First though, I have to document my birthday gift from Allie:
A BaByliss hairdryer! I've been wanting one ever since January, when I used the hotel's hair dryer. So when Allie asked what I wanted for my birthday, this was at the top of my list...and she came through with this beauty. I sent her the above picture when it arrived. I have the best daughter ever!
The next morning after I'd showered and dressed, I took a before shot. My hair had been wrapped in a Turbie Twist for about 15 minutes for the pre-dry.
Six minutes later* I was done, completely styled. SIX minutes! That is fast for my thick mop of hair, let me tell you. I loved the new dryer - it was much quieter than my old one, the handle is smaller and easier for my small hand to hold, and I know you can't tell in the picture, but my hair is very smooth which is nice because I have no product in it to help with that.
This is not an ad for BaByliss hairdryers, I just wanted to share my glee with you guys. Before using one, I wouldn't have believed that one hairdryer could be all that much better than the next one, but I'm a believer now!
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And now...the great rain event of June 4th 2010. We woke up to heavy rain and when we looked out the window, we were shocked to see that our backyard was quite flooded:
Well now, that's a lot of water! Our house was in no danger of being flooded, but this was not something we expected to see.
Of course when something like this happens, we go check the green area in the middle of our street - it's the drainage area for three streets, and once in a great while it will fill up during a storm:
Filled, and water was running over the road at this point!
We still had a few feet to go on our end of the street but this was a sight to see - a real gol'darn sight, I tell you whut. (Sorry, my Texan incredulous talk came out for a moment).
Eventually Jeff left for work and while I stood in the garage taking pictures as he was leaving, he stopped at the head of the street to take a few - the last two in this group were from him. If we had a kayak, we really could have forged the mighty pond on our street!
And then, about an hour and a half later:
The rain stopped, the drains caught up with the water, and the potential for kayaking was gone...and the grass and plants are already looking greener. No need for sprinklers for a while now!
Shortly after the rain had stopped, I happened to see a Facebook post by our local weatherman. He showed a radar picture and said that our area was in the bullseye of the storm - yeah, no kidding! From what neighbors say, we got between 7 - 9 inches of rain. Every time we have this much rain fall in such a short time I think we should get a rain gauge, but it would have overflowed pretty quickly unless they make one that's a big tube. We'd need a Texas-sized rain gauge to keep track of these Texas-size storms!
We have a dry, hot weekend ahead, with no plans beyond running and breakfasting with the Renegades at Blue Baker. I still get tired pretty quickly so that's enough excitement for me. I'll have an update about what's going on with my herniated disc on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
*I cannot write or say anything with the words "six whatever" without hearing the words "SIX. INCH. RIBBON. CURLS. Six inches!" from the movie Elf, when Jovie's boss at Gimbel's gave her grief over using too much ribbon at the gift wrap center. Just thought you should know that.
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