Dodging Tornadoes!

Well, I had an exciting time in Wichita this weekend! Joe had Guard this weekend (and I am happy that he only has one left - YAY!!) I shopped till I dropped - ok, maybe not that much cause we really didn't have much to spend. But since this was my last Wichita trip for a while, I had to get to all the scrapbook stores!



Anyhow, on Sunday afternoon I was killin' time waiting for Joe to get done with Guard. It was about time for him to be done, so I decided I better start heading for the armory. All of a sudden it is a downpour - I have never seen it rain like that. So here I am driving down the interstate at 25-30 mph, I have NO idea if I am staying in my lane, or am in the next lane. I thought of pulling over, but I didn't know where 'over' was! I just kept following the tail lights in front of me all the while praying that God would guide me! About the time I finally make it to my exit it lets up. Phew! It's over! And thats when the tornado siren goes off! I was so glad that I was at the armory when it went off! Joe's calling asking where I was and to take cover and I told him I was right outside the armory. I parked real fast and ran inside. The tornado was north of us and headed northeast, so we were ok where we were. It rained on us half way home - we hit a few short downpours, but no big deal (and Joe was driving)! Finally we were out of the storm once we left Pratt. I tell you what, Ulysses Kansas has never looked so good!

Garlic-Lime Chicken with Olives

(Ok Alyssa, you told me to post a recipe - here it is!!)

1 pound chicken breast
1 cup diced onion
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
2 T. lime juice
1 T. molasses
2 tsp. Worchestershire sauce
1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 cup pitted and slice Kalamata olives

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Coat a large roasting pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine chicken, onion, garlic, lime juice, molasses, Worchestershire sauce, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Transfer chicken to prepared pan and pour over any remaning marinade. Arrange olives over and around chicken in pan. Roast 20-25 minutes until chicken is cooked through.

4 servings

Rainy Days

It is not very often that Joe and I both have the same days off. This weekend, however, we did! I was so happy! Partly because we had the same time off, and partly because it was a holiday weekend! We contemplated going out of town, but decided we should just save the money for summer vacation. We did end up going to Liberal on Friday to shop and have coffee and then stopped to eat at Cattleman’s in Sublette on the way home.

On Saturday, we didn’t know what to do – but we didn’t want to stay home. Alyssa had called asking a few questions about the skirt she was making and I decided we should just go out to her place and I could help her and Joe could hang out with Jerrad – which is a good thing, cause Jerrad said I couldn’t come over anymore unless I brought Joe!!!

We had a great day with friends, sewing, eating, chatting, and who knows what the guys did!

It rained most of the day Saturday, and on Sunday morning it was still raining. I guess in my mind I always pictured Easter morning as being cold and rainy. You know, Jesus had died on the cross and they had buried him. His friends and family were grieving. Just a sad, dreary day. Now, of course, it didn’t stay that way because Jesus rose from the tomb – I can just imagine how the dreariness of the rain turned into a brilliant sunshining day! Granted, the sun never came out this Sunday – but the rain was still pretty fitting, I thought!

I had looked forward to Easter Sunday all week. I know I should always look forward to Sunday, but there is just something about Easter Sunday! The choir had several specials worked up and Pastor Sam preached on how important Christ’s resurrection was. We had a church dinner, and I don’t think I have ever seen so much food at a potluck!

We spent Sunday afternoon laying around with full bellies and watching TV!

Gotta love rainy days!