Last night we had storms again! Only this time they were deadly, killing a 90 year old man in his yard.
There was over 200 head of cattle killed, numerous homes blown apart by the tornadoes, and many towns had varying degrees of damage.
On the news cast this morning I saw a silo crushing the top of an outbuilding, cars upside down, and people's belongings scattered over a large county.
Right now the Sheriff is asking volunteers to just call the courthouse for directions on when to arrive to help. So many Minnesotans want to pitch right in and it's chaos down in the southern region of my state.

All we got was lots of rain, some thunder and lightening. Although two nights ago the wind was blowing the rain in a vertical sheet across the street! Trees were bent in the wind, some snapped.

Last month was probably the hottest on record for July or close to it. Now we've received more that the normal rainfall and August isn't finished with us..

I won an auction on Ebay on the 9th of this month, it was supposed to have been shipped on the 14th and I'm still waiting.....I meet the mailllady every morning so it isn't in someone else's hands, that's for sure! I've had more and more bad experiences with Ebay lately and getting fed up quickly. Losing my business won't hurt them, that's for sure. I'd like for lots of people though to know just how bad it can be.

I did get the new drapes hung in my room, and the spread on the bed, had to take that huge white wool rug and fold it into a smaller size as it's too big, I can't open and close the door to my bedroom if I unfold it all the way. I have more to do in there if I want it to look good. Having that tv cart, ala 1970's phony woodgrain, at the foot of my bed doesn't look good, yet haven't any other ideas on how to work it.

For the record, I don't wear a tinfoil hat, or...according to my son I don't wear an aluminum foil hat! However I did just take the "aluminum foil" off of my bedroom window. I had put tinted film on the window for privacy, I could still see out, however the heat coming is unbearable. Now it's cooling down so the foil came off! It DID look weird, if the drapes were pulled open!

You'd be surprised how much heat that keeps out. And it makes the room dark as a cave, which I understand Elvis used to do in hospitals and hotel rooms so he could sleep during the day.

My landlord has been on vacation and I got to admit it's quiet now not having him pulling up in his diesel truck 5 days a week and cutting the grass every 5 or 6 days!
He's one of the reasons I want to move. Not his truck or cutting grass so regularly, it's what I've been told about him. The Sherif's dispatcher used to live in this apt I'm in and she said that one night while she was at work that he used his key and walked into her apt. and surprised her daughter who was home alone.
I was shocked one day while on a trip to the hospital to find out that my Medivan driver, a woman, used to live here and had the same experience! She said that the loandlord used his key and walked into her apt. and startled her boyfriend who had come over for the evening.
What would you do? By law, or regulations of HRA, I can't change the locks. I'm considering installing a hidden camera. In fact I've spent some considerable time LOOKING to see if he has a secret camera hidden in here to watch us! No I'm paranoid, just reasonably concerned as to why he'd be going into womens' apts. when they're gone!!

Lord I detest renting! wish I'd kept my home 10 years ago!! Oh well, hindsight is 20/20......

Tomorrow my friend is supposed to come over for lunch, we'll see what happens. I've got chicken breasts, her favorite, and burgers for the grill, potato salad, baked beans, pasta salad with tuna, celery, ect. and still haven't figured out dessert. I think i've eaten too much of the ice cream for there to be any left for a sundae....ah well.

Sunday I just want to rest. And give thanks for all my multitude of blessings I seem to forget about during the week.
Have a good weekend!








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