Super Moons and Tornadoes - Bah, Hum Bug!

Well - if it’s not one thing - it’s another.  The “ Super Moon “ we all saw over this past week decided to dish out quite a bit of struggle for me.

You would be looking at a brand new lockset that we had to purchase.

As if a bad day of plans already jacked up weren’t enough - for whatever reason - the lockset on the back door of our house decided to just - snap.

( Please excuse the mess Carlie left on the glass with muddy feet ! )

This was an issue that only bothered me until Dwayne chopped all the guts out of the inside ( stubborn thing wouldn’t come out easily - of course. ) and set the knob up with a temporary appearance until we got the new lockset.  We used the dead-bolt lock to keep the door secure.

The lockset was replaced just in time.  We ended up with a storm coming through on Wednesday night that left some serious damage in our area.  A tornado rated EF-3 by the National Weather Service got busy only ½ mile away from our daughter, Jennifer, and her boyfriend, Josh.

We live about 10 miles from that location.  However - the tornado traveled right past our house before touching ground.

We - were - BLESSED.  Everything on our back porch was shoved all the way to the eastern end.  Dwayne had to hunt for pieces for the Bar-B-Que Smoker scattered all over the property.

And this was the real kicker.  I guess the tarp was enough for the wind to shove the Chicken Tractor all the way from the door of the yard for the Chicken Coop to our front yard.

A Shepherd’s Hook holding a bird feeder took the brunt - stopping the chicken tractor from going further.  Dwayne will have to fix the bird feeder.

We’ve ended up having to put a lock on the main door to our Chicken coop.  Our egg count dropped from 8-9 to 3-4 almost overnight.  And I’d had two incidents when I found the coop door open.

Jen was visiting with me during the second incident.  We jumped right back up to 8-9 after putting the lock on the door - immediately.

I ended up locking the keys inside the chicken coop on Tuesday morning.  Fortunately - I had enough brains to set them on the window sill.  Popping the screen helped retain some sanity.  Chasing dogs and chickens all day became a total work-out on my body.  However - Productivity took a dump.

We’ve had a few days of really warm weather - until the passing of this storm that came through Wednesday night.

It was time to help Zucker get rid of his winter coat.

I know.  I’m mean.  I couldn’t resist!

Looks even funnier from the back!  He only halfway hated me at this point.

I'll die if this becomes the next " Hip-Hop Hair Noise " fad.

But he was totally disgusted with me after a half-hour of butting heads to get this shot!

Zucker just wasn’t into it.

He got over being mad at me - after I took him to the mirror.

My pups are so vain.