We Were Lucky

Last weekend, I took a trip to Macon for a Youth Minister's conference. I took this pic on the way back--it is Barbie Beach. These people have it out in front of their house, on the highway. They change the Barbies and the clothes every so often. A little strange.

Look at that short hair.

Also notice the sign in the background (if you click on the picture, it enlarges).

The above pictures are all from our storm last night. We were awoke at 4:00 a.m. to the storm sirens going off. I took a peek outside to see the strongest winds I have ever seen. We have not yet heard exactly what sort of storm it was--but the pictures above tell the story. Most of these pics are taken within a couple of blocks from our place. The large uprooted tree is about 30 yards from the church. One of the college students from our church lives in the house. In fact, he was in the room the tree smashed down upon.

The town looks much better tonight; but this morning, Carrollton was a mess. Streets were shut down, with trees and power lines down everywhere. Trees smashed into lots of houses. Our power was out for over six hours. Getting ready for this morning for church was an experience. We had worship service in the dark--that was one to remember.

We have heard a tornado went through about 10 miles south of here. We checked that out--and roofs are off of some houses down there.

All in all, we feel lucky. We woke up at the time of the worst part of the storm--but we could not get any TV or radio, so we weren't sure what was going on. The house of some friends of ours, they said, was shaking; and their trampoline was thrown a quarter-mile from their house.

If this was all just a storm, it was quite a storm.

Just thought this picture needed to be taken.

This is a familiar scene around the house these days. Jane had a summer haircut last week. It is basically a burr. She went from long hair to extremely short hair. We think it has affected her personality. She seems to be depressed now. She used to chow down her food; now she sort of grazes on it throughout the day. She sort of mopes around the house. She just, to put it simply, looks sad. Hopefully she will jump out of this quickly. We do now know that Jane is a very fit dog--was difficult to see under all of that hair.

Jane did enjoy this past Friday. We went to Johns Mountain, up north of Rome. Of course, we forgot the camera. But, the drive and the view were incredible. We drove up to the top of a mountain, then hiked a 3.8 mile loop up on top. I got me some SnoBiz--in Cedartown. Just as good as I remember it. A margarita/orange sno-cone mix. Mmmm. There is also a SnoBiz in Bowdon--not far from here. It is a super-duper SnoBiz--I have never seen anything like it.