Do you think a tornado can stop Superwoman????

Do you think I would let 10 tornado warnings stop me??? Yes??? Guess again!  Life must go on, tornado warnings or not!!!

getting ready from Easter dinner

I have been taking a little break from blog writing.  Uploading all of those Vegas pictures was quite a task.  If you have been watching the weather, you know that the KY/TN (as well as the whole South) as been slammed with tornadoes since........I don't know........forever????  I know I had bad weather the night after I got back from Vegas and it has seemed like every day since!!!! I thought some of you might be a little concerned.  Well, we are just fine!!




When there is a tornado warning, I don't really get scared, but I don't want to be stupid and I  want to be prepared.  My bedroom is actually on the second floor by a huge window.  I know that isn't a good place to be during a tornado.  So, when bad weather is predicted during the night I always wonder what I should do.  (Go to sleep and hope for the best???) 


Early Tuesday morning, the weather woke me up and it sounded pretty bad (there was a tornado warning), so I went down a half bath downstairs.  It gets very cramped with me and my 75 lb. dog.

 



I have also become quite proficient at watching the radar and tracking the storm.  My county is very large, so I can also track the storm to see if it looks like it is coming to our part of the county.  Well, last night, I was keeping an eye on the radar and the storm was heading my way.

I got a great idea.....Instead of being awakened by the storm, I decided to be Proactive (not the face product). I put the capital in purpose as a joke, although it may not be a very good one!  :D  I decided to get my air mattress, sheets and pillows and put it downstairs in the hallway right outside of that half bath. (No, I didn't take a picture!) This way, I could go to sleep and not worry about waking up in the middle of the night and making a decision when I was half asleep. 

It started sounding kind of bad right when I was falling asleep, but I went to sleep knowing I was in the best safest place in my house.  I also knew that if it got really bad, I could dive into the half-bath.  It did storm, and got noisy, but not too bad.  I actually slept really well.  Much better than the night before.



Clarksville really hasn't been hit very hard at all.  There is a lot of downed trees, and broken branches, but we have really been lucky.  Many have been without power and Montgomery Co. even canceled school on Tuesday because of that.  I never lost my power, so that was great.  We've been getting word that Alabama has really been hit hard.  My thoughts and prayers go out to them.  I actually have Torch Mission friends that live in Alabama and I'm praying for them especially!


Sights around Clarksville:

You can see some of the damage caused by the strong winds.  I think the bigger concern is flooding.  Clarksville had the worst flood in a 100 years almost exactly a year ago.  You can see from my pictures that there is already lots of flooding.  While I was at my meeting tonight, I read where volunteers were filling sandbags.  Let's hope the rain stops!!!  More people die in floods than any other natural disaster.  (If I have my facts correct!!)

Random pictures from the past week:

I love me some delicious blackberries!!  0 WW pts!

delicious Easter dinner at my mom's new house

Here I am Monday.  I was on a quest for a Zumba class.  I found one at the local Baptist Family Life Center.  (Ladies' only!)  The instructor was awesome.  We ladies were rockin & booty boppin!!!!  It was great, although about 40 ladies were crammed in a small room. :/  I can't got back to Zumba till Friday night.  I have had two evening meetings this week! :(

Here's the latest Buffalo Wild Wings update.  The parking lot is almost done and they have a sign up that they are hiring.  Can someone tell my son that he needs to apply???

Some of my sweet second graders made this.  They know I have a blog and they wanted me to take a picture of it to put in my blog!!





I was going to end my blog with the song, "Blue Skies".  You may remember the Willie Nelson version.  Well, look what I turned up on Youtube.  This group is interesting.  It's called: Noah and the Whale.  Check it out!!







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Here's a picture that I found for you.....Here's to.....Blue Skies

xoxo PJ