What A Start 😱

Bubsy: Rise, shine, run for your life…. 🏃‍♂️ 

Sissy: It was not a shining moment.

Bubsy: For those that are unaware. Tornadoes ripped thru the Fort Worth area in the very early part of the morning. Mom naturally wakes up early and gets us up too. There we were in the bathroom getting our toothies brushed we had been awake for about 5 minutes total when the tornado sirens erupted. Mom was in disbelief at first. She thought to herself…’is this a drill?’ But wait…‘it’s too early in the morning for it to be a drill’….about 30 seconds after mom had those thoughts she heard the winds roaring, then about 20 seconds after that she heard the hail pelting. That’s when she tucked me under her left arm like a football and scooped baby sissy up with her right hand and hurried us to the safety zone of our house. She yelled for dad to get up. And next thing we knew we were all hunkered down in our storm safety zone of our house. I was a bit nervous and whiny.😫 

Sissy: I was clinging to mom. I’m no fool! 

Bubsy: I was clinging to mom too, but you seemed to be trying to get in my way a lot. 

Sissy: As I said before…I’m no fool! I’m tiny, I needed mom more. 😉

Bubsy: We waited and waited and waited for the storm to pass. Dad went out a couple of times from our safety zone to check on some things. At one point while still hunkered down we heard a series of loud booms and bangs. Dad went back out to check on things…he then came back to get mom as our fence was down along with power lines and a transformer box that had blown up and landed in our yard. Yikes! 😱 

Sissy: Our fence and trees are total goners. Our fence and trees could not handle the 95 mph winds that the tornado had. 🌪️ 

Bubsy: Mardi Gras started off packing a punch. 🥊 Mercy me! 

Sissy: Emergency crews have been all around. Of course our fence being gone has helped them clear up the mess from the downed power lines and blown up transformer box. Crews are actually still on the scene as we type up this blog. 

Bubsy: It’s been eventful to say the least. So sissy how is the power grid doing? Sissy loves to report to us about the power grid. 

Sissy: The power grid was an epic failure. But that’s kind of not surprising when tornadoes rip thru. 

Bubsy: In other news, the school mom works at has suffered significant damage too and school the will be closed for the next few days most likely the rest of the week. 

Sissy: It looks like our poor mom has a couple new challenges since we have no fence. The only option is to walk us and she can’t walk too much right now due to her health issues. 

Bubsy: I’m thinking mom just can’t seem to catch a break lately. Although I was a very good boy. She leashed me up and took me in the backyard and I handled all my business like a champ. You…on the other hand required mom to take you for a short walk. 

Sissy: Um, excuse me. The backyard looks like a war zone and I can see cars and emergency vehicles lining the street since there’s no fence…so there was no way I was allowing my EXTREMELY PRECIOUS feet to touch any of the ground in the backyard. Walkway, porch, side yard…nope, none of it. I squirmed and squirmed until mom got the hint that I was not going to allow her to put me down on the ground. Nope!!!🙂‍↔️ 

Bubsy: Well here is the goodness. The tornado watch ends at 11:00, the storm has lessened up considerably so things can honestly only get better from here. Hoping everyone out there is having a better start to their Mardi Gras than we did. Happy Mardi Gras! I’m ready for some King’s cake. Since Louisiana is so close to us…Mardi Gras is huge here too. Bakeries everywhere are serving up King’s cake today. 

Sissy: I think Mardi Gras is pretty huge all over the south. It’s a southern thing! And after all we’ve been through today mom and dad better get two extra slices of King’s cake for us. We deserve a treat too! 🍰 

Bubsy: This is a yours truly side note…what is King’s cake you ask? Well it’s very similar to a coffee cake/cinnamon roll cake. It’s rolled up with cinnamon and a cream cheese filling in the center it’s joined together in a circular wreath shape and a toy baby is placed inside the rolled cake. Then it is decorated with icing the type of icing on cinnamon rolls and also decorated with the colors of Mardi Gras which are yellow, purple, and green. Why is there a toy baby? Whomever gets the piece of cake with the toy baby in it is considered extra lucky and will have a year of good luck. The baby symbolizes renewal and a fresh start to the Lenten season, as Ash Wednesday is tomorrow. 

Sissy: Happy Fat Tuesday! Enjoy your Mardi Gras everyone! 🎭