The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation. ~ Author Unknown

Dear Hubby is on his way home as I write this.  He's spent a week's vacation visiting family and friends in Portland.  When he made his travel plans I had no idea at the time that I would also be on 'vacation' myself from taking care of the grandboys. I had heard my daughter-in-law's mom was planning on visiting here from Texas again but there was no set date at the time.  Oh well.  I had a nice week to myself, too, here at home.  I took down the sheers in the living room and had them dry cleaned.  I set up my new laptop computer and purchased a new flat screen TV after our old boxy one decided to die on me the other nite.  I got the Play Station hooked up to it, the HDMI cable attached.  I even figured out how to hook up my computer to the TV so Dear Hubby and I can watch our Portland church's internet broadcasts on the much bigger TV screen.  We'd been watching them on my old computer monitor and let me tell you, this is so much nicer.  The screen also fills completely when Dylan plays his video games.  He's one happy camper.  I put the old TV out on the curb for the garbage guys to pick up but by morning, pickers had come by and pretty much taken all of it except the outer casing and the screen.

When Dear Hubby called me from the airport this morning once he'd gotten thru security he said, "I hear you had a tornado warning last nite!"   Say what?!  That was the first I'd heard of that!  I do remember waking up sometime in the nite, hearing thunder and the rain pelting the roof, but I've grown to love the sound of it after living here for a year now.  It doesn't frighten me...it lulls me to sleep.  Deep sleep, obviously.  Dear Hubby said "Didn't you watch the weather last nite?"  I told him whenever he's gone for any length of time I don't watch TV at all unless I decide to watch something I have taped on the DVR.  When I slid the drapes shut last nite around 8 pm it was dusky and looked normal to me.  Well, people here tell us Michigan weather can change in a minute and I guess they're right.  You know, I thought I heard an alarm go off last nite but I thought it was on a car.  Maybe it was the tornado warning?  I don't know.  When I picked up our drapes at the dry cleaner's this morning the woman who helped me asked me if we'd had any damage from the wind last nite at our house.  I must have been unconscious.  I didn't even hear it.

Regardless, today it's beautiful and sunny and warm.  I have the front door open and the window in the living room.  Sun is streaming in. Birds are chirping everywhere.  And it was snowing in Portland when Dear Hubby left for the airport.  They're having our weather! Go figure!  What a strange winter it's been.