Tornadic Weather Plan

I HATE TORNADIC WEATHER! Not that there is anyone who loves it-with the possible exception of storm chasers. I have a plan for when the clouds start to look unusally ominous. Here is how things usually go:

1. I receive a campus wide text message informing me of impending doom.
2. I panic and want to vomit.
3. I realize that now is not a great time to throw up and start to gather things and throw them into the bath tub.

Most people would grab items like important financial documents, maybe some photos, marriage license, etc. However I am not most people. These are items I grabbed in the order I grabbed them, not necessarily in their order of importance.

1. Big bag o' crap. This includes family photos (not all, but a small sample of them), a letter from my Dad, 4 cassettes (2 of the same Lou Reed album), one Jethro Tull 8-track, a rusty nail (important!), my great grandfather's Bible and other random items.
2. Wedding photos!
3. Borrowed books. I know my friends would be understanding, but still I hate to lose other people's stuff.
4. My bible
5. Grandmother's bible
6. EVERY SINGLE FLASHLIGHT I OWN!
7. iPod
8. Cell phone and charger
9. Random photo of my Dad, Aunt Jean and his brothers
10. Prudence
11. Purse and keys
12. ibuprofen, orange juice, pringles, and chocolate
13. Blanket
14. Voter registration card
15. 3 books of mine- no, not text books- my professors would have been understanding right?
Now, some say I overreact when a storm comes through, but you wouldn't agree with them...would you?

chair update!

I know its a little dark, but you get the idea. Like it?

-this is how school makes you feel-

School is stressful...


And sometimes it makes you sad...


Sometimes you feel like you are not going to live through it...


...but you will! I will, I hope! Only 414 days until graduation!

-the chair of doom!-

So I bought this chair... (hi, by the way, have you missed me?)

Its was $35, but I got a discount for being in college and "being a good person". No, I did not know the man I bought this chair from. But I did enjoy the random discounts!

The chair was painted black. What was underneath the black? I'll let you see for yourself. Sorry in advance for some of the photo quality, picture of a picture.


That's right friends, pink! The black paint came off relatively easily, but that evil pink wasn't so accomadating. This is after the first night I worked on it.


Joy's stripper worked so much better than mine (such a fun phrase!),so after she finished working on her table, she finished stripping the paint off of my chair, because she is just that awesome!


So there did end up being something underneathe the preposterous pink, a layer(s) of varnish and stain. Grrr! After Joy and I working more on it last night, we FINALLY got that off too!


I only have a few spindles on the back left to sand, and if my arms which are super sore from sanding allow me to, I will finish it tonight! I'll post a picture after staining it!

Anyway, I have missed blogging and missed you guys. How are you?