My New Best Friend!

Well, storm season has begun here in Oklahoma... a bit early, but nevertheless, it is here. Thanks to Rick Mitchell on KOCO5, all of Oklahoma City was scared stiff this week because of the upcoming severe storms and thus there are no more NOAA weather radios to be found anywhere in the metro area... all sold out! (Ben actually bumped into a member of our Bishopric while out hunting for one earlier this week!) So, after some doctor appointments yesterday, Ben and I decided to go on a road trip in search of these little devices... (and we got one for our 2nd Counselor as well!)

Ahh, here it is. We went all the way to Tulsa to get it, but alas, we have one now! This nifty little device can be programmed to alert any specific county/counties of severe weather and is especially useful when there is a threat of night-time tornadoes b/c they tend to happen when everyone is asleep. (Like what happened in FL and LA this month) Last night was such a night and as you can see, we were under a Tornado Watch for most of the evening and overnight hours. Besides that little light, it is capable of blasting an alarm of 90 decibels that can be heard anywhere in the house... thats quite loud, let me assure you.

Here is a shot of what we were driving back into on our way home from Tulsa. This was at about 3pm-ish... quite the storm a-brewing! Fortunately nothing terrible happened later on that night or early this morning. But had it, we would have been safe thanks to our new little gadget!

Best In Show

So last night Ben and I were watching the Westminster Dog Show, oohing and aahing at all the beautiful breeds. This did not set well with our Sirius, I don't think, because about 1/2 way through he busted out this HUGE groan, shook his head, and then let out the most pitiful sigh! I daresay he was jealous of all the attention being given to these fluffly, overly groomed dogs and was insulted that he had not been invited to such a prestigious event! So... to appease our pup, here is our Best in Show... the magnificent Jack Russel Terrier, Sirius Trouble Young! (... please excuse his immodesty!)

Go Figure...

Leave it to the idiot liberals in Seattle to come up with this latest attack on marriage just to prove a point. Good thing Ben and I don't reside in Washington, otherwise we might just find ourselves single again shortly... after all, our 3 year time limit is up and apparently we remain ever so childless... by choice? HA!
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2007/02/13/rowlands.childless.couples.cnn

No wonder!

So I just realized that today is Tuseday the 13th... that probably doesn't mean anything to you, my friend, but to those of us whose familes are from a Latin country, today is a bad day. Much like we in the States dread Friday the 13th, those in my parents' countries dread Martes 13 (Tuesday the 13th). Baaaad things are said to happen that day. And what stench of bad luck befell Alex today? See post below...

C is for cookie...

A terrible thing has happened to me today... I've lost my cookies. (Lost, people, NOT tossed... thanks to Shannon, I now know the importance of stating that clearly, heehee...) When I packed my lunch there was a bag of cookies present... when I walked out to the car, there was a bag of cookies present... but alas, when I arrived at work and reached over to pick up the said cookies... they were gone.
Somehow, somewhere between home and work my delectable little morsels of chocolatey yumminess vanished! How? When? Who took them? I have no idea... I even checked under the seats... no cookies. I think I have an invisable Cookie Monster living in my car... *sigh*

Happy Birrrrrrrrrrthday tooooo...

ME! I am 26 today... wow, I'm closer to 30 than I am to 20... thats scary! ;) Oh and Happy b-day to Bon-Jovi, Elmo, and Frederick Mendelsson as well!