Mid MO weather

A few days ago it was over 70' and we set record high temperatures for this time of year.  Today it was bitterly cold and a very blustery day outside.  Our high was only supposed to be in the 20's and the low tonight in the negative numbers, when considering the wind chill.  The drop in temperature was more than 50 degrees in less than a day, so the Mid MO weather is a little crazy lately.

~Kat ^,^

Clearing brush

The weather has cooled and areas around the house need cleaning out.  Weeds taller than a person seem to spring up overnight.  The extremely hot weather has prevented me from doing much outside, but it doesn't stop the weeds and sprouts from growing.  It is so nice to have friend who are willing come and work with me for such a long time.  I had two friends help me out a lot, one piled the cut weeds and limbs. Jerry, who used to be a neighbor, ran a weed-eater most of the day.  I ran my weed whacker, the pruner, and my chainsaw.  The poison ivy has come back, due to not keeping up with the yard work, so now it is showing up on my arms a little and a small patch on my face.
~Kat ^,^

Heat Wave

We have been breaking temperature records in Mid MO, so I have decided to put a pool on my back deck.  Having it will help me cool off after doing things outside.  My house is brick and if the electricity should go out, it will be worse inside than out.  The sun heats the brick up so much, it's like the easy bake oven. The ac quit one summer and the temperature inside the house didn't get below 90' even at night.  Yesterday the high was 107 in JCMO which tied a long standing record.  Just to the north, CoMo broke their record with a high of 108.  Today has been much of the same and is supposed to continue for approximately another 10 days. I'm calling it a Swelterfest, when KRCG TV 13 asked what to name the heatwave.

~Kat ^,^