So the rain came down again yesterday morning and I have bit of water in my basement. It isn't too bad. It is in Jess' room right under and in front of the window well. I used the carpet cleaner to pull up the water (Thanks for the tip Nancy). It seemed to work well. Last night it was still wet but drying.
I left work a little early yesterday to clean the gutters on my house. They were bad and I am sure that didn't help get the water away from the house. Anyway, it is good to have done and I am hoping we don't have anymore water issues inside the house.
The city had to sandbag our power plant yesterday. The water from the river is rising and may hit the plant today. It is scheduled to crest this afternoon so we will see if we lose power today. That would royally suck! I have a sump that is going on and off all day and without power, I am doing it manually.
Jess had a softball game last night in Saydel. They lost 7-1 but it was pretty close most of the the game. They gave up 5 runs late but the game was closer than the score indicates. She played well but didn't have much luck batting. She hit the ball everytime but popped two up for outs and then grounded to the pitcher and they threw her out at first. At least she didn't stike out.
She has a tournament today and tomorrow in Ft. Dodge. They play both games this morning so it is a pretty short day for them.
Drew has a tournament of champions game tonight in Urbandale. I think he needs to be there by 5:15. I would imagine they will get beat tonight but you never know. He has had about 6 games rained out this year. I am not sure if they will make them up.
I don't have any meetings today, which is awesome.
I didn't get to bed until almost 11 last night so I am very tired this morning. Jess needs to get up at 6 so I am sure she will be a little bundle of joy this morning.
The sun is shining and it is supposed to be dry today. There are so many roads closed around here it is ridiculous. I think they even plan on closing I-80 sometime either today or this weekend. Click this link to see pictures of the flooding here in Iowa: http://iowaflood.com/
We also had a tornado hit a boy scout camp. For of the boys died.
I hope we have a dry weekend.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Let's start a pool---How much will a gallon of gas cost on Labor day?
It looks like there is more rain on the way today. The west side of Iowa is getting a storm that is moving northeast and should be here in central Iowa by mid-morning. Jess is supposed to have a game here in Perry tonight. I guess it will depend on how much rain we get.
I did get the lawn mowed last night. It was pretty nice out but I wasn't much in the mood to enjoy it. Work was rather sucky yesterday and I predict a 50-50 chance of it sucking today as well. While I was mowing, the wheel of my mower FELL OFF! The damn thing broke and completely fell off the mower. I turned it around and got it to work for the rest of the job but it is wobbling and night right at all. I have no idea if I can find a wheel for the damn thing. I really don't want to buy another mower.
Not sure what the hell is going on. The dryer craps out, the fridge breaks down and now my mower has big issues. My golf cart is in terrible shape and barely drivable. My gas grill doesn work. I am jinxed! Everything is breaking down.
Here is the other part of that. Let just say I replace the grill and the mower. What am I supposed to do with the broken ones. I hate to have my place look like the home of a redneck but I can see why people have mowers, grills, ect in their yards. Not the easies of things to despose of. Whatever!
On the bright side of things. Nancy brought in a pan of brownies yesterday. No matter how crappy things get, a nice brownie can get me through it.
The mosquito population is exploding. They are everywhere with all of this water standing. I am sure it is going to be a very humid, buggy summer. I am going to put something in the yard to help with the mosquitos but we also have those little black bugs. The biting bastards maybe as bad as the damn mosquitos.
Jess and Drew went to the country club pool yesterday afternoon. It was a nice break for them to get out and do something other than practices or just hanging out at home. I think they were there for a couple hours. That is the one nice thing about Jess being able to drive. She can do things like that without me having to haul them around.
Off to see where today takes me.
I did get the lawn mowed last night. It was pretty nice out but I wasn't much in the mood to enjoy it. Work was rather sucky yesterday and I predict a 50-50 chance of it sucking today as well. While I was mowing, the wheel of my mower FELL OFF! The damn thing broke and completely fell off the mower. I turned it around and got it to work for the rest of the job but it is wobbling and night right at all. I have no idea if I can find a wheel for the damn thing. I really don't want to buy another mower.
Not sure what the hell is going on. The dryer craps out, the fridge breaks down and now my mower has big issues. My golf cart is in terrible shape and barely drivable. My gas grill doesn work. I am jinxed! Everything is breaking down.
