A Tornado, A Fatality In My Driveway, and A Movie. Just Another Typical Night.

I forgot to mention that there’s a great giveaway going on over at Mrs. K’s place.  It’s some fantastico face cream guaranteed to take ten years of stress off yo face. *o.k. so I made that part up*  With all these tornadoes, dead critters, and lack of sleep that’s happening at me place, I really need to take ten years of stress off my face.  Y’all get your butt over to her place and read all about it.

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I gotta make this quick because I’m supposed to be at my oldest son’s house doing a faux paint technique in their bathroom.  I was supposed to have done this a month ago when I did the living room, dining room, and sitting room but I ran out of steam paint.

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We had storms last night here in western Oklahoma.  Bad storms.  70 to 75 mph winds hit, then it started pouring rain and the lightning was as close as I’ve ever seen it…..THEN the tornado sirens started blowing.  I was the only one home and I have no cellar so I started running around grabbing my weather radio, flashlight, car keys, and of course my phone.  I was heading to my daughter’s house because they have a “safe room” but before I could get myself in my car the sirens stopped blowing.  I went back inside and turned on the weather radio long enough to figure out I wasn’t going to blow away and then I took a bath and went to bed.   That was just the beginning of my night.

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I’m having a hell of a time sleeping this past week.  I tried everything.  I drank chamomile tea.  I took simply sleep.  I took a hot bath.  I ate a bowl of cereal. I tried sleeping on the couch.  I got my heating pad out and wrapped it around my knees (because I’ve got that restless leg syndrome, I think).  I watched television.  I read my book and finally at 4 a.m. I went to sleep……until 7:15 a.m.

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I don’t nap during the day.  I drink caffeine in the morning and that’s about it.  I was so desperate I Googled natural cures for restless leg syndrome and ended up sleeping with a bar of soap.  Yes, Google it and you’ll see……it’s there.

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Let me just say this:  Sleeping with a bar of soap only makes you determined to stay awake and hope you don’t die because then someone would wonder why the heck you were sleeping with a bar of soap in your bed.  I can only imagine the thoughts.

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There was one fatality from the aforementioned storms and it was right in my driveway.

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What kind of bird is this, and don't say DEAD!

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The general consensus from my mailman, two sons in law, a grandson, granddaughter, and daughter are that it’s either an Eagle or a Hawk.  Smart Mouth Broad says it’s a dead bird, hence the name SMB but I love her anyway.

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Before the storm hit (oh yes, I was supposed to make this short but you know how that goes) my daughter, myself, and a friend went to the movie.  To do anything where I live in Oklahoma, you have to drive at least 30 minutes.  To get to this movie we had to drive and out run the first storm about 45 minutes but it’s well worth it when $9.00 will get you in to see one of 3 first run movies and buy you the best chili dog in the world, a container of popcorn, and a large soda.  This theater opens an hour early just so people can come get their hot dogs that aren’t staying for the movie, their that good.

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So we drove over there thinking we’d see My Sister’s Keeper which is a movie from the Jodi Picoult book of the same name but when we got there, it wasn’t showing anymore so we watched The Proposal with Sandra Bullock.  I have never in my life laughed that long and hard at a movie.  If you don’t do anything else, at least click on the link and watch the trailer. I guarantee you’ll laugh.  That was the funniest thing I’d seen in…..well, I can’t tell you when.  My daughter laughs but she’s one of those silent laugh’ers and gives people who laugh out loud, dirty looks and even she was heehawing with the rest of us.  I laughed so hard I had a headache when we left.  Either that or it was the cumulative effect of the chili dog, popcorn, my own Sugar Babies that I snuck in, and the large soda.  Don’t say that’s why I didn’t sleep because I haven’t eaten like that all week and I haven’t been able to sleep all week.   If you haven’t seen that movie, go see it and I guarantee you’ll walk out of there with a huge smile on your face.

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This weekend is a baby shower for my newest grandbaby to be.  Did I mention I’m going to be a Grammy AGAIN??  It’s a boy and he’s due September 4th.  My very talented friend Tera of Olive Hue Designs that made Hunka Burnin Love’s birthday present, also whipped up another of her works of art for this newest grandchild.

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Look at his belt buckle and boots!

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Notice the name on his belt?  They are naming him Stone, and the brand on his boots is the brand my son uses to brand his horses.  How cool is that??  She also made a pendant necklace of the same little boy minus the horse/pasture background.  I can’t wait to frame it and give it to them this weekend.  Tera, you did another fantastic job!

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Well, I intended to make this quick………..so much for good intentions.        I hope y’all have a great weekend and I’m thankful our heat wave has broken and we’ve now cooled down into the mid-90’s which is a huge relief.

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If there are any dead bird experts that would like to tell me what it is, exactly, that died on my driveway……..I’d love to know.

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HAPPY TRAILS, Y’ALL