It started raining here in Beautiful Dunwoody this morning. My sister and her husband originally planned to drive down to GOC Central Sunday afternoon and I was gonna treat them to a steak dinner.
On a side note, we always had ham for Easter dinner when I was growing up. Isn't that special. We celebrated the resurrection of a nice Jewish boy by eating pork. I said that to Cindy at the store on Saturday and I got a dirty look.
Normally, I grill a steak on Saturday night and get hammered on vodka and wine. My after dinner drink varies with the season. From Cindy's birthday until Easter, the after dinner drink is cognac, either Delamain XO or Delamain Vesper. Vesper is more expensive and harder to get. Surprisingly it did not go up in price. The XO went up $15. That makes Vesper an even better bargain. From Easter to Cindy's birthday my after dinner drink is either grappa or limoncello.
I was gonna drink in moderation Saturday night until my sister called and said since it was supposed to rain on Monday, when we were planning Day 3 of The Second Anmnual Dunwoody Pruning Party, they weren't coming down until Tuesday night. I threw their steaks in the freezer, grilled a steak for myself and got hammered. Slept late on Sunday.
I awoke this morning to rain. I love to sleep in the rain, so I rolled over and went back to sleep. Ahhhh!
I got the rest of my thrift planted Saturday and had nothing planned for Sunday so it was a nice relaxing day listening to the rain. The rain is also helping my thrift.
My sister told me there were supposed to be thunder boomers and tornados, but except for the occasional flash of lighting and some thunder it has been very calm. The closest lighting so far has been over three miles away.
I love thunder storms. Back in the 70's a buddy of mine and I rented a cabin at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. That was when I was living in St. Louis. I esperienced a few storms there. Our cabin was right on the lake and the thunder storms were awesome. We also had a window fan that had a tin overhang. The sound of rain on tin is delightful. I would sleep out on the porch when it rained.
Since it's still raining, and I feel very lazy, this is all I'm writing tonight. I'm just in too mellow of a mood to go off on a rant.
It's still raining. I hope it rains all night. I hope we have some thunder storms.
When I was in college, I found my favorite combination to be night and rain for Interstate driving. There is something oddly cathartic about it. And it gives one an opportunity to use one of the greatest inventions ever, Rain-X.
Posted by: addison on March 27, 2005 10:38 PMThunderstorms in the Ozarks are truly awesome! We have a metal roof on our farmhouse, and a thunderstorm can really sound overwhelming to the novice ear. I have, in the past, sat out in our garage with the doors open, and watched a tornado forming on its way to Springfield. That was amazing! But the best is, as you said, rain on a lazy day. Nothing better for a nap in my opinion.
Posted by: Denise on March 28, 2005 02:41 AMWhen I lived in Dunwoody, I lived on a street named, North Kellogg Spring Drive. It was a brand new house and I loved the neighborhood, Atlanta got too big for me and my ways, so I moved back to Savannah, to be close to my parents, Cat.
Posted by: catfish on March 28, 2005 02:47 AMThat lightning over three miles away was going off over my head. Saturday night was the first time in a long, long time that a thunderstorm has actually woken me up.
Posted by: Jon on March 28, 2005 08:08 AM