Random Friday

We have been having the weirdest weather the last couple of days. Very eerie weather, dark, foreboding and humid. Yesterday we had tornado warnings which is a very rare occurrence in these parts. As the police say there was a 'hinky' feeling in the air. I bet I put the horses in and out four times. I got soaked several times including when I was grilling hamburgers out on the back deck! Nick spent most of the day in the barn even though he could go out other then the times I put them in their box stalls. He's a wimp when it comes to rain but yesterday I had that funny feeling too.

We lost our power in the morning about 8:30. The outage stretched for miles which included 190,000 customers. We have a huge hulk of a generator out back which came on immediately. I guess lightening had struck a hydro junction. I dislike the generator as it looks like a small apartment out back but when we need it I change my mind quickly. It keeps everything up and running in our house and my parents apartment.

I had several appointments to go to so called ahead to my hairdressers to see if she wanted me to come in or not. I was just having a haircut so she said she could do that, no problem. Hummmmmm....a haircut in the semi dark, that was to be a new experience. Also called the chiropractor and they were signing people in with a flashlight but they also said to come in. Don't need electricity to have an adjustment.

Do need electricity for a pedicure but by the time I got there the power was back on and my toes are now Keys To My Karma Red. Where does OPI come up with the names of their colors??? The salesclerk suggested that they smoked some wacky-tobacco before they started thinking up the names. Hey, you never know. What OPI colors do you all use?????

When OPI first came out I thought it was pronounced Oppie like the kid on the Andy Griffith Show. DUH! Would you have admitted to that?!

The guys are here to put up the new swing set for the grandchildren. It's pouring cats and dogs out so hopefully it will stop before long. This is what the swing set looks like now. I'll put in the finished product next post! :0)


Big news in Maine this week! A lady opened her washing machine and found a snake six feet long in there! She hurriedly put the cover back on and called the police who called animal control who called the exotic pet guy. They are saying this thing came up through the pipes but according to my plumber there is no way under the sun that that could happen. With all the traps and small pipes it's just not possible.

Sooooooooo...........I wonder how it got in there????? I think someone played a joke on her but what do I know. We don't have pythons here in Maine so they think someone had it as a pet, got sick of it and just let it go. Not a very responsible thing to do!

My mother was going through some pictures yesterday and found this one of my grandfather when he was going into World War 1. He was 19 years old at the time. He has been gone for many years but if he were alive he would be 108 as he was born in 1900.

This is my porch swing. I LOVE my porch swing and call it my Walton's Swing after the show the Walton's which is a favorite of mine. I had this swing specially made and it is long enough to take a nap on and wide enough so you don't fall off if you move. I have rocked my grand kids to sleep on this swing many times when they were babies and sat there with them while they napped. They still love the swing and are usually on it about every time they come over. Now they are more adventurous and like to go fast and hit the house if at all possible! Also they like to stand up on it like they are surfing...........I don't like that as I don't want them to fall. We also like to blow bubbles out there and have Noodles chase the bubbles. Another thing I like is to sit out there during a storm and watch the lightening. I used to do that with my son so that he wouldn't be scared of thunder storms and it worked. We get some pretty good lightening as we are right beside the Penobscot River and it seems to follow the river. Everyone should have a swing. We had a swing on our porch when I was growing up and we loved it. That's my advice for the day, if you have a place anywhere on your property put in a swing for you kids or grand kids! :o)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! :o)