Here is the other part of that. Let just say I replace the grill and the mower. What am I supposed to do with the broken ones. I hate to have my place look like the home of a redneck but I can see why people have mowers, grills, ect in their yards. Not the easies of things to despose of. Whatever!
On the bright side of things. Nancy brought in a pan of brownies yesterday. No matter how crappy things get, a nice brownie can get me through it.
The mosquito population is exploding. They are everywhere with all of this water standing. I am sure it is going to be a very humid, buggy summer. I am going to put something in the yard to help with the mosquitos but we also have those little black bugs. The biting bastards maybe as bad as the damn mosquitos.
Jess and Drew went to the country club pool yesterday afternoon. It was a nice break for them to get out and do something other than practices or just hanging out at home. I think they were there for a couple hours. That is the one nice thing about Jess being able to drive. She can do things like that without me having to haul them around.
Off to see where today takes me.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
39 counties declared disaster areas in Iowa
We ended up getting more rain last night. We are over 7 inches above average for rain right now and there is water everywhere. The baseball field downtown is flooded, highway 30 to Boone is flooded and closed and there are water levels rising. Sandbagging is becoming part time jobs for the people of Iowa.
Fotunately, we have no problems here at the house. The sump is going like crazy but it isn't overloaded. As long as we have power we should be fine. (I am knocking on wood).
Jess had a game at DCG last night. They lost 11-0. They stop games if someone is ahead by 10 runs after 5 innings. Guess what..we were.
Jess had the only hit of the game. We only had two players on base all night. Jess hit a single to left field and another girl got walked. Other than that it was slim pickins. We had quite a few bats on balls but just couldn't hit the gaps.
They are supposed to play Wednesday but it is supposed to rain so that one will be up in the air.
Dawn's dad is retiring at the end of the month. He sold his dental practice and will see his last patience June 30th.
Work is going to pickup here in the next few days. I have a lot of things to get done before I leave for California. The last thing I want to be doing is trying to take care of work issues while I could be on the beach. I need to get everything taken care of before we go.
Today is going to be dry and I need to mow my yard tonight. Jess is having a friend come over and hang out so she is looking forward to that.
She has weight lifting at 6:30 and then softball practice at 10. She is supposed to have volleyball practice at 11 but the softball coach isn't letting any of the softball players go. She said she is going to talk to the volleyball coach today and tell her the softball players can't come to her practice. I am sure that is going to go over well.
Off to start the day.
Fotunately, we have no problems here at the house. The sump is going like crazy but it isn't overloaded. As long as we have power we should be fine. (I am knocking on wood).
Jess had a game at DCG last night. They lost 11-0. They stop games if someone is ahead by 10 runs after 5 innings. Guess what..we were.
Jess had the only hit of the game. We only had two players on base all night. Jess hit a single to left field and another girl got walked. Other than that it was slim pickins. We had quite a few bats on balls but just couldn't hit the gaps.
They are supposed to play Wednesday but it is supposed to rain so that one will be up in the air.
Dawn's dad is retiring at the end of the month. He sold his dental practice and will see his last patience June 30th.
Work is going to pickup here in the next few days. I have a lot of things to get done before I leave for California. The last thing I want to be doing is trying to take care of work issues while I could be on the beach. I need to get everything taken care of before we go.
Today is going to be dry and I need to mow my yard tonight. Jess is having a friend come over and hang out so she is looking forward to that.
She has weight lifting at 6:30 and then softball practice at 10. She is supposed to have volleyball practice at 11 but the softball coach isn't letting any of the softball players go. She said she is going to talk to the volleyball coach today and tell her the softball players can't come to her practice. I am sure that is going to go over well.
Off to start the day.
Monday, June 9, 2008
You know what? I am pretty glad its Monday!
It looks like it is going to be dry for the next few days. It is a welcome forcast because there are floods everywhere. The rivers are way over their banks and the resevoirs are full. There are streets all over Des Moines that are closed due to the rain. They even closed University avenue for awhile yesterday. What a mess.
The weekend was ok. Jess played in a softball tournament Friday and Saturday. They lost all four games but there were close and had a chance in all of the games. Jess played well.
