Tornado

Last night we had a tornado come through our county.  I saw it, but I didn't really "see" it.  Let me explain, We were in the middle of a MaryKay party at my Cousin's when hail started pouring down.  None of us there even knew it was supposed to storm.  I guess I should've checked the weather, I've just been so busy.   The hail was HUGE, the weather channel showed hail three inches big, but the hail we got wasn't that big...now that I think about it, I might need to go outside and check my Tahoe in the daylight to make sure I dont have any damage! 

Anyway we were just about to put on our foundation when the tornado sirens went off, as well as the electricity and all our phones started ringing.  It was all our of husbands/parents/children calling to let us know about the tornado, like we didn't already know! 

The next thing we did, which is what all Arkansans do when the tornado sirens go off, we went outside on the porch to look for the tornado.  If you aren't from Tornado Alley and have no idea what a tornado looks like, sometimes it's not what you'd expect.  The clouds come down out of the sky and hang real heavy like, but don't spin.  It's called a wall cloud.   It's from this wall cloud that the tornado forms.  I watched the wall cloud pass by in the distance.  The sky was an eerie blackish blue color and lightning was lighting up the cloud but never visable.  It was sickning.

I didn't take this photo, I got it from ArkansasMatters.com, but this is exactly what I saw. I didn't have my camera with me!  I never have my camera during exciting photo ops!

We then sat in the dark surrounded by candles until we thought it was safe to head home.  The tornado hit a few miles from where we were and did damage to a few homes and another tornado hit up north of Little Rock and killed one elderly gentleman and injured his wife and grandson. 

It was a scary feeling to watch that wall cloud. I'm just glad we were ok and no tornados dropped down while we were standing outside!  Please remember those who were effected by the line of storms that came through last night in your prayers! 

Kroger Give Away!!

Hey Guys Guess What!!?   I'm having ANOTHER GIVE AWAY!!!

This is for a $25 dollar gift certificate To Kroger and Kroger Family of Stores.  I swear Blogspark must read my mind because Kroger is my FAVORITE place to shop because of all the super savings and Gluten free items they carry!

Now through the 14th of this month, Kroger is having a Cart Buster Saving Event!!!   You can stock up on all of your favorite brands without breaking
the bank (though you might bust your cart!)

From now through March 14th, shop the Cart Buster Savings Event and find the hottest prices around on your favorite name-brand products in over 60 categories at the Kroger Family of Stores, which includes Kroger, Ralph’s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott’s Food & Pharmacy.

Here are just a few of the great brands participating in the event:
Honey Nut Cheerios,   (I know from my cereal give away you guys love these!!)
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 
Pillsbury,
Betty Crocker,  (betty has gluten free cookies!!!)
Hamburger Helper,  (my husband needs it)
Yoplait, (my tastebuds need it)
Progresso,
Totino’s,
Green Giant,
Cascadian Farm,
Tide, (my clothes need it)
Charmin, (I'm almost out!)
Bounty, (need it)
Pampers, (don't need it yet)
Pantene,
Crest, (need it)
Iams,
Febreze,  (dogs' bed needs it)
Old Spice and many more!

This Give away is provided by the Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills through MyBlogSpark!

SOOO this week I'm going to go to Kroger here in town, which has an awesome Gluten Free section and Bust my cart.  I'm going to show you all of the items I bought and how much I saved!!!  ...It's gonna be a double cart day because I have NO FOOD! Ahh!

 Hurry though because the sale ends on March 14th!!


Do you want to win a $25 dollar kroger Gift card?!
Just leave me a comment to enter once. 
Follow me to enter twice!  Make sure to let me know you follow so I can count you twice!

Give away ends 3/17   Even though the cart buster sale will be over you can still save at Kroger with a $25 gift card!!

Have a beautiful Day!

My Birthday weekend.

I had a wonderful Bday weekend.  Friday I took off work and cleaned all day inorder to get ready for the crawfish boil on Saturday.  I took a 4 hour nap because it was my birthday and I can do whatever I want on my birthday.  Then Sean and I and one of his buddies went out to eat at a restraunt in town where a live band was playing.  It was fun but I wanted to get to bed early because I needed my rest for Saturday. 

I came home Friday afternoon to find that Sean had suprised me with the most Awesome pair of boots EVER which most of you may find a little wild, but they are right up my alley!!!  I LOVE them!

He had also bought flowers...which is a first. There were my favorites too, lilys and daisies!

The Crawfish Boil was a huge success, we ate all 120 lbs of Crawfish, we had a band come and play, there was a heated washer tournament going on throughout the day, and that night we all sat around a campfire and talked and listened to Sean play the guitar.

    I found that Birdie really really likes Crawfish and she kept sneaking them out of the bucket we had them sitting in and would eat them whole.  Banjo liked them too but they didn't agree with his stomach...ew.   Birdie also kept trying to fetch the horseshoes when we started to play horseshoes.  We had to watch her closely ha! 

For those of you who aren't from the south and have no idea what washers and horseshoes are and have never sat around a campfire or eaten crawfish...You are totally missing out on the good life. 

I did not take photos because I forgot...they would've all been blurry anyway :)

PS if you drink a whole gallon of bloody marys while eating crawfish you will wake up the next morning so swollen from too much sodium that your whole body hurts and you can't wear any of your rings...and your mouth will be ON FIRE... Not that that happened to me or anything.

I'd like to thank everyone who wished me a happy birthday and made me feel better about turning 25!  I'm glad that I have blog friends that understand! 

24

My Ballet Career was short-lived.  That outfit is hot though.  The feathers really compliment the sequins.

It's my birthday.  I'm a little depressed.  I'm 25.  I know that isn't very old in the grand scale of life but I just looked up and I was 25, it seems that last year I was 20.  Does that mean when I look up again I'll be 30?  Is this what all the adults in my life talk about all the time??  Where does time go so fast?   Why is it that when I was young time was slower?  Do we get busier?  Do we forget to stop and let our curiosity take us on a new adventure like we did when we were kids?  Is that why time goes by so fast...because we don't have time to stop and play?  Does is just get faster from here?  I don't know.  I just know it's depressing.  And I hate change.  So today I'm 24 again, and every year hearafter I'll be 24.  I don't want to age anymore.

Time is Humans' worst enemy.

Sorry didn't mean to depressyou... Hey It's Friday!!!  Woo HOo!  We're eating crawfish tomorrow and Having a Par-tay!  Happy Weekend!!