The Attitude of Gratitude: Haboob = A Freakin' Big Wall of Dust and Dirt!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Haboob = A Freakin' Big Wall of Dust and Dirt!

Ever heard of the word "haboob"? Nah, it's not a joke about small boobs. It's the Arabic word for sand storm...and this is what one looks like. This was what happened today here in Phoenix. It was ginormous - 70 miles wide and 7,000 feet high. When Melon Man left to go to work, he told me I should come see my truck - but I said I would just look at it in the morning. Great - I bet it's caked with dirt!

On my way home from work today, although I didn't get hit by the haboob, I did see some rainfall coming down in one fell swoop over north Peoria....pretty cool....

Now, if it would just rain a ton at our house! Monsoon season, 2011, is here! Yahoo!!!

1 comment:

Casey Lu said...: Wow! You took such a beautiful photo of the clouds and the way the rain comes down randomly! Beautiful!; July 24, 2011

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My Home Project List

DONE - Combine the Scrapbook Room and Office
DONE - Do Shredding
DONE - Garage - Clean & Purge
DONE - Garage - Sell Boat
DONE - Guest Room - Buy a Bed
DONE - Guest Room - Buy a Headboard
DONE - Guest Room - Buy Frames for Cowboys Pictures
DONE - Guest Room - Buy/Make Drapes for Windows
DONE - Guest Room - Clean & Purge
DONE - Guest Room - Prime & Paint Lower Walls
DONE - Guest Room - Remove Chair Rail
DONE - Living Room - Fix Crack in Wall
DONE - Master Closet - Fix Shelf Again
DONE - Master Closet - Purge Old Clothes
DONE - Organize and Inventory Our Food Storage
DONE - Scrapboffice - Clean Out Closet
DONE - Scrapboffice - Disassemble the table
DONE - Scrapboffice - Finish organizing
DONE - Scrapboffice - Put together all the cubbies and drawers
DONE - Scrapboffice - Sell the Old Desk
DONE - Scrapboffice - Sell the table and chairs
Master Bedroom - Paint Armoire

20 Things to Do Before My Next Birthday

01. DONE - Finish reading the Book of Mormon
02. Take Dog for more walks
03. DONE - Lose 50 pounds!
04. DONE - Turn the old office into a beautiful guest room
05. DONE - Finish organizing the ScrapOffice
06. DONE - Organize the food storage
07. DONE - Clean out my closet
08. Apply for a passport
09. DONE - Unpack all the purchase boxes around the house
10. Learn how to take great photos with my DSLR
11. Read a book
12. DONE - Get 2010's blog book edited and printed
13. Sew a quilt
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Thomas S. Monson Said...

"With all the strength of my soul I testify that our Heavenly Father loves each one of us. He hears the prayers of humble hearts; He hears our cries for help. . . . His Son, our Savior and Redeemer, speaks to each of us today: 'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him' (Revelation 3:20). Will we listen for that knock? Will we hear that voice? Will we open that door to the Lord, that we may receive the help He is so ready to provide? I pray that we will."

Henry B Eyring Said...

"I wrote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next day. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?” As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done." As I have begun doing this in my own life I have witnessed the quiet beauty of recognizing the hand of the Lord in my life every day."