6 Sunday papers coming tomorrow!

Was getting the paper on Wednesdays and Sundays and buying 5 at the grocery store, but then the price went up on the home delivery so I cancelled and was buying 6 Sunday papers on my way to Cracker Barrel. Paper called last Monday and wanted me back. Told them no thanks cause I needed to buy 6 papers and they wouldn't deliver 6, they said no only 3 at a time. Called me back on Tuesday, said they would do 6 but I said no cause I didn't like their price, they were only going to save me a few dollars. Called me Wednesday and they said we will give you Wed, Thurs, Fri. Sat. and 6 Sunday papers for $8.50 a week. Since I was paying $2 a paper for just the Sunday paper, I asked for how long will the deal be good for.... they said a year.... I said you got a deal!!!!

Not much happening this week,

except sandstorms, dark skies, few thunderstorms and a little rain thrown in for good measure. I had finally got the pool perfect when we had the first big sandstorm and now I've been chasing the sand for 2 weeks. Seems when I think I've gotten it, the wind kicks up and I'm chasing sand again.

Sandstorm hits Valley

Tuesday evening we were hit with a major sandstorm. It is definitely Monsoon season! It is muggy and muggy means monsoon which means storms... usually thunderstorms with heavy rain, but sometimes it means heavy winds resulting in sandstorms... also known as habubs (haboobs). We had a sandbox in the bottom of our pool. We are still cleaning the sand and debris out of the deep end. The wind at 70mph had us running around the backyard picking up cushions and pool toys and furniture. George got some pictures out our back door but I haven't had a chance to download them yet. Here are some pictures from the local weather channel that other people took from around the area. Queen Creek and that side of the valley got hit harder than we did. It was so thick that there was zero visibility. Some people lost power for a little while.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th! Spending the day watching Firefly marathon. Monsoon weather is here. 122 here Saturday, heavy storm here last night brought the temp down some but now it's muggy, expecting more thunderstorms later today.....