Moni, It was one of those on-and-off warnings. One day they thought it would hit us hard, and then another day they said it would go farther south and then they came back and said we 'might' get 1" to 4" but they were leaning more toward the 1". So, here we sit with over 6" on the ground (I haven't measured it lately) and more falling. The problem is that the forecast models were all over the place, and the meteorologists had to decide which model or models they had the most confidence in. A lot of them chose the wrong one! LOL It is a wet snow and our temps have hovered between 29 and 32 degrees all afternoon, so some of it has melted even as more has fallen. It is quite lovely but I hope it goes away soon. My Dixondale onions ship next week. All the birds in southern OK are currently eating out in the yard.....we're having a wild bird convention with everything from goldfinches (several dozen of them at three finch feeders) to cardinals, blue jays, blue birds, starlings, black-capped chickadees, doves, sparrows, crows, grackles, etc. There are birds everywhere. I need to go outside and let the 'garage dogs' out to run and play. I've been letting them out for about 15 minutes every couple of hours all day long. They like the snow, but they don't like it for long. I'll measure the snow while I'm out. Down in the D-FW area, I believe today's snowfall makes this the snowiest year since sometime in the 1970s. I know sleet and snow flurries have fallen in the College Station, TX, area and than across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and into northern Florida. They should have real snow in some of those places tonight and tomorrow. Every day it seems like someone in the USA is having snow, and I guess this is the southern states' turn. Dawn

Moni, We won't hold it against you. Could they plan a long bike ride in Love County for every June, July and August weekend so it will rain here? Speaking of rain, you should see the radar of the storm approaching us. Thunder, lighting, no rain yet, but 2" hail and a brief tornado touchdown across the river from us. I'd say I am excited we might get rain, but I'm worried we might get the hail/tornado. I should head for the shelter soon. Bah! Second time this year a wicked storm has headed our way out of the SW--and the last one was the Feb. 10th F-4 tornado that hit Lone Grove. The way our luck goes, the whole thing will miss us. Well, I guess not--they are opening up the tornado shelters in town, so I'm headed for the cellar. D

Unfortunately, we don't have a choice to just stay inside many days. We both have things that need done, so we do them, regardless of weather. In my dreams, though, we lead a life of luxury and lounge in the a/c all summer. LOL Temp is now 102 and heat index is only 111. That's an improvement. I think? We just got a/c in the house last year, partway through the summer, when our then 4 year old got heat exhaustion. It's nothing but a little window unit but it helps keep it under 90 in here most days (and quadruples our electric bill!!). Before that, we just really enjoyed a breeze in the shade when we needed to cool off. LOL Now, if we could just get a/c in our van. We all dread going anywhere in the summer. Blech. Anyway, that's life. It seems most of the US just assumes that everyone has a/c in home and vehicles and have the option to just stay in and stay cool when it gets too hot. Reality is somewhat different for some people. (If any of the above sounds snarky, I sure don't mean it to be. I've been sick and the heat is making less than perky so I'm a bit... brainless at the moment and having trouble wording things. Is it winter yet??) Diane

Diane, Poor little Nellie. Glad she's recovering from the heat exhaustion and so sorry to hear about the tonsillitis. It's not easy being 4 years old. The cure for anything at that age? Popsicles! Ice cream! Jello! Pudding! (Well, if I was an overheated 4-year-old OR a 4-year-old with tonsillitis, that's what I would want!) Your hubby is able to tinker and fix and build anything, I think, which is great! The folks at the electric company are already hard at work calculating how much their profit is going to rise....and it is all coming from your pockets! I don't know what's worse in the summer: watching the electric bill skyrocket when the heat arrives or watching the water bill creep higher and higher when the rains don't fall. Plants are just going to burn up in this heat. What are you going to do? (sigh) Sometimes you can't water them enough to save them (even if you try). Last year I lost one shrub in a row of shrubs. Undoubtedly it was because of the drought, but I'd watered them all the same. The others made it and that one didn't. I guess I probably should be grateful only 1 shrub died. At least a cold front is coming although, of course, the use of the word "cold" is relative. For us, it will mean perhaps an 8-10 drop in the temperature on Sunday from Saturday and, of course, if that happens we'll be thrilled....but we'll be plenty hot even with the 8-10 degree drop. Dawn