We had an interesting night last night. A skunk sprayed outside the house and the smell wafted all through the vents of the house. It was the WORST smell I have ever smelt. We opened the windows at the other end of the house, sprayed the house down with odo-ban, burned incense for about 3 hours, and swung a vinegar soaked rag over head while walking through the house. The smell is gone this morning but that is something I do not want to relive anytime soon. The smell made my eyes burn!

So far, all of my friends are accounted for. I drove to Athens today. There was a tree down and I ended up in a ditch. The main road to Athens was blocked because of water. I went to work orientation. It wasn't what I expected but was very helpful. I have an appointment next Monday at the Nurses Training center. I'll talk to them about becoming a Certifed Nurses Aide. Hopefully I'll be in class from June 3rd until the end of June. It's better than the two months for the other one.

We'll be building a storm shelter this year. The tornadoes seem to be getting worst each year. On the way home today I hit a lot of water. At one point, it felt like I hit something. The water was quite deep there but hitting water that is shin deep going 55 MPH and it will slow you down! We walked down to the creek today once the rain stopped. The creek is flooded so much that the grass in the meadow is floating on the rocks below it. It was a bazaar feeling to say the least. The one lane bridge near here is completely under water now and one tree in behind the house was twisted off about half way up. The animals seemed clingy today. I think we should be able to sleep tonight without anyone being the watch-out.

Tomorrow is the homeschool groups first meet. I am very excited! I can't wait to see if Kelly shows up.

Wow, I really got behind on blogging. I just noticed that it's been a few weeks. Guess I'll start with the new homeschool group I started. We meet at my church on Weds from 11am-2pm(ish). We're an inclusive group. We welcome anyone or any faith and any style of homeschooling. I can't wait until Wed.

Tomorrow I am going to the career center for orientation. I would like to study to be a CNA, the maybe find something else to do when my hubby has a job. I hope it doesn't cost too much.

We are doing an adlib study of tornadoes from all of the severe weather. Tonight is my night to sit up and watch the radar. Fun.

Quick note to all. No we're not blown away. We're fine. The tornado that hit was in the south part of our county. I'll be on later to update my blog.

Tuesday we drove about 2 1/2 hours to the Wildflower walk. It's an annual get together of homeschoolers. We had a lot of fun and I didn't even over-do it. It was a wonderful walk through the woods identifying wildflowers. Then we hung out at the museum center where the young, enthusiastic man explained about weapons of the past and hunting and basically a lot of neat things about the area. I was very impressed! We all learned something from that! I am planning on taking about $10 for books the next time we go, probably sometime in the summer.

After that we had a picnic lunch in the park. The kids played and us mom's chit chatted. It was VERY nice! Then I went to L*'s house and the kids played while I looked through her impressive collection of books. I bought "Sing, Read, and Write" for my youngest and they both played with it today. I had a great visit! We got home about 10:30pm and I crawled right into bed. I was too tired to even email poor L* to let her know I made it. Hubby emailed her though and then let me sleep in until 10 the next morning. That was a nice surprise!