General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today? Part14..Friends, 0 by Seedtosser1

Seedtosser1 wrote:
Good Afternoon!

Wow, I've been on a rollercoaster ride since Thursday!
We in the Chicago area had one heck of a storm. Thursdayand off and on Friday.
Anyway, raced home for the kids on thursday. If, one can call a 1.50 trip a race. usually takes a half hr. I can do it it 25mins providing the emergency. whew, trees down ripped from the earth, limbs torn off and strewn everywhere. Pelting rains. Fortunatley everyone drove with every caution, along with lots of prayer on the drive. Turned out we actually had a tornado touch in the area. We were very lucky and got away with only seepage in the basement. Didn't loose any power, thank goodness. Our sump pump rain continuasly for about 24 hours. However we did have a wonderful waterfall for quite some time. This water come in the window-just didn't have anywhere else to soak in. Some people in our area are still without electricity... We couldn't make it to the wake on Thursday night, so felt horrible, but did not have to call the kids out of school Friday as no power no school. So they attended the funeral with us. Friday stormed some more-Just had to ride it out and clean the aftermath.
Alissa stayed with us. So I was glad she was safe and sound. Poor kid hates storms so didn't want to be alone in apartment. Was good to see her. She is doing great-Calls home every week. Will be starting College this week.
Saturday, we had a football game. We won. And the weather was perfect for that.
Cleaned the fallen tree limbs and hauled stuff lost to curb. Actually - took it easy watched a couple of movies in between laundry and house stuff. Then Sunday
A glorious day. I spent the entire day weeding! Was exhausted so took a nap at 9:00 P.M. Then of course was up until 2:30 A.M. Still tossed and turned to all the noises. Back to work today been nicely busy.
...Also finished the baby blanket and will send off today-lol only a couple days behind schedual. so here is some shots for you.