This Perfectly Paired Cling Stamp Set is the perfect Noah’s Ark Stamp For Rainy Houston. I wish I owned this stamp right now because we are having rainy weather in Houston……for days! No, it’s not a hurricane but there have been flooded roads, bayous, cars, and even houses just from heavy rainstorms. Luckily, we have been high and dry at our house!
All this rain was forecast ahead of time, but I don’t think it was forecast to be as bad as it was on Tuesday. I was expecting scattered showers and maybe a few thunderstorms so when it started on Tuesday afternoon I didn’t think much of it. I even texted my daughter and said we were getting a lot of thunder. By the time I had to pick up my husband at the bus, I was hoping I could drive two miles down the road and through the parking lot to get him. That worked fine but as we ate dinner, the sky REALLY opened up and the lightning and thunder were crazy….all night and during the night!
By then the news was showing the typical Houston flood scenes, cars stranded on highways and feeder roads, Good Samaritans pushing stalled cars out of the street (even a man in a new Mercedes!), and stories of kids stranded at school who were fed and were going to spend the night there! (What a bummer!) Way back when, two of my kids were stranded at school, I think Kindergarten and 4th grade, and were fed sandwiches and sent home on a school bus. While we waited anxiously for them to get home, they were having a great adventure on the bus watching the waves of water wash up into yards as the bus drove down the streets!
It continued to rain heavily all evening and through part of the night. We got at least 5″ in our backyard. Then the rain held off all day Wednesday until late evening when it all started up again. The people who were at the Astros baseball game got rained on inside because the heavy rain came through the cracks of the moveable roof! We got another 2 1/2″.
On Thursday morning as I was driving around my “Low Tire Pressure” light came on so I had to get the tire checked. Sure enough, there was a nail in it, so I had to get it patched. They were predicting rain by 1:00 pm so I just wanted this all to be done so I could get home before it flooded again!
Luckily I had grabbed my new Stampin’ Up! catalog that just came the day before to read in case I had to sit around and wait. Just before my car was done, two ladies sat down near me and I heard one say, “Do you do Stampin’ Up!?” When someone asks you that, you know they are familiar with Stampin’ Up! or they would have no idea! They saw my bag I had grabbed for my catalog and magazines with a Stampin’ Up! logo on it. Always fun to meet other stampers! Before we could talk long, my car was ready. That night it didn’t rain much at our house but other parts of town got the deluge!
No rain yesterday somehow, but it is forecast again for today. So far we have had the Seattle-like drizzle (can’t really see it but you can feel the fine mist on your face!) but could get storms this afternoon. Unless it goes south of us. We seem to be on the edge. But who knows. For all these years we have been lucky at our house on our street in the middle of the block, but I never rule out the possibility of something floody happening! You’d think if we made it through 35″ of rain during Hurricane Harvey we would never have to worry. But Tuesday night people’s houses in other neighborhoods flooded that had never flooded before.
So if I had the Perfectly Paired Stamp Set, I might make a card like this one, a Stampin’ Up! sample, for days when we get too much rain. My husband even said, since we have had the Memorial Day Night Flood, the Tax Day Flood, and the 4th of July Flood, that if it continued to rain this weekend they would call it the Mother’s Day Flood! This stamp set is designed for a new baby so it would also be appropriate for Mother’s Day! It’s on the Last-Chance List so be sure to order it if you need a Flood Day stamp set!
It’s getting close to mid-May so you only have a couple more weeks of the Last-Chance List before those products retire. And don’t forget to check the Clearance Rack for some bargains as long as you are ordering!
And the Everything is Rosy Medley Collection is available only in May (and while supplies last). If you love Rose Gold, this is the collection for you. It’s the hottest trend right now! It looks pricey at first glance, but you have to consider you get the stamps, the dies, the papers, the accessories, and embellishments. AND you only have to enter one number #150059 to get it all! That’s what this collection is designed for…..the person who wants it all and can start creating with everything that coordinates!
Stamping is a good past time for rainy days and I know Houston is not the only place that has had tons of rain recently. It’s almost as good as baking cookies! So stock up now on any retiring sets and accessories you need before they are gone.
Also, keep in mind tomorrow is Mother’s Day so feel free to choose your own Mother’s Day gift at Stampin’ Up! That’s what you really want anyway, right?!