Saturday, I sat out in the sun all day watching the games. They played at 8:30 and then not again until 3:15 so it was a long day at the park. Drew and I got our hair cut and then I got the oil changed in my car. I got pretty sun burned on my face but it is fine today. I tend to burn but it turns to tan in a couple days.
Drew went to a dance Friday night and then stayed overnight at a friends house on Saturday night.
Jess also had a volleyball tournemant yesterday and a prom meeting. She is the class treasurer and the class officers had a meeting and got some fund raiser ideas together.
Today Drew has weight lifing at 9:30 and then Jess has a game in DCG tonight. Tomorrow appears to be open.
I will have to deal with my tenants this week and pay a visit. It isn't something I really want to do but there seems to be no option.
Just a couple more weeks and I will be headed to sunny California. Whoo-hooo!!!
Off to start my week.
The weekend was ok. Jess played in a softball tournament Friday and Saturday. They lost all four games but there were close and had a chance in all of the games. Jess played well.
Saturday, I sat out in the sun all day watching the games. They played at 8:30 and then not again until 3:15 so it was a long day at the park. Drew and I got our hair cut and then I got the oil changed in my car. I got pretty sun burned on my face but it is fine today. I tend to burn but it turns to tan in a couple days.
Drew went to a dance Friday night and then stayed overnight at a friends house on Saturday night.
Jess also had a volleyball tournemant yesterday and a prom meeting. She is the class treasurer and the class officers had a meeting and got some fund raiser ideas together.
Today Drew has weight lifing at 9:30 and then Jess has a game in DCG tonight. Tomorrow appears to be open.
I will have to deal with my tenants this week and pay a visit. It isn't something I really want to do but there seems to be no option.
Just a couple more weeks and I will be headed to sunny California. Whoo-hooo!!!
Off to start my week.
Friday, June 6, 2008
I think I need to write a country song
So much to tell and so little time.
Jess had a game last night. They lost 14-0 in three innings. The coach is ticked off and is letting the team know it. I think they got about a 20 minute lecture last night. Of course when you have zero hits and two errors on the night as a team, you are pretty much in a hurt.
The stupid powers that be, at the country club, decided to have golf league last night. It was windy, and cloudy and wet and half the course was unplayable. We played the first 7 holes and then were supposed to walk the last two.
Well, number 8 is a long par 5 and it takes us as far away from the carts and the clubhouse as you can get. We teed off and were walking down to hit our second shots when the thunder rolled and the lightning flashed and the sprinkles of rain began to fall. We said the hell with that, picked up our balls and went home.
There was big rain and thunderstorms last night. Creston, Iowa had 10 inches of rain. Most places are a mess and this pretty much stinks.
Drew had a game last night. They won 5-3. He is getting tennis elbow, I think he has been thowing kind of side arm, so he is having some trouble. He is still playing well but he arm is sore at night. I have been having him ice it and take Aleve.
My tenants are being butt heads. They wrote me an email and said they couldn't pay all the rent on the first they would have to pay half now and half on the 16th. They couldn't even pay the first half until today. Well, yesterday I get another email from them and they say they spent $200 plus on paint and supplies to paint the attic and want to deduct it from the rent.
They hadn't even paid half at this point. What the hell. I told them I am not paying for their paint. That is an option and if they want to paint they can but it is their expense. They have been requesting all of these improvments on the house but have yet to pay a deposit or this months rent.
Fridge still broken. Repair guy comes today.
I have to say, life isn't dull. The problem is I have a mouth full of cancer sores dealing with all of these shananigans. Whatever!
The superintendant did a wage comparison for our positions with other schools in our conference and state wide schools our size. It turns out I am one of the LOWEST paid tech directors, and am the LOWEST in the conference. I hope this means I will be getting a jump in my salary.
It is Friday and Jess is supposed to have a softball tournament in Urbandale or Ankeny, not sure which, today and tomorrow. I am not going today but will go to the games tomorrow.
I need a vacation.
More saga Monday.
Jess had a game last night. They lost 14-0 in three innings. The coach is ticked off and is letting the team know it. I think they got about a 20 minute lecture last night. Of course when you have zero hits and two errors on the night as a team, you are pretty much in a hurt.
