AGAIN.......the horrific heat and humidity today!! And.....this evening, within the past hour, terrible storms blew by just northwest of here.....just a few miles away. The storms came from the NorthEast and went southwest.......really, really odd for Missouri. STL was hit very hard.....at the present moment, 10:10pm, over 300,000 people are without electricity, three buildings have collapsed, and one of the main bridges is totally blocked by three semi's that were blow over while crossing the bridge. They remained on the bridge, but are heavily damaged. There doesn't seem to be any injuries of any consequence, but with so many utilities our of commission, some may not be able to report, or get any assistance. The airport is closed as there has been damage to one of the main terminals and there is no electricity there, either. Sooooo, the end to a HOT day!!!!
We went into STL this morning for our appointment with the Kitchen and Bath company that we have decided to contract to build our cabinets. We spent 2.5 hours with the designer/rep. and made many decisions as to the "guts" of the cabinets, the arrangement of the various cabs., and other specifics. The only hold up is to allow a few days for a cab. door example with a new stain on cherry wood which has just become available with these cabinets to be shipped to the company in STL so that we can see it. Otherwise, we will go with the natural maple........
We made a stop at one of the Sam's Club stores.....and bought WAY tooooooo many items, but that is nothing new when we make a stop there!!! HAHAHA.....now, as usual, the problem becomes WHAT do we do with the LARGE quantities of some of the boxed items. HAHHAHA....I told the 1st Lady that we would just have to store them until our new cabinets and pantry are built!!!!
Gas has risen in the STL area to $3.07-3.09 a gallon......DAMN!!!!!!!!!!! Since it personally affects me, this issue angers me MUCH, MUCH more than many other issues in our country. HOWEVER........the narrow-minded bumpkin that lives in the White House DID veto the stem cell bill..........THAT DOES REALLY, REALLY UPSET ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have managed to stay away from politics in this little ramblin' blog concerning TheHowserHouse, but I am about to begin writing about my/our feelings about the way this country is regressing.......and going in the WRONG direction!!! How...repeat, HOW many of my/our freedoms do we have to relinquish in the name of "fighting the war on terror"????????? Well, I will close this for tonight, but my mind and my feelings will continue........
Even with all of the above........
Life is Great.......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
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