Those clouds were pretty, but the storm that came through before them was not. I couldn't make it to the chit chat because my father-in-law had surgery earlier in the week, and all of my in-laws are staying at my house. In fact, we were at the hospital when the storm went through and the power went out. Pretty freaky to be in a hospital, just glad I wasn't in the elevator. About an hour after the storm went through I came home to find this: There was 2 inch hail all over the yard. We knew it was bad when we started to get close to the house and trees were down and there was so much hail it looked like it had snowed. The weird thing was that we had a hail storm go through 7/21/2008, so it was almost exactly two years to the date of that bad hail storm. Jen

Sorry it missed your trees Scott. Glad those who got useful rain received it. Did the OKC area have a heat burst or something? This morning the Mesonet was showing it about 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the state around 7 a.m? When I looked at it then, most of the state was in mid-70s, but OKC area was in mid-80s. I'll link the current temp map, but if you're seeing it later in the morning than when I posted it, the temp difference may not exist at that time. Here is a link that might be useful: Current Temperature Map

I'm in Florida, Jannie. Yesterday it was a sunny 78 degrees and we had the air conditioner on in the car. I could've used another one like that one. Glenda, you'd think most of the water would be gone by the time that storm got here--haha! How much rain did you get? Thank you, Mariend. Around 3 p.m. the sun came out, but it's cloudy again now.

Festusbodine - thanks for the link to your blog. Wowzers! You've got a BIG project on your hands! I won't complain about my humble kitchen remodel anymore.... Seems as though you either LOVE the idea of light counters w/ dark cabs or HATE it. I received a comment on another thread I started about our adventures in cabinetland...I mentioned the counters/backsplash and also asked for honest opinions. One person (OK, several...) strongly encouraged me to rethink the light/dark combo - and consider a darker counter (such as soapstone). I LOVE soapstone! (LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!) But, I'm concerned my galley west-facing kitchen will be dark most of the day if we go w/dark counters...(Lighting should be more than adequate - pendants over windows, lots of recessed lights, undercabinet lights)...but still concerned and don't want a dark kitchen....(We originally wanted a white Christopher Peacock-like kitchen, but that wasn't in the cards.) I like the contrast. I don't like the busy-ness of granite. For about a minute, we considered Formica 180FX, but I think their samples are WAAAAAY too busy....I like the simple white counter with a little activity (if you get close). I think it looks contemporary and clean without totally committing to a contemporary look. Wow. I need more coffee this morning, as this post seems rather confusing.... Suzanne