Hail

For all you Shakespeare lovers, this post is not about the popular Roman General referencing "All Hail Caesar"; instead its a weather post around Tornado and Hail. 

What started off as a beautiful morning turned completely upside down by that evening. There is a reason why people here talk about weather all the time. 'Lost for topics to discuss' or 'ice breakers' may not be the only reasons to do so.

For those of you who have not seen one, Hail is simply a shower of ice balls ranging from small to golf ball size to a soft ball. If you are indoors (you better be), it feels like somebody drumming heavily on your roof from all direction.

Dallas is not particularly in the Tornado alley but we do get one a year. A couple of days ago, a tornado passed close to the suburb we live in. ... Real close, was about 10 miles away. We were more impacted by the hail the tornado brought (for lack of a meteorology term) than the tornado itself. Doesn't it look like we emptied bags of ice on our lawn?

After a hail storm, we routinely check our cars, if parked outside for damage. Usually the roof is the most impacted. Trust me the following morning after a hail, you are sure to find roof repair companies going around neighborhoods knocking doors to see how they can help. ... Now, that's consumerism in our beloved US of A. On the other side you will also find car dealers telling you, there was no hail near their dealership or any damage to their cars parked outside.

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Living Room Makeover

I was a bit disappointed at Blogger for removing post and associated comments while fixing another issue @#*^&$%!!! ... is Google becoming just another IT company???? There isn't an ounce of me that's wanting to repost the deleted one. Well, the one line summary of the post is that I went to a Ranger's game and they lost it.

Living Room Makeover made possible by a new lamp, Ganesha idols, black and white photos of parents and last Spring pictures amidst Blue Bonnets and a bad hair cut week day.

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Of Books And Scrapbooks

My daughter is back from her field trip. No points for guessing, I did not volunteer to be a chaperon. Instead, I threw a scrap booking party for the girls to journal their trip, when its still fresh in their memory.

Its been a week of books, good books to be specific. I did not want the book, "The Help" to end. Read it as slowly as I could, cherishing every word.

Cleave transitions seamlessly between humor and serious issues in the "Little Bee". However I did not like the fact that the author/publishing requests the readers not to reveal the story. If I can convey what's in that book in 3-4 sentences, I wonder what's the point in writing the book in the first place?

It was a good read and the book would would have done quite well, even with out adding that statement on the book cover.

Happy Mother's Day

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