princesses and heartbreak

Good morning all

thank you for all the comments about the weather

yesterday and today  it has been calm and cool and back to as it should be

I don't want anyone to think it was as bad here, as it was in the South

while there were tornado's here, they weren't anywhere near those that

caused so much damage and heartbreak

nothing near as bad

but with so many in this area

it makes one wonder about the climate change

that has caused the path of these monsters to change so radically

and the worry about what if something did happen is enough to give one heart burn

I don't know where the money is going to come from

to help put back those communities and towns and cities that were

practically and in some cases, literally,  blown off the face of the earth

seeing how much has been destroyed

 knowing

how many don't have insurance

 the insurance they have won't cover a 1/10th of what they lost

 the insurance companies that will weasel their way out of paying a penny

because you don't have coverage for exactly precisely what occurred

as in Katrina

the insurance companies argued the fact that either wind or water caused the damage

and if you didn't have written down that one or the other was the cause

you were .... out of luck

sneaky bastards that they are

no reason really to pay them anything anymore

they take your money and just

keep it

I watched the Wedding yesterday

along with 2 billion others!!

I just happened to get up a

6 o'clock and when the TV turned on

Catherine, as we must now call her!!!

was on her way down that tree lined aisle

so pretty to have the trees inside

I enjoyed it all very much

and didn't cry until they sang

Jerusalem

that got the tears rolling!!!

I liked her dress

I LOVED the bridesmaids and the pages

the pleats on those tiny creations were just adorable

and the way the little ones were so serious about their "jobs"

precious

I watched the BBC feed on PBS

because our BBC America isn't in HD

and I couldn't stand the over the top

gushing on the Networks here

and the "all knowing insiders"

it was nice to see how many still love a good old British street party

and even though I know there are those who find this all a

big waste of money and time

there really isn't anyone else who can do this sort of thing

like the Brits!!!

I hope they are happy

and that the press leaves them alone

and let's them get on with it

I found it amusing that the

Queen buggered off after lunch

and left the Palace to the

young ones, to do as they wished

I read that Her Majesty left for a

private holiday

"somewhere in Britain"

she probably went to

Windsor

and put her

feet up

while those at the Palace

had a good old

"knees up"

the shocking comparison to what was going on here

was pretty hard to miss though

The President down in the South with the people who have gone through hell and back

and the stories of the survivours are just

awesome

and it's so touching to see them help one another

the great American Spirit

rising in the way a man tells you about how he told his wife to

hang on to me  Hon...it's a'comin' so hang on tight

and she did

and they survived their house being lifted off it's foundation and thrown across the street

and the couple who were lifted off the ground in their car

as he put his arms around the steering wheel and she put her arms around him

and they were lifted 15 ft into the air and dropped onto the ground

and when he tells you how worried he was about "her"

he starts to cry

and it just breaks your heart that anyone has to go through such terror

and a Flickr friend who told us yesterday of being pelted by baseball sized hail

that smashed the windows in her house and took all the leaves off the plants in her garden

and being so very lucky because the tornado that was seen heading straight for them

didn't touch down on top of them

such contrasts in one day

a fairy tale dream on one side

and

a nightmare on the other