Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!

I know, I know....we need rain. Especially after the years of drought that the South has had recently.

But GEE WHIZ!

I feel like I need to run out in the yard and start building an ark!

We were thrilled when the rains began on Friday, since Marty and Jameson have just finished planting the garden. You can water it with a hose pipe all you want, but nothing makes a garden grow like good ol' rain.

Hubby has actually done some reading up on WHY rain is so much better for plants, and found out that rainwater actually has a small electrical charge in it (along with many other reasons). SO, I wonder, if I run an extension cord out to the garden, will it make it grow better?

Just Kidding!

I don't want to electrocute myself Marty.

We thought the rain would be over by Saturday, but we were WRONG! The rain continued throughout Saturday and into Sunday morning. By the time Church was over, the sun was starting to peek out from behind the clouds. But alas, the sunshine was very short-lived. The next thing we know,

BAM! Tornado Warning!

It has gotten to the point that we have had so many tornado warnings over the past two months, it's becoming second nature! We were fortunate to not be in the direct path of the storm (this time), but were on the South side of it, where the 60+ MPH winds were! EEK! We situated all of our outdoor things and braced ourselves for some rough winds!

Fortunately, this is all we got:



But with the wind came rain.....lots and lots of rain! Marty ended up getting called out to work last night to repair two substations that were damaged in the storms. He didn't get home until 4:41 am this morning.

I hope you people enjoy your power!

This morning, we were told my our oh-so-smart weather people that the rain would be stopping today and would see some sunshine. Well....

THEY LIED!

It continued to rain....ALL DAY LONG! Now I'm not talking a drizzle here, drizzle there.....I'm talking heavy,soaking RAIN! Our poor little vegetable garden was actually covered with water at one point today. I thought Marty was going to have a STROKE! So, between thunderstorms, Marty ran out there and started drilling holes and shoveling dirt....attempting to save his babies! Let's just hope that it works!

Here is a little video of our poor little garden. (Pardon the tall grass...it's rained so much, the grass has grown a foot and it's been too wet to get the lawnmower back there to cut it)



This evening, we were getting what we thought was the very last of the rain for today, and Jameson went out to play on our back porch. We came running in the house yelling

"HEY, that man is talking in the air again!"

We jumped up and ran outside, and sure enough, our weather alarm was going off

AGAIN!

We scurried around trying to find some information, but there was NOTHING on the television about this warning. FINALLY, I got an Twitter update from a dear newscaster friend of mine that let us know that our immediate area wasn't in danger.

**WHEW!** We dodged yet another bullet!

So, now as I sit here typing this post, and listening to the rain, I just wonder what tomorrow will hold.

Does anyone know where I can get some Gopher wood?

(Oh, and there was ANOTHER earthquake in Central Alabama this morning.....watch out for locusts....)

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Well, off to work for my two days. I am a little nervous about going to work tomorrow....seeing those STAIRS again. I may need to walk in through the front for a few days (weeks, years....)

But just know, I love my job!!

I hope you all have a fantastic and wonderful week!!

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