1:00 p.m. and all is well.

The Warning System sirens are always tested the first Saturday of the month at l:00 p.m. They just went off which always gives me a warm comfy feeling.

However, I'm not very good at heeding them. The last time they went off for an emergency was September 10, 2001. I was sitting on my balcony, watching the windstorms, when the phone rang. It was Mom. "Where are you?" "On my balcony." "Don't you hear those sirens?" "Oh yeah, I guess I do?" "Tornado warnings....you go down to your laundry room."

Mothers...always keeping an eye out for the kiddies, no matter HOW old they've grown.