Windy City

Chicago has been living up to it's name today. This morning at 6:45 I was lying in bed watching TV. We are having all sorts of crazy wind advisories and the house was shaking like a train was passing through the backyard. All of the sudden, something went whizzing by my bedroom window. I jumped out of bed to see what it was, shocked something was up that high, since we are on the second floor. I got to the window just in time to see the trampoline do this to the fence:


Jeff had just walked in the door from seminary, so I yelled to him to run out to get it. I was sure the next stop for our trampoline was our backyard neighbor's family room windows.

Here's our trampoline after it's trip through the fence, into the neighbor's yard. It's taking a time-out in the garage.


What a bummer all around. Thankfully we have an extra section of fencing. I knew we were supposed to have all this crazy wind today, so at 11 last night, Jeff went out to pull the tramp close to the house. I guess that didn't make a bit of difference.

We have a wind advisory until 7 pm tomorrow night. It's so windy, it knocks Addison down if she's walking without holding my hand. One of our neighbors lost their glass patio table. The wind just picked it up and it shattered everywhere. Gotta love our windy city!!