Kickin' it Prairie Style

Think Little House on the Prairie, minus the dad. And add the movie twister. And change the location to the south. Yep, we've been without electricity. The horror! The worst part other than eating nothing but tuna and crackers or peanut butter and crackers and taking cold showers or having to stink or not being able to wash dishes or laundry or watch TV to find out what the weather is doing or having sick children (yes, AGAIN) and taking temperatures and administering medication via candle light or realizing that you may have an unhealthy addiction to electricity and the internet, the absolute worst thing is having to hold a flashlight with your teeth while fumbling in the dark to change the runniest poop explosion diaper ever. GROSS

The hail storm came with a tornado which was photographed in the air just down the street a ways, but didn't touch down here. It did do a good bit of damage in the north eastern part of this county. The hail storm damaged our roof on the back deck, but we figured we could just replace it without filing an insurance claim. Afterall the people whose boathouses and adjoining land & mansions were damaged far worse. Thankfully nobody was hurt. Then without warning we got another round of bad weather, first attributed to a gravity wind or gravity wave or somethingorother and now said to also have included a small tornado. The sirens didn't go off and those who had power said the weather radar on TV showed only green for rain. This was Sunday night into early morning Monday. Again the most damage was down on and around the lake, but some up here on the mountain were also hit. Our pool fence was broken and the roof lost many of its shingles so we're getting a new roof (with an increase in insurance rates, I'm sure). Most of the schools shut down Monday and some are still shut down today, but not where The Daughter goes ... nope, they had school as usual. Because she was sick we headed out to the doctor instead of the school, but there were trees down over our driveway so I had to deal with that first. Today begins The Quest for a Good roofie Roofer Who Does Quality Work in a Timely Manner and Will Guarantee the Work for at Least Five Years. You know, like someone you would see on Little House on the Prairie.