thinkin' about it thursday.

the wind.


"hey, it's your mom outside."


me and the wind have had oodles of time to get to know each other.  we have a love-hate relationship.


love - that I don't have to do my hair on windy days, that's just awesome. 


hate - that the same hair whips into my face and eyes when I'm trying to walk, that's just annoying and it hurts!  it also looks kinda funny when you're doing a little head flip and dance just to see to walk into wal-mart.


{side note}  I had a wind-inspired hair-do in high school.  my very long, very thick bangs stood straight out to the side with a little aqua net harispray.  I'm sure I was so cool.  I had a perfect hair day the day we took a track picture for the paper.  (you know sometimes you just have good hair days.)  when you looked at me it looked like the wind was blowing hard, but it wasn't.........


love - that I live in an area that is perfect for flying kites.


hate - that I haven't flown a kite for at least 20 years.


love - that if I have any garbage in my yard, I don't have to pick it up!  I just have to wait for the wind to carry it off.


hate - that I have to pick up my neighbors' garbage. 


love - that the wind sometimes brings clouds and rain and even thunder and lightening sometimes. 


hate - that usually that weather comes on a day we have something planned........


love - that a slight breeze keeps all the mosquitos and little bothersome bugs away.


hate - that it's always more than a "slight" breeze.


love - that I don't live in a tornado area.  (see, it could always be worse.)


hate - that there were rumors of a tornado touch down yesterday.  great.


do you have a love/hate relationship with the wind?