okay before i start what i am going to write about i want you let you know, this is a fluff piece. i realize there was some CRAZY weather in oklahoma today and i realize the potential of what could have been and what was for some people. with that said, just take this post for what it is....
something to pass 5 minutes for you... no real life benefit :)
so about twice a year the sweet officer of mine take our kids to his parents in stillwater. they stay the night and i have the house all to myself. ladies, most of you probably know what a rarity this is. the officer is always great about making sure i have nights out with my girlfriends or sister or trips to target or walmart without the kids. however, it is not that common that i would get time in my house by myself. i get very excited about this. often my first thought is, "okay what do i want to do, where do i want to go shopping, who do i want to go out to eat with?" however, it doesn't take long before i start thinking, "hmmm a night all to myself in the house with no one there. it will be completely silent!!!" when i know this is going to happen, there are things that need to be done.
it starts the night before they leave. i MUST clean the house. i really, really love having the house clean and being able to sit back and enjoy .... it staying clean. so i clean up the kitchen, the living room, the kid's bathroom, vacuum, sweep, picked up the kid's room today, and got half way through my laundry (the lack of completion of the laundry does bother me, but i decided to put it in my room, continue to try to finish the washing/drying portion and shut my bedroom door - it's only now bothering me since i am in the bedroom typing this blog).
the officer had traffic court this morning and he was leaving after court. while he was at court, i packed the kid's bag, got their pillows & blankets, jackets, games/toys for the car all prepared and loaded by the door for my husband. i got them dressed and ready to go. we did school this morning. my goal was to be completely done by noon so my husband could leave whenever he wanted. :) i did wake up on the grumpy side of the bed this morning, so bless the officer for being so sweet and heading to stillwater when he did.
it's 1:30 p.m. and my family is on the road. i have turned off the radio and am checking my email. my husband calls and tells me he heard we are in a tornado watch (it's still bright-ish outside so i just say, "okay, thanks for calling!"). i get a call from a friend and we make plans for dinner tomorrow night. we talk about how nice it is that i have an evening to myself. lastly we talk about what we do in tornadoes (since there's the possibility of storms later on in the evening - or so i think).
we get off the phone, and not 15 minutes later, i turn on the tv and tornado sirens start going off. it's 2:15 p.m. everyone knows what the weather was like today and i'm sure many of your were in your tornado shelters or glued to your tvs. the tornado sirens are a constant sound until 4:30 p.m. i am sitting in my tornado shelter (the laundry room) with my husband's motorcycle helmet on (which is making me sleepy because it's so stinkin' heavy - don't know how my husband does it every day.) i have never received so many phone calls (btw -thank you all for checking in on me!). it's not over though, because all the storms that just hit my side of town are heading to where the officer and my kids are. i'm not too worried about it because they have very quick access to a storm shelter underground. i just know my kids would be worried - they really do not like thunderstorms. at bedtime they used to listen to k-love, but when there are thunderstorms they listen to cds because they don't want to hear the warning from the national weather system.
now i'm only blogging about this because as i said before the times i get to spend in my clean house all by myself don't happen that often. however, something always happens when the time comes. last time my husband took the kids to stillwater to give me a quiet evening to myself, i got very sick. slept for like 2 days. missed all the time to myself - however the house was clean. this time - tornadoes. really???? really???? oh well. i am wondering what will happen next time i get the house to myself.
all that to say from what i hear everyone is safe and their houses are okay. i'm so glad. you can never be sure of what oklahoma weather is going to do. how did you ride out the storms???
something to pass 5 minutes for you... no real life benefit :)
so about twice a year the sweet officer of mine take our kids to his parents in stillwater. they stay the night and i have the house all to myself. ladies, most of you probably know what a rarity this is. the officer is always great about making sure i have nights out with my girlfriends or sister or trips to target or walmart without the kids. however, it is not that common that i would get time in my house by myself. i get very excited about this. often my first thought is, "okay what do i want to do, where do i want to go shopping, who do i want to go out to eat with?" however, it doesn't take long before i start thinking, "hmmm a night all to myself in the house with no one there. it will be completely silent!!!" when i know this is going to happen, there are things that need to be done.
it starts the night before they leave. i MUST clean the house. i really, really love having the house clean and being able to sit back and enjoy .... it staying clean. so i clean up the kitchen, the living room, the kid's bathroom, vacuum, sweep, picked up the kid's room today, and got half way through my laundry (the lack of completion of the laundry does bother me, but i decided to put it in my room, continue to try to finish the washing/drying portion and shut my bedroom door - it's only now bothering me since i am in the bedroom typing this blog).
the officer had traffic court this morning and he was leaving after court. while he was at court, i packed the kid's bag, got their pillows & blankets, jackets, games/toys for the car all prepared and loaded by the door for my husband. i got them dressed and ready to go. we did school this morning. my goal was to be completely done by noon so my husband could leave whenever he wanted. :) i did wake up on the grumpy side of the bed this morning, so bless the officer for being so sweet and heading to stillwater when he did.
it's 1:30 p.m. and my family is on the road. i have turned off the radio and am checking my email. my husband calls and tells me he heard we are in a tornado watch (it's still bright-ish outside so i just say, "okay, thanks for calling!"). i get a call from a friend and we make plans for dinner tomorrow night. we talk about how nice it is that i have an evening to myself. lastly we talk about what we do in tornadoes (since there's the possibility of storms later on in the evening - or so i think).
we get off the phone, and not 15 minutes later, i turn on the tv and tornado sirens start going off. it's 2:15 p.m. everyone knows what the weather was like today and i'm sure many of your were in your tornado shelters or glued to your tvs. the tornado sirens are a constant sound until 4:30 p.m. i am sitting in my tornado shelter (the laundry room) with my husband's motorcycle helmet on (which is making me sleepy because it's so stinkin' heavy - don't know how my husband does it every day.) i have never received so many phone calls (btw -thank you all for checking in on me!). it's not over though, because all the storms that just hit my side of town are heading to where the officer and my kids are. i'm not too worried about it because they have very quick access to a storm shelter underground. i just know my kids would be worried - they really do not like thunderstorms. at bedtime they used to listen to k-love, but when there are thunderstorms they listen to cds because they don't want to hear the warning from the national weather system.
now i'm only blogging about this because as i said before the times i get to spend in my clean house all by myself don't happen that often. however, something always happens when the time comes. last time my husband took the kids to stillwater to give me a quiet evening to myself, i got very sick. slept for like 2 days. missed all the time to myself - however the house was clean. this time - tornadoes. really???? really???? oh well. i am wondering what will happen next time i get the house to myself.
all that to say from what i hear everyone is safe and their houses are okay. i'm so glad. you can never be sure of what oklahoma weather is going to do. how did you ride out the storms???
the picture is of one of the many times hail came down at our house.
4 comments:
I'm SO sorry! My kids think it's all great fun. :-)
Glad you are safe and sound - enjoy the quiet!
Motorcycle helmet.....LOL! You are too cute.
I was actually in Yukon at 2:00 headed back to Texas. We made it out with the rain and then storms with tornados and hail hit at our house in Texas. We were also glad not to have any damage!
That is really smart to clean the house before your free time actually starts! I always wait til they're gone, and then feel overwhelmed.
The storm didn't get to the Tulsa area until about 5. We went to the zoo at 3, and they were putting all the animals up because of the tornado watch. There was nothin' but blue skies above us, though. We made it home just in time for the downpour.
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