Surreal Weekend

I hope the below pictures portray how bad that storm was that hit St. Louis July 19th 2006. I definitely learned not to stock up too much on stuff in the freezer/fridge. We lost power for 5 days and had to throw out hundreds of dollars worth of food.

















I went out Wednesday night for a short drink at Trainwreck. I had such a shitty day.

Around 7pm this massively massive STORM BLEW IN! Tornados + 80 mile an hour winds etc. Wacked out. Made it home about 7:30pm and we lost power!

Well Thursday it was over 100+ degrees and we still didn't have power. Over 500,000 people in the St. Louis area lost power. By Thursday 12pm I was hearing from people at work it would be 3-5 days for it to come back on. OMG I called Mom and she told me to come on over!!!!! I raced home, talked dh into it and we threw the kids in the car and took off. I had to wash dishes and clean the house and pack up the car in 95 degree house heat. NASTY!! I was sweating and my face was all red. We had to hit the road by 4pm to beat the rush hour traffic out of town.

dh just got home from the mall with the kids, that's after taking them to mcdonalds. AND we had to clean out the fridge and freezer of 2 garbage cans full of FOOD!!!!!!!!!!1 I wanted to cry. We had just gone shopping for all this meat and had to throw it all away!

All the hotels were full, gas stations shut down, stop lights blinking red. Was like hurrican Katrina in St. Louis.

So we get to Mom's Thur night 10pm and the kids were angels!!!!! We ate twice at Cracker Barrel, once on the way up and once on the way back.

Friday was blah, but Mom and I took the kids to Sarah's. We got Jewel pizzas and Sarah gave them a bath. They were filthy!

Saturday we went to Jessie's for a BBQ and had a BLAST! dh went with which made it even more fun.

Then Saturday night is drinking night! Went to this place called Harry's. Had DJ's and kareoke there but it all wasn't very good. Not alot of people and we played a couple games of pool.

Got home at 1:30 am which is early for me. LOL Sunday slept in and didn't do much. ANOTHER party at jessie's and I called in to work and took off Monday. The AmerenUE website kept saying there was no powwer yet. So we left Mom's Monday at 3:30pm and I think the power came back on Sunday night. But I didn't want to take any chances.

The 2 boys were such ANGELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO GOOD! Slept all night on Mom's couch. Didn't make a fuss. WOW. I am awed.

So not it's 11:30pm and I am going to sleep in my bed for the first time in 4 days.

I have a wicked party I'm going to this Saturday. Next blog will be about that.

Finally the GARDEN Pictures!!!!

I can't believe how well everything is doing this year. My only failures
are the celosias and maybe the blanketflower. Julie from work gave me
Lamb's ears and I planted then yesterday and also moved the Blanketflower
from the back to the front. Never moved a plant before.

We'll see how it goes.

interesting?

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change. You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic. Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage. In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Checking In

Still watching LOST second season. No where as good as the first season. Why do the quality of these shows go down so quickly?

The kids have been SO GOOD lately! When I think of how far Charlie has come when I started this blog. He is such an angel lately. So is Johnny. I am very lucky.

Took the kids to the pool today, was so exhausted I took a nap on the futon while the kids watched Sonic on TV.

That's about it, church and grocery shopping tomorrow. We've been shooting off some fireworks every night. Still debating taking Charlie to the big fireworks in Florissant.

Went to the doctor Friday for the blood tests.

AND MY toastmasters speeches are as follows:

1. Introduction - How I got into Public Speaking

2. Mistakes I have made and learned from

3. Midieval Soap Opera

4. The Night We Tripped the Beef Fantastic (Family Night at the Porcelin Inn)

5. Christmas Lasagna

I'm thinking for the 6th one reading Cat in the Hat Comes back


GARDEN UPDATE:

I started to finalize the mulching in the back but the BEES!!! are all over the Purple Cone Flower which is about 4 feet tall and AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it, the daisy kicks ass too.

The blanket flower is being devoured by rabbits and the Daylilly stopped blooming...is it time for that?

More later