Whew . . .

 For a couple of days, the weatherazzi was getting worked up over a big storm Wednesday night into Thursday morning. They were right.  At 5:00 this morning, the civil defense sirens went off and you could hear it the thunder, lightning and rain. The Old Man and I got up and turned on a local news channel to see what areas were under the tornado warnings.  Other than wind an a ton of rain, we were in the clear here in the south end.  The sirens stopped at 6:00 and they cancelled the tornado warnings, so we went back to bed.  But the storms kept on - needless to say we didn't get much sleep. I definitely see a nap in my future. 

New Product Review

 

For weeks I have been reading about Blue Bell Red, White and Blue Bell ice cream, in honor of the mega 4th of July celebration.  I got a carton last week and it did not disappoint.  It's a Neapolitan version with strawberry, vanilla and blue berry ice creams.  I've had it for three nights now in old school cones.  I plan to have another tonight.  The Old Man ate a cone full but wasn't crazy about it - he is still a chocolate Moose Tracks fan.  But TWIT and I will give this not one but two thumbs up.  

Things That Make You Go Hmmmm

 There are a lot of homeless people here in our area, and I noticed that I've seen them usually sitting with their bags or shopping carts by an ice cooler in store parking lots.  On Saturday, I saw a woman with a shopping cart full of her belongings sitting on the sidewalk next to the ice cooler at Dollar General Store. As I got ready to pull out of the parking lot, I noticed something - she was plugging a charging cord into the electric outlet where the ice cooler was plugged in.  Then I saw her plug the cord into her cell phone.  Now I know whey they camp out by the ice coolers. 

Happy National Bourbon Day

 TWIT and I would like to wish you, faithful readers, a very happy National Bourbon Day.  The Old Man and I will be celebrating later tonight with a shot of Bulleit bourbon.  Enjoy. 

Flashback Friday

 June is here and that means the Catholic church picnics are here, too.  From June to September, Catholic churches in Kentucky have theirr annual fund-raising picnics.  Usually for Friday and Saturday evenings, the picnics have lots of food, games of chance, and beer - lots of beer.  Back in the day when I was a kid, a family friend would take me and her two sons to the local picnics on Friday and Saturday nights where we would go throughout the area with big garbage bags picking up empty beer cans.  We would keep the bags of cans in our garage until the big semi trailer was at the Dixie Manor shopping center collecting the 6 aluminum and paying for them.  For a kid, if we each got 6 or 7 bucks, we thought we were rich. 

Thank You, Sunshine

 Thank you sunshine and the wind coming out of the west that will help dry up some of the big flood waters in Lanesville and Corydon.  

Update About My Friends in Southern Indiana

Heavy rains started early this morning and Southern Indiana got hammered.  Lanesville and Corydon, both about a half hour from The Compound were flooded.  The flood waters rose in Lanesville first and then washed down to Corydon.  The pictures I saw online and on the news weren't pretty. I felt guilty coming home from getting hair cuts this morning during a monsoon, but the rain stopped here shortly, thank goodness.