Joplin Tornado Hits Close to Home

I'm sure everyone has heard about the massive tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on Sunday.  Joplin is about 3 hours south of me and I know many friends and family who live there.  I was driving through some severe weather myself when I heard about the tornado.  I immediately started worrying about my friends and family there.  Everyone I know is safe...so thankful.  I'm just sickened and brought to tears as I look at the images coming out of Joplin...it doesn't seem real.  It looks like a scene out of a really bad scary movie.

One of my good friends lost her home.  The Wal-Mart they've shown on tv numerous times is managed by my mom's cousin...he was not there at the time.  Another one of my friends had no damage to her home and immediately went out to help rescue others and saw casualties as she helped pull people out of a church.  I also know someone indirectly who was in the St. John's Hospital at the time, and ended up being airlifted to another hospital and is recovering there.  Unfortunately, Joplin is not out of the woods yet.  They are under a high threat for tornadoes again today.  Please keep the people of Joplin in your prayers.  The death toll is around 117 currently and expected to rise.  The city has a LONG road of rebuilding ahead.

Here are some images that just make my heart ache:

Video from Weather Channel as the Reporter gets very emotional

Front Page of Newspaper in Springfield, MO

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I've been a TERRIBLE blogger lately!  End of school year stuff and the CPA Exam is leaving me little time to do anything outside of studying.  But, I do have some things I'm loving today and hopefully after graduation this weekend I will be able to blog more again!  :)  Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!

I'm LOVING the sunshine and warm weather trend we've had since last Friday!!  80+ degrees with not a cloud in the sky is my kind of weather!

I'm LOVING that I will take my third part of the four part CPA exam tomorrow and only have about two more weeks to go...until scores come in that is.  ;)  Hopefully I don't have to re-take every single part!

I'm LOVING Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem."  I'm not normally a huge Jason Aldean fan, but I am a fan of this song!!!

I'm LOVING Blake Shelton's "Honey Bee".  I kid you not that I have probably listened to this song a 100 times over the last few weeks!

I'm LOVING that I'm done with all my college course work and GRADUATING with my Bachelors and Masters of Accountancy this weekend!!!  :) :) :)