My weekend...

 Tomorrow, my friend Saundra and I are going to see "The Hunger Games"....and I can't wait. I've been re-reading the book this week in anticipation. Yes, I'm a nerd. I admit it. I absolutely loved the book, and I've heard the movie is amazing. Plus, I have to support my peeps. Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) are both fellow Kentuckians!

While I'm at the movies, Joe and Hankadoo will be off to a WWE event. We bought Hank tickests for his upcoming birthday. And, if that wasn't enough-- I scored a meet & greet before the show. He knows he's going, but he has no idea about the activities beforehand. He's going to be one stoked little boy, that's for sure! I almost wish I was going, too. Just to see his face and reaction. I'm hoping he gets some cool pictures and maybe a few autographs.

And, like every other weekend in the history of man, I will be doing laundry.

Have a great weekend!!

Basketball in Kentucky

The majority of Kentucky natives are die hard basketball fans. They live and breathe for the Kentucky Wildcats. They can tell you everything about the team from the three-point shot percentages to the players favorite foods. They revolve their schedule and entire life around when UK is playing.

I am in the extremely small percentage of Kentuckians who could not care one way or another about UK basketball. Yes, I have Kentucky tee shirts...but that's more about supporting my state than a team. I have watched maybe 30 minutes of UK basketball this entire season. And, since March Madness is among us, the Wildcat hysteria is in full swing.

Tomorrow night the mighty UK Wildcats play the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Yes, two Kentucky schools playing against each other in the NCAA tournament. And, while most people will be wearing Wildcat colors, chanting 'Go Big Blue'... I will be wearing red and yelling, "Go Big Red'...

I tend to cheer for the underdog. And while it's very unlikely, I'd love to see WKU take down the Cats.

Hello, My Name is Stupid...

We all do stupid things. It's part of life. But, to what degree we take our stupidity is another animal.

When I decided to cut my own bangs, that was mildly stupid. I knew better. Did it anyway. And, they looked awful.

When I smashed my hand with a piece of office equipment and had to have xrays to rule out a broken pinky finger--that was moderately stupid. Yes, it was an accident. But, I picked the binding machine up wrong. I'm the poster child for what not to do in our office.

My latest dose of stupid---not backing up the thousands of pictures on the computer. And, now our computer has crashed. My pictures may be gone forever. This is extremely stupid. Our computer guru isn't sure if he'll be able to save the pictures or not. It's not looking good. I've tried not to think about it, but I know I need to face reality and admit that my stupidity may have lost something very valuable.

Counting our blessings

 Yesterday, I wrote about how we had severe weather warnings, tornadoes coming, etc. As the day progressed, the weather alerts kept getting upgraded. Our weather alert went to a level 9. Level 10 is the highest. The schools started dismissing classes early, businesses started closing early. We closed county government at three o'clock. I picked up Hankadoo from after-school, and ran into Big Lots for flashlights, then we came home and settled in for what could be a very scary afternoon/night. I turned the TV on, put the batteries in the flashlight, and made space in the laundry room in case we needed to seek shelter. We sat and watched the weather, we looked out the doors and windows, we heard the warning sirens several times. We had rain and wind. After a few minutes of regular spring weather, the skies cleared, and we had a beautiful rainbow over our town.

A small town an hour and a half north of here wasn't so lucky.

This is a picture of the tornado that struck Henryville, Indiana. It pretty much wiped the town off the map. Houses were leveled, businesses blown off their foundations. The destuction is everywhere. My heart breaks for this community. And, I know that it could have been very well been us. It could have been our high school gym destroyed. It could have been my friends who died in the storm. It could have been my loved ones who lost their homes.

As I sit and drink my coffee this morning, I'm counting my blessings. As well as everyone else in our area.

In like a lion....

I haven’t blogged much lately. I don’t know if I didn’t have anything to say, or if I was being lazy. Maybe, a little of both.

March is here. I keep thinking of the old weather saying, “in like a lion, out like a lamb”…. And I’m afraid that’s how it’s going to be this year. On Wednesday, we had four tornadoes touchdown in our county and the neighboring county. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. Homes were destroyed and buildings damaged. But, it could have been much, much worse. We lost power at work for over an hour, and spent the time on the first floor watching the sky go from cloudy to dark gray to black and back to daylight. It was a little eerie. We were going to pass the time by playing a game of Charades. But, that fell through when I suggested ‘Gone w/the Wind’ as a movie title to act out. Hey—I thought it was funny! The kids were at school and on tornado lockdown the majority of the morning. We’re expecting another round of storms later today. The projected time line is from 4 to 7—right when everyone is getting off work or leaving school and heading home. I told the big boys to keep me posted on their whereabouts this afternoon. I believe everyone in our area has said a little prayer that it doesn’t get bad. I’m typically not a ‘Nervous Nellie’ when it comes to weather, but I have to admit, I’m a little worried about what could come later on this afternoon.

Our weather isn’t the only thing coming in like a lion this month. The list of ‘Things to Do’ is getting rather fierce, too. Spring sports are starting. That means Hank will be at the soccer field two or three days a week until games start. PJ has had track practice every day since wrestling ended, and his track meets will start up soon, also. Besides sports, we have several birthdays, and family celebrations.  March will roll into April with more sports, more birthdays, and more family celebrations. At the end of April, Austin’s end-of-Senior-year festivities will start. He’ll have prom, the Senior trip to Chicago, and graduation all within five weeks of each other.  I believe we’ll have something every weekend from now until Memorial Day.

I hope everyone has a great Friday. Keep your fingers crossed that these storms bring nothing but rain.