On Sunday, we had protein salads for dinner--egg salad and ham salad sandwiches (the ham salad was supposed to be tuna but the wrong container was in the slot and...I am my father's daughter, i.e., reading is hard). Dad had cut up some vegetables for them, including a cucumber that had been in a reusable produce bag. I put the bag in the laundry ( Read more... )

As I was proofreading last night's post, my mom had come over to see if I was going downstairs. The weather was supposed to be bad; we started the day at a level 3 of 5, and by dinner time we were up to a level 4 of 5 for bad stuff. We'd already started getting alerts and things, and there was a tornado warning in Kane County but also McHenry ( Read more... )

So...there was a tornado by my house last night ( Read more... )

As I mentioned this morning, today's weather likely would be volatile. That panned out ( Read more... )

Friday night's weather caused an EF0 tornado to form out in Warrenville. One graphic I saw suggested it formed roughly at the northwest corner of 56 and 59. When the NWS survey was released, the path actually started at the southwest corner, then traveled toward the northeast across Wheaton and Glen Ellyn, heading all the way to the College of ( Read more... )

Okay, this is more than enough, July. Knock it off ( Read more... )

This weather... *sigh ( Read more... )

Last Friday we had bad weather that had been predicted for days. Puffy's brother was helping us out and he started getting concerned as it got later in the day. I don't know if I want to call it anxiety, but he was constantly checking radar and stuff and watching the sky. At my job, we didn't get too much of anything, but it was very, very active ( Read more... )

For years now, dating back to when we still had dogs, my mom and I have sung the Wicked Witch of the West theme song to each other. We used to sing it when Gizmo would come trotting by to be nosy; now we sing it when there's something foreboding or basically one of us comes upon the other when we're not wanted. That sort of thing ( Read more... )

We were warned over the weekend that Monday's weather could be special, particularly during the morning commute. There was even an isolated chance for a tornado, but it's February; that's pretty unlikely ( Read more... )