This is not a stream, lake, pond, or river; it is a grassy area, used for overflow parking.  And so is this.

Yep, last May we had a wee bit of water problems.

few days ago...

this weekend
this weekend
this weekend

What a crummy day yesterday was. (Oddly enough it seems as though it has been longer ago than that.) I was fired only a half hour into the day. The reasons were obviously made up. Although we have since figured out the financial motivation behind such sadly.  Still it's not a very nice Christmas present, and I am at a bit of a loss as I find myself faced with a job search at such a crucial time.  It was a good thing, though, that I was home, the Houston skies opened up yesterday and our backyard began to flood, which in turn can cause our house to flood.  I spent hours replacing towels along the back walls of the house trying to contain the water. (Though exhausting at the time, we are ok now.) But despite it all, my spirits did not hit rock bottom. I received a very wonderful deliveryfrom my husband during the downpour that lifted my  spirits. If only for a little while I stopped the panic of the many situations and literally stopped to smell the roses.