~LIVING IN TORNADO ALLEY~

Good Morning Everyone!
It is scary living here in tornado alley! I'm still not used to it! My son didn't tell us before we moved here that this state was prone to having tornado's. I didn't know it was called Tornado Alley! Not till we moved here in 1996 did I find out about the tornado's that they get. Our son Jamie just told me.. "Mom, they take their rainy weather very serious around here.." I didn't know what he meant by that till our first heavy rain storm here, and the weathermen were on the tv, looking to be all nervous and excited about the heavy rain and storms.. I'm from Pa. and we get rain, hail and heavy storms there, but they normally didn't scare me.. but, I've got to say, that since living here, I've learned to glue my eyes and ears to the tv/radio when the weathermen talk about storms and tornado's in and around our surrounding areas.. I know now why they take it ever so serious! So does this lady nowadays too when storms are in these areas!!

We were right smack in the May 3, 1999 tornado when it hit the Westmoore High School.. I'll write more about that tornado on my blog at another time.. I just don't have enough time to write all about it now..

I just wanted to let everyone know that my family and I are safe and sound from the tornado's and horiffic storms that went through our city and surrounding cities yesterday. Our electricity was off for about an hour to an hour an a half or so.. My heart goes out to all who have lost their homes and businesses, and to the families who lost love one's to this storm, and to everyone who were hurt due to this storm also. My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are for each and everyone of them.

Here is a link telling about some of the storms in nearby Norman that aren't very far away from our home...http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12453596

My hubby and I could just look up at the sky and saw how the swirling of the clouds were going and how dark they were getting.. Our tornado sirens went off, and we knew that was everyone's warning to get inside their tornado shelters, (or that certain place in one's home that one goes when the tornado sirens go off) which ours is located inside our garage.. I am so very thankful that we have one! That was one gem that both my husband and I both agreed on, that we absolutely wanted to have in our new home when it was being built, back in 2002. Each year we are so thankful to have it, that's for sure, and we highly recommend it to everyone, and for them to have some kind of storm shelter built as such. We've had several of our family, friends and neighbors share it with us many times too over the years we've lived here. I always feel very safe while waiting in there..till the tornado's and storms pass..

I've got some errands to run today.. Not sure if I'm going to weight watcher's today or tomorrow. I'll have to wait and see I guess. Right at this very moment, I really don't feel up to doing too much of anything. My new med's that I'm now taking, kind of make me feel a tad bit more tired than usual! But, like I tell the Dr's when they ask me if I feel more tired than I usually do, I just tell them that I'm always tired! I've been like that, which seems like forever! My kids can all vouch for me on that one! I wake up tired! Hopefully I'm not the only one who wakes up feeling like that! It's not too often that I wake up feeling REFRESHED! I know that I'm missing out on great sleep, that's for sure, as those few times over all these years when I did wake up feeling refreshed, it was absolutely wonderful!! It definately made me quite aware of the restful sleep that I'm NOT getting every night. I am missing out on great sleep, no doubt about it!! I just don't know what to do to fix it, so that I could have restful sleep every night! That sure would be wonderful!!

You all have a great Tuesday!! I've got to get into gear here, or the day will slip on away from me!

Blessings,
~Lynn