Living where I live

I'm pretty much a scaredy cat girlie girl. I don't *do* scary things. I just don't. No crazy roller coasters, no adrenaline junkie needs, no addiction to horror movies (am I the only one in the world never to have seen "the Blair Witch"? I think so!). There was that unfortunate time in High School where crazy roller coasters were the cool thing, and I admit to being a sucker for peer pressure, but that's it.
I am also not a fan of scary real life things. Like bugs. And snakes. And spiders. And tornadoes. You know, stuff that HURTS. Cause that's what it boils down to. I don't like pain. Which is just a wee twisted when you think that I fought hard to HAVE a homebirth. You know, *without* drugs. But I never said I was normal. or sane!

With this all in mind, it's a good thing I live where i live. We don't have much scary stuff 'round these parts. No poisonous creatures lurking in wait to sting/bite/inflict pain. Not much in the way of scary weather either. we're pretty safe. it's nice. I personally quite appreciate it. Thank you mother nature for making this wee bit of heaven for us scaredy cats!

Which is why yesterday was a bit unsettling. Crazy monsoon rains, hail, strong winds. I would have handled them all with practically no hitch in me step except for the fact I was in the van. With my family. On flooding roads and to completely understate it, bad driving conditions.

like this


and this


And you know it's scary when people are fighting to park it under a bridge.


Don't worry about us though, I had Dude pull over and we safely sat out the storm. The kdis slept through it all, and I had fun taking pictures. But still... AHHHH!