Things are so rough right now. Not just our town, but all of the cities including and surrounding Cedar Rapids have been ordered to conserve water as there is only a 1 and a half day supply left. Downtown still has 10+ feet of water in some places. All of the bridges are closed off, and nearly all of the major roads and highways are closed as well ( Read more... )

I'm sick of the weather.

I'm sick of rain.

I'm sick of the massive flooding that has been going on in the Cedar Rapids area.

I'm sick of our basement flooding.

I'm sick of the power going out 2+ times per day.

I'm sick of not having enough money to take care of the problems in this house.

I'm just sick of it all.

I need to get this out of the way first.

Please keep my brother in your prayers. He is back in the hospital because the shunt they put in right before Thanksgiving last year is not functioning correctly. I'm not sure what is going on, but my mom said that there will probably be another surgery before the end of the week ( Read more... )

I figured since most of you on my friend list are into video games, you'd probably be interested in Goozex. It's a site that lets you trade video games with other people by using points and trade credits. Jerry has sent out a couple of games already, and has received one today. Check it out guys, you'll get 100 points plus one free trade credit.


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Jerry came home from work today demoted. Bye bye $13 an hour. Hello $10.75. I wish I never had to see you again. Thanks for completely demolishing our baby plans, moving plans, getting a newer car plans and paying off debt plans.

So. Pissed. Off.

Why are all the hard workers the ones who get cut?

So it has been a week since I started a lower carb diet and I have lost 5 pounds. Not bad at all. I started doing some light yoga to improve my flexibility and I'm really enjoying it. My body feels so relaxed afterwards and there's hardly any tension in the muscles. I like that it is a low impact workout. I feel the muscles working and they are a ( Read more... )

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My super sweet husband surprised me when I awoke on Saturday morning with a kitchen cleaner than I've seen it in months! He said he could see that I was trying to get caught up on all the housework earlier in the week and he wanted to help. Listen up guys... if you ever want to seriously impress your lady, pitch in with the housework without being ( Read more... )

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The weekend came and went pretty quickly. We celebrated Jerry's birthday over the weekend since his real birthday is actually tomorrow and he'll be stuck at work all day. We went to a couple of restaurants (that offered him a free meal) and dropped by Walmart so that he could pick out his presents. I was originally going to order some things online ( Read more... )