The stupid powers that be, at the country club, decided to have golf league last night. It was windy, and cloudy and wet and half the course was unplayable. We played the first 7 holes and then were supposed to walk the last two.
Well, number 8 is a long par 5 and it takes us as far away from the carts and the clubhouse as you can get. We teed off and were walking down to hit our second shots when the thunder rolled and the lightning flashed and the sprinkles of rain began to fall. We said the hell with that, picked up our balls and went home.
There was big rain and thunderstorms last night. Creston, Iowa had 10 inches of rain. Most places are a mess and this pretty much stinks.
Drew had a game last night. They won 5-3. He is getting tennis elbow, I think he has been thowing kind of side arm, so he is having some trouble. He is still playing well but he arm is sore at night. I have been having him ice it and take Aleve.
My tenants are being butt heads. They wrote me an email and said they couldn't pay all the rent on the first they would have to pay half now and half on the 16th. They couldn't even pay the first half until today. Well, yesterday I get another email from them and they say they spent $200 plus on paint and supplies to paint the attic and want to deduct it from the rent.
They hadn't even paid half at this point. What the hell. I told them I am not paying for their paint. That is an option and if they want to paint they can but it is their expense. They have been requesting all of these improvments on the house but have yet to pay a deposit or this months rent.
Fridge still broken. Repair guy comes today.
I have to say, life isn't dull. The problem is I have a mouth full of cancer sores dealing with all of these shananigans. Whatever!
The superintendant did a wage comparison for our positions with other schools in our conference and state wide schools our size. It turns out I am one of the LOWEST paid tech directors, and am the LOWEST in the conference. I hope this means I will be getting a jump in my salary.
It is Friday and Jess is supposed to have a softball tournament in Urbandale or Ankeny, not sure which, today and tomorrow. I am not going today but will go to the games tomorrow.
I need a vacation.
More saga Monday.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Come on in an join the pity party
So my refridgerator crapped out on me yesterday. That SUCKS!!!! I am not sure what the hell is going on with it. It has power but the water won't run out of the dispenser and the thing doesn't seem to be cold.
At least I have a fridge in the garage and a freezer downstairs. I am going to see if I can get someone to look at it. I really don't want to replace the damn thing. It really isn't that old. I would think it would be maybe 6 or 7 years old.
Jess had a game last night and they lost 9-0. The team only had two hits on the night and Jess had one of them. They looked like hell. The shortstop is terrible and they can't get their bats around. They are supposed to have a game tonight but it is raining (AGAIN) so who knows.
Jess has weight lifting at 6:30 this morning so she is just a ray of sunshine right now. I just woke her up and she it not a happy camper. I really don't blame her. Here is her schedule today:
At least I have a fridge in the garage and a freezer downstairs. I am going to see if I can get someone to look at it. I really don't want to replace the damn thing. It really isn't that old. I would think it would be maybe 6 or 7 years old.
Jess had a game last night and they lost 9-0. The team only had two hits on the night and Jess had one of them. They looked like hell. The shortstop is terrible and they can't get their bats around. They are supposed to have a game tonight but it is raining (AGAIN) so who knows.
Jess has weight lifting at 6:30 this morning so she is just a ray of sunshine right now. I just woke her up and she it not a happy camper. I really don't blame her. Here is her schedule today:
- 6:30 - 8:00 Weight lifting
- 11:00 12:00 Volleyball practice
- 12:00 - 3:00 Batting practice
- 3:45 - warm up for game
She is mostly worried about lunch. She doesn't have time to have anything so I told her to take a sandwich with her. Once again, not a happy camper.
More rain for the rest of the week, the weekend, and into next week. This is getting ridiculous. The river is flooded already so more rain is not a good thing. It also makes my mood crap.
I am supposed to golf tonight but I am sure they will cancel it. The course is flooded and we can't drive carts on it. I am not walking, that is for sure.
I have nothing in the house to eat so I need to go to the store tonight. The bad part of that is the damn fridge being broken. AUGH!
I have my last meeting of the week this morning. I am just about meetinged (not even sure that is a word) out.
I think Drew has a game scheduled for tomorrow but once again, we are living our lives at the mercy of this damn rain.
The princesses will be around to pick up my garbage today. I am in no mood to even get into that.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better.
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