dorothy got nothin on us!

remember the time i dressed up like dorothy for a reading program? i do. (and then remember when gigi and i hid in my classroom and then the music on the intercom was so unbearable that i took my speaker off the wall and turned it around? i don't remember that quite as well...)

 ok, i realize that i look nothing like dorothy from the wizard of oz...i mean you do what you can with what ya got..i was NOT going out and paying for a costume, and so gigi helped me 'sew' this sheet into a makeshift dress (sewing with staples). and the red basket is one we use to collect library books in our class..the wig..well, cheapie from walmart. i had some red shoes from a thrift shop which i glued glitter to and voila--scary. of courst it was lost on our kiddos because out hispanic kiddos aren't real familiar with the wizard of oz...had i been a tall skinny man on a horse chasing windmills...in fact, they probably thought i was a scary witch about to eat a dog...or la llorona..who knows.

i just wanted to post up the dorothy pic because of the tornado warnings in effect. praying that the storms are not affecting loved ones! 

sweet! (totally typed that meaning to text a friend back! oops..leaving it there, though because it just kinda fits).

well, today was another one of those days when i woke up early so i could stop by walmart...and i got my diet coke and then i also saw something else that caught my eye...i love soft t-shirts. i hate thick t-shirts because they just sop up sweat and feel heavy. so i got these super flowyish lightweight t's.

7 dolla!

 aw hail...tornadoes...how dare you. we were trying to watch the biggest loser finale.when the warnings went off, i was trying to figure out exactly what to do with the dogs..would they be safer in the kennel or in the bathtub with me? i found my bicycle helmet(i know, sounds cra-cray) one of the ladies at work was saying that she was watching the news and the family had everything in the bathroom ready to go. well..i'm pretty sure it made bruno nervous. chaco just sat in the tub licking the side, trying to chew the wall of the tub. i don't usually get nervous about tornadoes, but now that i have these two, i do...and i just watched the news of a tornado earlier this afternoon that traveled 50 miles on the ground in oklahoma! what in the world...and that which just happened in joplin. it's the year of the tornadoes. and it is also quite possible that i had the emergency flashlight inside my shorts.(no pockets, so i figured: if we were buried under rubble, i'd be able to signal with the flashlight, so i'd better put it somewhere where it won't get away... )

that's bruno, and we do have a cushion on top of us...

well, we've been sitting in the living room watching the map and i still have my helmet on-what gives? it is not that comfortable...discomfort just won out over laziness.did i feel at all secure on the 3rd floor with a couch cushion over me? no. no, i did not. i would've much rather been in oklahoma with bmayes and fam in the shelter with some kahlua...hmm. i probably ought to check if we have a tornado safe place at this complex. noted. 

don't be blown away-
julie