The One Where it Rained Cats and Dogs

Okay, maybe it didn’t actually rain cats and dogs. But it has been a seriously weird, dark day of hailstorms, thunder and lightning and flash floods. And to make things more interesting, it is trash day. Our trash can remained firmly anchored in front of our house, but all over town, full trash cans were taken from their residences on a wicked water ride to intersections and main streets, where they left debris everywhere. On the way to pick up Skippy from school, it was like a trash and vegetation obstacle course to reach him. The storm drains were plugged with huge piles of trash and the gutters are about six feet wide with muddy water. And did I mention my electricity went out? Interesting fact: I can still e-mail and text from my ipod touch during an electricity outage because the AT&T router is on a backup battery pack! Interesting...

This is the “little storm.” The big one is scheduled to arrive on Thursday. Keep your eye out for us floating by on a raft or something.

The One With Skippy in Shirt Sleeves

This is my day today. No, I’m not being metaphor- ical here. This is actually a picture looking out the backyard. I sent Skippy out the door in short sleeves into what I thought was a sunny day... and five minutes later there was thunder, lightning, hail and rain coming down like bullets.

It pulled Dillon out of his late-start slumber to ask, Mom, what is all that? All what? The noise! Um... thunder? Let’s just say that here in southern California thunder storms are a pretty rare occurrence. It is a strange day when we share Casey’s weather in Dallas. Although, we are not on any kind of tornado warning. I hope.

And now I leave you to ask yourself, did she just do a whole post... about the weather? Yes. Yes, she did. Because I love this kind of weather! And don’t worry, Skippy will be fine. It’s not that cold. And it’s not like they’re going to let him play outside with kites and metal poles and stuff...