After the Wind

Oh my gosh!!! It blew last night---I heard tin rattling all night--loud and booming. I got up twice to check it out. The first time around 12:30 a.m. I got up to check to see if the roof was holding on the patio. It was fine, I stood on the patio--in the extraordinarily warm night for quite a while and watched and listened as the gusts of wind screamed through the neighborhood--the roof rattled a bit, but was secured snuggly. So I went back to bed, thinking I would be able to sleep.
But I wasn't. I listened more closely--and now I was convinced that maybe I'd forgotten to lock the door on the shed--and maybe that was rattling. Or perhaps something had blown over from another yard and was somehow trapped between the house and shed and was being boiled up against the house and shed with every strong gust of wind. Make no mistake it was LOUD. So I got up again---Again went out to the patio--this time I saw the problem. The downspout on the corner from the house had come loose and was banging against the house with each gust. The noise did not lessen when I went back to bed--but I was able to finally get back to sleep--now that the anxiety had lessened. For the record--the dog--Ciara--only peaked her head out from under the covers ONCE. I should have taken my cues from her.


Weirdness in the Local News

Oh yes, all you aspiring mystery writers. Need a new unusual weapon of death. TISSUE Paper. Yep, I man (sadly) killed another man with tissue paper.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – An autopsy determined that a man found dead Friday outside a Tumwater residence suffocated on tissue paper stuffed in his mouth.

• http://www.theolympian.com (weblink)

He's identified as 55-year-old Gerald F. Haag of Seattle.
Thurston County sheriff's deputies arrested a 49-year-old man for investigation of murder.
The sheriff's office says Michael Kerby of Seattle told the victim's sister he had killed her brother. Lt. Chris Mealy told The Olympian Kerby is cooperating with investigators.

I still haven't heard from WebsiteBusiness.com. But I'm willing to cut them a break, since yesterday was Sunday and today is a holiday. Yep, even website businesses are entitled to a holiday. I did take the initiative and contacted them via support ticket. So I'm not just sitting back waiting for them. I'm anxious to get started--and anxious to let everyone know how it works.