Gabby's

[The Mrs]

For the last 2 nights we have had huge windstorms come up thru the Valley. This is pretty normal as we get a good windstorm or two every year.

But for some reason, this year, my 18-year old daughter decides to freak out about them.

The first night the windstorm knocked out our electricity, so we're scrambling to find flashlights, and the only one we can find is a little rechargeable one we got for Christmas that lasted about 2 minutes. My daughter, the smart one, uses her cell phone to light the way to find a couple of candles, which have somehow become a rarity in my house!

My 16-year old son was in the shower, and for some reason, when the lights went out, he came out, grabbed the ONLY lighter in the house, and got back in the shower to rinse off soap/shampoo. WHY he did that, we have NO IDEA!!! So we're banging on the bathroom door telling him to give us the lighter, and he says he can't, it's too dark! Gggrrrr!!!

So we get the lighter, light a couple candles, find an oil lamp, get it lit, and in the midst of all of that, my daughter disappears. When I go to search her out, I find her in her room bawling! She's afraid of the windstorm!!!

She actually has good reason to be as we have two 100-year old Maple trees that sit about 20 feet from our house, and tower over 2 of the bedrooms. Hers is at the other end of the house, so she made us all go back to her room so we wouldn't be crushed by falling trees! LOL! Needless to say, I did NOT sleep well last night at all!

[rgcraig]

LOL - - that's hilarious Mrs!

She wouldn't fare well in our area!

[Tina]

Originally Posted by The Mrs

For the last 2 nights we have had huge windstorms come up thru the Valley. This is pretty normal as we get a good windstorm or two every year.

But for some reason, this year, my 18-year old daughter decides to freak out about them.

The first night the windstorm knocked out our electricity, so we're scrambling to find flashlights, and the only one we can find is a little rechargeable one we got for Christmas that lasted about 2 minutes. My daughter, the smart one, uses her cell phone to light the way to find a couple of candles, which have somehow become a rarity in my house!

My 16-year old son was in the shower, and for some reason, when the lights went out, he came out, grabbed the ONLY lighter in the house, and got back in the shower to rinse off soap/shampoo. WHY he did that, we have NO IDEA!!! So we're banging on the bathroom door telling him to give us the lighter, and he says he can't, it's too dark! Gggrrrr!!!

So we get the lighter, light a couple candles, find an oil lamp, get it lit, and in the midst of all of that, my daughter disappears. When I go to search her out, I find her in her room bawling! She's afraid of the windstorm!!!

She actually has good reason to be as we have two 100-year old Maple trees that sit about 20 feet from our house, and tower over 2 of the bedrooms. Hers is at the other end of the house, so she made us all go back to her room so we wouldn't be crushed by falling trees! LOL! Needless to say, I did NOT sleep well last night at all!

www.emergencyessentials.com

Invest in a couple of the windup LED flashlights! They are worth every penny-- and fairly cheap. Never worry about having a charged up light again (or buying batteries for one either!)

Jar candles are a buck at the dollar store. There are 7 jar candles in my office, want me to send you a couple?

Tell your daughter the next time you have a windstorm-- she should sing " I know the master of the wind, I know the maker of the rain........ " It has a calming effect.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Tina

www.emergencyessentials.com

Invest in a couple of the windup LED flashlights! They are worth every penny-- and fairly cheap. Never worry about having a charged up light again (or buying batteries for one either!)

Jar candles are a buck at the dollar store. There are 7 jar candles in my office, want me to send you a couple?

Tell your daughter the next time you have a windstorm-- she should sing " I know the master of the wind, I know the maker of the rain........ " It has a calming effect.

Yea, don't sing "standing somewhere in the shadows you'll find Jesus" like a dear ole saint did when we were riding out a tornado at church!

Scared the beegeebies out of me!

[Tina]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

LOL - - that's hilarious Mrs!

She wouldn't fare well in our area!

Michael used to really freak out during storms, but now it's not my kids that freak out during the storms, it's our labrador retriever! She is the biggest baby when it's stormy!!!!!!

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Tina

Michael used to really freak out during storms, but now it's not my kids that freak out during the storms, it's our labrador retriever! She is the biggest baby when it's stormy!!!!!!

Maggie too!

She'll hear thunder before I can and start shaking!

[Tina]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Yea, don't sing "standing somewhere in the shadows you'll find Jesus" like a dear ole saint did when we were riding out a tornado at church!

Scared the beegeebies out of me!

LOL What a choice of songs! I could think of several, and that wouldn't have been one of them!

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Tina

LOL What a choice of songs! I could think of several, and that wouldn't have been one of them!

I will NEVER forget it!

The bad part is there were shadows all in the room! I guess I expected one of them to step up and be Jesus!

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Tina

www.emergencyessentials.com

Invest in a couple of the windup LED flashlights! They are worth every penny-- and fairly cheap. Never worry about having a charged up light again (or buying batteries for one either!)

Jar candles are a buck at the dollar store. There are 7 jar candles in my office, want me to send you a couple?

Tell your daughter the next time you have a windstorm-- she should sing " I know the master of the wind, I know the maker of the rain........ " It has a calming effect.

I took one of these to Kenya and was in the van one night and decided to try it out. It sounds like a siren when you start winding it up, and my driver almost ran off the road! Scared him silly. It was hilarious!

[Esther]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Yea, don't sing "standing somewhere in the shadows you'll find Jesus" like a dear ole saint did when we were riding out a tornado at church!

Scared the beegeebies out of me!