Our First Storm!!!

Close-up of the tree branch that got hit by lightening

the Hail!


So little Isaac's slide is supossed to be on the other side of the tree

the branch

We had our first storm a few weeks ago. We were just standing outside talking with our new neighbor when my husband says "that cloud looks like a finger". I was soooo excited. I grabbed the little guy and went and sat in my Hubbies truck bed to watch the storm(stupid I know!). Meanwhile Isaac was looking at our backyard. It was windy, rainy, with lots of thunder and lightening and I was loving it! Then there was a large BOOM and CRACK, Isaac comes running to the truck and says, "We better go in I just saw lightening hit our tree!". So, we continued to watch the storm from our windows. Like I said earlier I was loving the storm. Then the electricity went out around 6pm. And the storm stopped soon after. So, now for the not so cool parts. I hate the dark and we did not get our electricity back until 10:30am! That was not cool! But it was cool to have TV again right!? Wrong! We didn't get a signal! And of course I had to go to the Commissary to replace some of the things that went bad in the fridge. When I got back it felt like a sauna in our house! But b.c. of the storm they could not come and fix the air until later. Like 5pm later! So, what does a sleep deprived, sweaty, now grouchy housewife do!? First, I called Mathis Brothers b.c. we got a new kitchen table and the varnish started coming off. Isaac had taken it in to get fixed and they called us back and said they couldn't fix it. At first I was going to ignore it but I needed someone to take my anger out on, so I called and asked what the problem was. The man says, "scratches are not covered under warranty, only dents and cracks" I explain to him that it's not a scratch I am complaining about but if he would like I could take an ax to that spot to get a good crack in it! Guess what? Our table got fixed! Then I called Direct TV. and chewed them out (our receiver had been giving us problems wayyy before the storm). So, we got a week of free TV:)

Through this experience I've learned that I still love storms! I hate not having electricity! And I can get really mean when I don't have airconditioning ha ha