It's Been Awhile

Wow, has it almost been 2 weeks since my last post?? The year of 2008 is already flying by way too fast....I just can't quite keep up.

To share with you all of the details as to why I've been absent would certainly bore you to tears so I'll skip the excuses part. However, I will share a few of the more interesting things that have gone on here in the Prairie of Dardenne.

My last post was about our odd weather. I had no idea when I wrote that post that our odd weather would hang around for awhile.

As forecasted on January 29th, 2008, out temps did drop to a very cold 15 degrees. However, that didn't prevent this little guy from sitting atop the tree in my front yard the next morning...in fact, despite the cold and the dreary skies, I thought to myself, "maybe an early spring is on it's way."

However, the next morning, Old Man Winter crushed any hope that I had for an early spring. He managed to drop about 10 inches of snow in my yard.

The next thing I know...the snow is melting quickly due to our temps rising into the mid-40's low-50's. In fact a few days after our snowfall, I was driving home from an appointment only to run into a horrible thunderstorm that produced tons of lightening and very loud thunder. The skies were green and it ended up dumping the most pea-sized hail I've ever seen fall at one time.

Of course, this was just the result of a warm front colliding with a cold front.

SURPRISE!! The cold front won it's battle with the warm front and now our temperatures are right where they should be for this time of year.....a brisk 30 degrees or so.

This morning when I walked outside into the cold air; I recognized something and it renewed my hope for an early spring.....take a look at who came back

for a visit....

So now what I need to know is if this bird is a purple finch or a house finch...anyone want to answer that for me??

All Four Seasons Expected Here Today

On any other January 29th day in the St. Louis, area, you might expect very cold temperatures and even possible snow and/or sleet.Today, however, is very unique. Today as I was driving home from the grocery store, I'm pretty sure that I heard the local weatherman say that we should expect high's in the 70's and sunny; thunderstorms producing possible tornadoes; and also sleet and snow when we hit our low of 15 degrees. Oh, and let us not forget, winds gusting to 60 mph. Other cities claim to have very changeable weather but I think St. Louis won the blue ribbon for today.

Government Health Warning!

Government

Health

Warning

Do Not

Swallow

Chewing Gum!!

Saturday's Dumb Blonde Joke

A man was in his front yard mowing grass when his attractive blonde female neighbor came out of the house and went straight to the mailbox. She opened it then slammed it shut and stormed back in the house. A little later she came out of her house again went to the mail box and again, opened it, slammed it shut again. Angrily, back into the house she went. As the man was getting ready to edge the lawn, here she came out again, marched to the mail box, opened it and then slammed it closed harder than ever. Puzzled by her actions the man asked her, 'Is something wrong? 'To which she replied, 'There certainly is!

''My stupid computer keeps saying, 'YOU'VE GOT MAIL!'

Lefty or Righty?

The author of this video claims he's decoded what he calls the 'world's best kept auto secret,' which will make your life a lot easier. I don't know about you but I'm for almost anything to make my life easier.

Test this on your car and let me know if it applied to your car.....it did to mine!

Things That Make Ya Go Hmmmmmm..

Do you know what this is???

It's a Hill-Billy!

Saturday's Dumb Blonde Joke

A blonde calls her boyfriend and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get it started. Her boyfriend asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"
The blonde says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a tiger."
Her boyfriend decides to go over to her house and help with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him that she has the puzzle spread all over the table.
He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then turns to her and says, "First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a Tiger."
He takes her hand and says, "Second, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea... and then," he sighed....

let's put all these Frosted Flakes back in the box."