Storms, Puppies and Little Boys

As I sit here tonight typing this post, my new puppy is sitting on the front deck looking at me all sad and puppy like after he was scolded and put out after his first "accident" in the house. It wouldn't have been so bad but really, Bubba had just come in the house from taking him for a walk, and I swear he came straight past me went in the other room and did his thing! I think he was maybe a little bit upset as we left him in the house alone a couple of times today as I had appointments in town, but that's no reason to take it out on me like that, ya know what I mean? Now that that's off my mind I can move on...

I also don't know where you are from, but where I live we have gotten a lot of rain. I know some of you have heard me yak about the amount of rain before so I will not dwell on it, but I do want to say that I am thinking a lot about the Hundreds of people that the severe weather has touched this year.
Thankfully here we have only had a few "bad" storms with mostly wind problems and a lot of rain. Unfortunately, way too many folks have lost family and friends and or every thing they owned in the terrible weather we have had this spring.
I hope all of you are taking steps to make sure you and yours are safe in this weather. No matter what kind of weather you have to deal with there is always a chance that severe things (think, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, tsunami and so on) can and do happen and you could be cut off from help or need to be able to take care of yourselves.

A lot of fun has been poked at the CDC recently for their publication in print and online titled Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse  but really it is kind of funny to read and if you think about it we hear the same things a lot about what we need to have to take care of ourselves and our families. I have a "bug out bag" as well as food, water and medicine to make sure no matter what happens (I hope) I can be prepared. I hope that you are taking the necessary steps to make sure you can care for you and yours as well.

I have spent a lot of time writing and speaking about being prepared, in fact maybe too much recently as I am finding my little guy is starting to freak out if the storms are coming close, he wants to leave and go to his sisters house (she is currently living in a nice basement apartment about 5 miles away in town) and seeing him get so wound up about a dark sky has me thinking about ways to approach him with solid information that will help him understand when to be worried and when not too. Some times it is hard to know what to tell kids in general, let alone when they process information differently!

He has made a new friend who visits his grandparents nearby and like to come and play with him. I am hoping the kid comes to visit often as he and my son seem to get alone well so far. They were playing basketball (can't tell their Indiana boys huh?) and having a good time before the rain moved in today, I am glad there is finally someone around here he can play with sometimes.

Well, that's enough for today, don't want to ruin your eyes making you read too much....hahaha

Until next time....stay safe!
Deb~