week or so ago, and we watched it from the window with googoo eyes because it was so rare and so welcome. The lightning was impressive too. We absolutely love a good storm around here, but I will pass on the hurricane storms, thank you. I guess we need to be reminded of our blessings. How are you doing? I love you.
I'm back again! Thanks for the update on Timothy. I'm still raging over it. But anyway, I just wanted to tell you I appreciated your comment on my blog. It doesn't bother me when you don't leave comments, so don't worry. Well, this last post, obviously I want comments, but otherwise, please don't feel pressured to. I always enjoy them, but I am not offended when there aren't. I just like knowing you again!
This comment came out sounding kind of lame, so sorry about that. I think it's time for me to go to bed. :)
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