Lightning Capitol of the World

They don't call Central Florida the lightning capital of the world for nothing. We just had a storm roll through that produced 5100 strikes in 1 hour. That's OVER 5 THOUSAND lightning strikes!! The sky was lit up like the aurora borealis. It's times like these that I wish had a faster memory card for my camera. I think the worst has passed my area, otherwise I would not be blogging. uh hm, I mean working.

Welcome Summer!

Today is the first day of summer vacation for us and to say that it was raining cats and dogs would not be an understatement. Yes, it is great for the garden, and it is so nice to see the plants blooming so big and succulent, but for a 6-year-old who wants to get outside, it can be a damper. Surprisingly, it turned out to be one of the best days ever. We went out to get the mail and didn't come back in until 5:00! We made use of our nice big porch. sat on the glider and watched the rain come down, which is kinda relaxing. Then we started counting thunderclaps and lightning strikes to see how close the storm was getting. We decided to have lunch outside and ate sandwiches and chocolate-covered raisins. We got out the CD player and danced to Bob Marley (which we discovered Leila loves!). We started our summer art journals and sketched for hours. Leila proudly did 45 pages and I ONLY did 13! Only.

We discovered some good things about drawing are:
1. It exercises your hands.
2. The more you do, the better you get.
3. It is so much fun!
4. It makes you feel good.
5. It is nice to do together.

Then a little later Leila wrote in her journal....Drawing is Magic! Then she added out of nowhere...."Dogs spread the word of Magic." Okay, I know all the mommies say this, but is my daughter profound, or what?

It was just that kinda day, a go-with-the-flow, reggae dance in the rain, draw and talk for hours, kind of a day. A LOVE day (complete with no YELLING)! I think it's going to be a good summer.

Uh oh, it's Magic

Okay, it's game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight. Let's go, Magic. Let's Go! Let's get this town excited. A recent comment by a partygoer downtown after the Magic won the Eastern Conference Finals....."It's great. It almost feels like we live in a real city." I've been wearing my T-shirt from the last time the Magic were in the finals back in 1995 for good luck. My fingers are crossed.....(which is very difficult trying to type at the same time).