Monthly Archives: January 2012
A Rough Night . . .
and even rougher next day.
This has been a wild and wooly day. It started about 1:30 this morning, when out of the blue, a thunder clap seemingly right above our heads, shook the coach and rocked it side to side. Jan was in bed and let out a scream as the thunder rolled on and on.
And then the rain came. And came and came…
By the time the storm front passed through, parts of Houston had over 6 inches of rain.
This photo from the Houston Chronicle shows some of the results.
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And this is what the weather radar showed as we hunkered down in the rig.
We later found out that a small tornado touched down at Mall of the Mainland less than 5 miles away. And a bigger one hit up in Houston tearing the roofs off a number of houses.
Sounds like we really dodged a bullet.
But as bad as the storm was, we stayed warm and dry, and only had one quick power glitch. But the storm just kept coming and coming.
Finally, about 3:30 the storm started to slack off and clear out, and we actually saw the sun and a little blue sky before the clouds rolled back in. But at least this time, it didn’t come with rain.
About 5pm Jan and I headed up to Seabrook to have some XXX hot wings at Hooter’s. Then we made a stop at Home Depot before heading home.
Regular blog visitor and Landon’s honorary uncle Butterbean, sent this photo of what Landon would look like as a real Texas cowboy.
As Brandi said “That’s TOTALLY Landon!”
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Thought for the Day:
Data you don’t have at least two copies of, is data you don’t care about.
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Bulbs and Buffets . . .
After our busy week, today was a take-it-easy, do-nothing day.
We did get up a little early to head out about 9:30 a few miles up TX146 to La Brisa for their great weekend breakfast buffet. They really make a mean omelet.
Then after a quick stop at Wal-Mart for a few things, including 4 F15T8 fluorescent bulbs to the replace the ones in the kitchen, we were home for the day.
Getting home, I installed the 4 bulbs. These things have gotten expensive. Seems like the last time I bought some several years ago, they were around $4 a piece. Today they were $8.47 each.
$34 for light bulbs. Ouch.
Later, after Jan fell asleep on the sofa reading, I decided a nap sounded like a nice idea so I retired to the bedroom for a very pleasant two hours.
About 5pm Jan heated up our leftover King Food Chinese from the other night. Really good, as usual.
At 7pm we watched our friend Tony Booth on a Hee Haw rerun from 1973. Tony had a number of big hits in the 70’s, including “The Key’s in the Mailbox”, “Lonesome 7-7203”, and “Cinderella”, and he and his band won 4 ACM (Academy of Country Music) awards during that time period, including “Most Promising Male Vocalist” in 1971.
That was then.
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This is now.
Jan says he’s “aged very nicely”, and then just smiles. I’m not sure how to take that.
I’m gonna have to keep a closer eye on that girl.
We see Tony quite often at the Alvin Opry, when he’s not touring around the country with his band.
I know tomorrow will be busy. I’m just not sure with what yet.
I’ll let you know.
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Thought for the Day:
“Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant…better left unstirred.” – PG Wodehouse
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