I have not ventured outside yet this morning...trash cans are blown over, patio furniture upturned, woke up at 2:15 AM to hubby shaking me and telling me to get ready to go to the cellar...he got dressed and I listened to the reports on the weather radio...they did not say tornado or go to shelter, so I opted to stay in the house and he went to the cellar...LOL....and very shortly after, the winds hit...I have never heard such loud wailing noises, the birdhouses were shaking on the porch, chairs going over, and then the hail hit..WOW....I was so glad I called Katy Bug last night and told her we could have hail and rain and to park her car under our sheds..I thought the windows were going to break...after the squall went through...radio said 70 MPH winds....I opened the door to find cats all over the porch..seems that birds got knocked down from the trees and they were feasting...sad, sad, sad...so today we will pick up the furniture, straighten up the trash cans, and go on with life...I do not like that kind of storm.....hubby said it was the first time he managed to get to the shelter without getting wet...LOL...I called Katy Bug and she was okay, no broken windows, and she had safely put her car under the shed...she listens to Grandma....LOL...hubby said 1/2 inch of rain in the gauge...had to buy alfalfa for Hombre today...been paying $16 for a square bale, price has gone up today to $17.25....guess costing more for gas to bring it in to the store....cannot win.
I'm glad you made it out OK. Those sorts of storms are not fun. I went through a supertyphoon on Guam back in the 90s. Winds broke the meter that detected wind speed. No cellars there, but we were in military housing that was built to withstand bombing. We could hear the winds howling and see trash cans and street signs flying by (Navy was supposed to take the signs down and tell people to bring trash cans in but they thought it was another false alarm so they ignored all the warnings). We had stuff tied down in our carport but the winds undid the ropes, picked the stuff up, and slammed it onto the car (minor damage fortunately). They installed the patio doors backwards so water was coming in. No potable water for almost a year, no power for 4 months, no tv for 6 months. Good thing we had a generator for the fridge.
I love rutabagas but the way I cook them is probably not that healthy....I boil the rutabagas and some potatoes together, and then mash them, add bacon pieces, onion and butter. It goes well with sausage. This is a very German dish.
I hope you get feeling better. Anxiety can really suck.
I can't remember having eaten rutabagas before but they were great cooked in stew. We used to bake butternut squash and add butter to eat them instead of mashed potatoes. Rutabagas with bacon and butter sounds awesome.
Yesterday I called Chewy to stop some auto-delivery of meds for our dog that we had to put down on Monday. They refunded the last 3 deliveries and credited my CC for the full $350. They told me I can either donate the meds to a shelter or just throw them away. Today we received a bouquet of flowers and a very nice note from Chewy.
There aren't very many companies like that anymore.
On top of all that, they were saving me almost $100 a month compared to what the Vet charged. The vet is who recommended Chewy.
If any of you use this med let me know.
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We get our stuff via Petmeds. When our old dog had to be put down & we updated the account to indicate it, they sent an e-mail and a condolences card in the mail. I think they use the term "crossed the rainbow bridge".
Played around with Sketchup- trying to draw the vanity for the guest bathroom but the angles and curves are giving me hell.
Took my brother to the dentist & waited in the truck while it was pouring rain. Took about an hour but she got his tooth out. She had to put in two sutures.
Went to Walmart to get prescriptions and had to wait an hour for my brother's to be ready. Got my Metformin. Pharmacist warned me of the most common side effect. It gave me the runs but I didn't get the abdominal cramping along with it.
I waited in the truck (with heated seats on bc my back doesn't like me today) for about 10 minutes while my brother was waiting on his prescriptions. I had already checked out and put the groceries in the cooler. Saw my best friend leaving Walmart and waved. He came over to chat a bit. He was there to use the bathroom since his sewer line is still clogged.
He hasn't been online much because one of his houseguests has been hogging his computer. The houseguest just got fired for missing a mandatory meeting at work. So he's there constantly using my friend's computer. I suspect it won't be long before he's kicked out again (I think this is the 2nd or 3rd time he's come to crash at my friend's house and each time he overstays his welcome). He doesn't respect boundaries.
Waiting for vet's office to open to take one of the cats in. Not sure if he has a sprain or if he broke something. He can't walk on one of his legs & I want to make sure it's nothing major.
She laughed but has been on the hunt for more jars I noticed. Guess she wants to be sure we have enough. 
They are dangerously low on salsa so it’s getting pretty touch and go 
Good luck finding tomatoes right now.
