Tornado Tuesday

Sierra and I were car-less until about 1:00 this afternoon when my father in law brought his car over so we could use it for a few hours. (Thanks Pops) We first headed to the post office to mail a package to my friend Susha. While we were there we ran in to my niece Selena and my friend Della. It was so good to see them. I haven't been able to spend too much time with Selena this summer due to our traveling so it was great to see her.
Selena and Sierra . . .to bad Sierra's eyes were closed.I am going to get Selena either tomorrow or Friday to spend the day with us. We have missed not seeing her each week!
We then headed out to grab a bite to eat. I let Sierra choose and she picked McDonalds . . .I should of known :-) Then it was to Wal-Mart and Publix. We then headed home and unloaded all of our groceries and things. After putting it all away it was then time to head over to my friends barn. My friend Leanna is getting ready to go on vacation so I am going to be taking care of her horses and other animals while she is gone so she wanted to show me where everything.

While we were there a storm came in . . .we were in the barn when the rain started pounding . . I had Sierra with me. About that time Lisa called and told me to get home because a tornado was headed right toward our little town. I got right off the phone and told Leanna what was going on. She ran for her house and we ran to our car. She lives right across the street from me so we didn't have far to drive.

When we got in the house our power was out. I then received a phone call from Della. She was calling to make sure that I knew about the tornado . . . she said she and her two grandkids were in the bathtub with a mattress on top of them. I told her we were ok and I was just getting Sierra into our "safe closet" (the closet under our stairs) After I hung up the phone I grabbed the flash light and Sierra grabbed her DS game and we both got in the closet.

I called Carlos on my cell and asked him to pray . . .he did . . and we felt much better. About 20 minutes later the storm started to subside. I asked Sierra to stay in the closet while I checked things out . . .PTL . . no damage and no tornado came close from what I could see. God is good!

When I realized it was safe I let Sierra come out too. The storm has passed! It was scarey . . .the unknown of a tornado is much more intense than going through a hurricane . . at least you have some prep time when a hurricane is coming.

Thank you Lord for keeping us safe!

After all the stress that the storm caused . . I decided I needed to relax so I headed upstairs and decided to take a nice relaxing bath. So, I got everything ready . . .and then enjoyed a good 30 minutes of relaxation! I feel so much better plus I got 30 minutes of good reading in.

This evening while Sierra was taking her bath I talked to Lisa, Carlos and Della on the phone. Now, I am calling it a night . . .hopefully I can get in a few more minutes of reading in before I fall asleep!