no this funnel was recently and we still have no wind, be careful Jim and Sandy and Barb think its heading your way too

We're Ok! Lots of rain, wind and a little hail. It's still thundering pretty good and the sky is lighting up. Tomorrow is supposed to be really hot and with the cool air tonight it doesn't make a good mix.

Wiz and Barb, how is it by you?

knew i had to wonder about barb wiz is in our area too where is fin ?

glad you all are ok pretty nasty lightening and thunders some cool cloud formation

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OK, first a confession. I have read Frank's signature line several times a day for awhile now and I just finally read it correctly. I thought it was "bad spellers of the world unite" now I see it says "untie". LOL:ROTFLMAO: I feel like a dunce!

Got some good news on the transmission last night. A dear friend gave us another shop to call - two brothers who have an independent transmission shop. They will rebuild the whole transmission for $1,695 and pay the first $50 of the towing. Our friend has been using them for awhile and has found them to be quite honest. That makes me feel better.

This is far better than the quote from AAMCO. From what I have heard of AAMCO's reputation, they always seem to quote a range and then no one ever gets out of there for the low end of the range. They don't really have a good rep around here.:rolleyes:

I'm still so upset over this and everything else got so overwhelming that I couldn't sleep well last night. I only got about 4 hours of sleep. Add tired to fatigue and there just isn't enough coffee for me today.

I'm glad everyone stayed safe with the storms. The storms this year have seemed worse to me even in Pittsburgh. We haven't had near the problems that those of you in the midwest and farther south have had, but this is the first five day forecast with only 1 day of storms forecast since about April! It's about time for things to calm down. I hope it calms down all over so that everyone can dry out.

Morning all! DH said St. Maarten looked good to him so far so we are going to look into the schools closer and health care and plan a trip there. :D DH has been all over the world but one place he has never been is St. Maarten, I couldn't believe it, LOL.

I'm glad everyone is weathering the storms.

Holly, glad you got some good news on the transmission.

BTW, if I every over look someone I'm sorry it's hard for me to keep up on whats going on with who (I get confused easily), this is why I hadn't hung out in this thread much. But I really care about you guys so I'm going to try my best. :o

Wasn't that sky weird last night as the storms came into the Chicago area? My DH and I stood at the patio door and watched it roll in...I was glad for the rain; my lawn is getting more and more brown; trying not to sprinkle, since we're cutting back on expenses.
It's going to be a hot one in the midwest today....keep cool, all you midwesterners!!

Frank and Sandy...maybe you guys can start on the ark there and sail it down to me! Sun is out for the moment here...its been raining so much we can't mow, or the John Deere will need floaties but since we can't the grass has gotten so tall I won't let the kids out because I'm afraid of them getting snake bit!

On a funnier note....one of my moms cats got really curious about a large groundhog that lives on the back side of the pond...she sniffed around at it and the ground was havin none of it, then the cat ran over and crawled into the groundhogs den!! So then the ground hog went over and sat on it!!! The entrance I mean...Izzie was yowling like she'd been shot, I thought I was gonna pee my pants laughing. The minute the groundhog moved that cat shot up outta there like a rocket!

My mom and son are taking my grandfather into town for a tractor part today..so Olivia and I have a copule hours to ourselves (sigh)

hey all .. I'm getting that band of storms just north of Sandy/Jim, Frank/Debbie, Wiz & Barb ... (think that's everyone in the path right now) .. and Jenn is still a time-zone away ..

still no word from the place that said that I can 'move in' yet :Bawling:... but, it's raining anyways ... :rain: so, I'm just waiting :picknose:

first week of classes almost in .. well, better get cracking!! talk soon!

Good morning all. I hope you midwesterners are all OK. Enough with the storms already! YIKES! Although I have not been in a tornado since 1974 (I think), I remember being petrified as we could see it coming, my parents were out of town, my brothers and sisters were all staying at different friends houses with the exception of my oldest brother - he was at home, and all I wanted was to be with all of them and not staying at my friends. My brother that was at home saw it as it ripped through the field/school/church across the street from our house. He was so, so lucky it didn't come on our side of the street.

NaeNae - That is funny! Certainly made me smile and laugh. Thanks!!! Enjoy your alone time with Olivia.

Vonn - Isn't just great to be in limbo like that? (I say that sarcastically). Did you offer to go down and take care of it yourself? LOL. I do hope that you hear good news today and that you can begin moving in. Saying prayers for you and sending good vibes your way.

Kay - Congratulations!!! Did you and DH celebrate? I know you have been waiting for this for a long time. Despite the hassles, long days, etc. you are now official and don't have to renew your Visa every 3 months or whatever it was. That was crazy. I am happy for you.

Holly - That sounds better. It is hard to find mechanics that you trust. DBF works right next to the mechanics I go to. They are great. Besides, they don't want to tick DBF off as they really like him and he does a lot of their body work on their cars. LOL.

MX7 - St. Maarten sounds good. It would probably be better than Mexico as there is quite a bit of turmoil down there.

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I need to get busy here. Made a big "mistake" on a painting yesterday. I know, I know, there is no such thing as a mistake when painting. I just need to incorporate the little gel medium error and make it a point of interest.:p

I do hope you all have a good day.

Good morning all :) I still have 15 minutes left to say that - LOL.

Woke up late this morning. Slept for 12 hours last night. :eek: Think I overdid it a little yesterday.

Got a call a little while ago from NMSS. Just need to work some stuff out still, but looks like they'll be able to use my skills. :) Never volunteered before, so it should be fun.

As to the storms - ick. If you guys got it that bad, it's probably on it's way here. Another round of rain. Guess those in my area who were predicting that it was gonna be a dry summer from the get-go were wrong. Been in two tornado warnings, and it's always creepy when there's a storm with no wind.

Stay safe everyone and have a good day. :grouphug: