DPP 03: Fog

And this is exactly how the mood of my day went all day....

So Long Warm Weather.

Warmth isn't going out without a fight. It's going down in a blaze of glory.

Hurricanes in Iowa?!?

Early Friday morning, Cedar Falls was hit by 100mph winds, hail, and rain. We woke up at about 4am, and it was as though fireworks were being set off in the living room. I thought the hail was going to pierce the glass as soon as it hit. Power went out. And is still out in a lot of places. Streets are still closed. The sounds of chainsaws filled my ears all day. Tim and I are lucky, we live far from massive trees. Some people, only a couple blocks away were not so lucky. Sidestory: My dad's grill landed 50 feet away.

More pictures on my facebook if you are interested.

It takes more than one hand to count the scenes like this that I saw today.


One of the few house shots, I just felt too guilty taking pictures of their unhappy situations...


This is ONE tree. That used to stand next to the building instead of laying in front of it.


The roots of this tree were taller than I was.


Northern University High School. Right in front of the building.


My cute little upside down tree on UNI campus.


UNI Campus

Stormy days sweeping the Dome Away!

This was last week already. But it was quite crazy. There were rumors that a tornado touched down near the Dome, but you can tell I had quite the view, and I never saw a twister.

Shocking.

Two posts in one day?! I must not have enough to do. But these lightning storms are just too cool. We went out into the country last week for the really big one. I took about 300 pictures, and these were the only two of actual lightning that I got.

Sneaky little devil, that lightning fella.

To meow or not to meow.

With Aero not in our home yet (and oh the thoughts I put into adopting her with Tim gone!!), and Petsmart's Adoption Celebration next weekend, I figured I should put out the pros and cons. Frankly, the cons mean nothing to me because I would have every cat in every shelter across the nation if I was allowed, but Tim is a bit more worried. So here is why we should get a lovely addition to my feline pride.

Pros
- Another cuddle buddy for family snuggles.
- Saving a kitty life and giving it a good home
- Another playmate for Myla and Nessa
- Getting to know and love a new personality
- Adding a little color to the brown mix
- Giving Myla a friend to go outside with
- More kitty quirks to giggle about
-Bundle of fur happiness

Cons
- One more place in the family room that we cannot sit
- Needing another litter box
- Possibility that Myla and Nessa won't get along with a newbie
- Possibility that moving might not allow more than two cats
- Possible clawing
- More food/litter costs

On a sidenote, today was absolutely freezing and rainy miserable, but yesterday was hot and humid and awesome. It was like summer might exist after all! I had the windows open all day and the condo got up to a balmy 83 degrees.

The cats have gotten used to the mid 60s temperature over the past few months inside the condo, so they were lazy bums, barely moving yesterday, as if in the middle of the Sahara without water....

Diva da Bunny

Somehow the once a month picture is still going strong...here's April, plus grandparents and uncle. This was actually the first attempt, surprising considering all of the components involved.

Overall, the holiday went well. The night before, we hunkered down and tried to learn Apples to Apples. And let's face it, my family should never play this game around other people. Someone might get the wrong idea when my father plays Hiroshima Bombing to the adjective, Neat. And that wasn't even a rare occurence....it went downhill from there....

After giving up chocolate for Lent, I told my mother to load me up with the biggest chocolate bunny she could find. This went awry in two ways. One, three days before Easter, we bought candy for Easter baskets, and my 40 day chocolateless spree had a complete downfall. Two, my mother took my words to heart and bought me two bunnies each over a pound of chocolate, plus a chocolate cross, AND other assorted chocolate candies. Lord, Im gonna be fat! Here is Diva da Bunny:

Yesterday, after we got home, I was looking out our side door across the vast gross brownness, and POP! Bright yellow caught my eye. Somehow, in the middle of brown, matted, dead, rotting grasses....was this beautiful bunch of flowers...there is hope for spring....*fingers crossed*


Ok, this should count as spring, and tomorrow, summer can start!