Hurricane Dolly

24 July 2008

Happy 24th of July everyone!!! I remember when we lived in downtown Salt Lake and the 24th of July parade was a really big deal. Here in Texas saying "Happy 24th of July" to someone makes about as much sense as "Happy 23rd of July." Oh well, it's a holiday in Utah and that's all that matters. Most of the people in my ward are from Utah so they will appreciate it.

Jared actually took the following picture a while ago for the blog. We found this house on a little drive that we took around Medina Lake. See if you can spot the following unique features: 1) single-wide trailer 2) pineapple fence posts 3) human skull 4) tree growing through the roof.

It's CRAZY!!! I'm Brian Fellow.

The Salvation Army came today and took away all of our old furniture so that we could finially move around in the living room again. For the last few weeks we've had 4 couches and I don't even know how many tables all crowded together in there. I worked all day arranging the furniture and putting up the curtains and some decorations. I will work on the dining room next and put those pictures up soon. I am still missing two chairs (backordered) so it might be a few days.

It actually looks better in person than it does in the photo.
I was talking to my mom and she was a little worried about the hurricane. I don't know what kind of press it is getting in Utah but here it's on every network channel every 20 minutes. It isn't going rain very much here in San Antonio, they just say that we'll get scattered showers. Note however that a "scattered shower" in Texas is more like a waterfall falling on your house (or car if you're driving) for 15 or 20 minutes.

Here is a video of some rain outside our house. This might be boring to you (mostly because you can't really see the rain) - but I think it's awesome. I really like rain because it's so cool and refreshing. Wait - it's cool and refreshing in Utah. In Texas it is a little bit more sweaty and steamy. Oh well, I like it anyway.

Bad thing about rain: it turns out that all the rain and humidity has actually rusted the rear brake shoes to the inside of the drums on the yellow Focus making it impossible to disengage the emergency brake. The car won't move AT ALL! My dad said to take off the wheels and hit the drums with a hammer to loosen the rust. I might just wait for Jared to come home and make him do it.

Polygamist Update: They were gone all day today (darn it!) But you can see their house in the above photo. It's the 2-story red brick home in the top right-hand corner.