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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Just haven't had a whole lot of time lately. It's either working or house chores or we are down the road for another gathering of some sort. My FIL and my Dad both have cancer and are undergoing treatments. One is 80 and the other is 86. So, have been spending a lot of time in waiting rooms. They ought to have computers there, but that will never happen.
The boat has not seen water for a month and golfing time has even been limited. There has been some sort of Family function every weekend since the middle of June and won't end until the middle August. I swear I am going to head out on one of my days off and just float down the river. Maybe I could pick up a hot chick. Ya think?? I know, I am too old, but it was a nice thought!!!
Take care Xangaroonies and enjoy the Hump!!!

Monday, July 07, 2008

Just a personal observation...as I watched the news coverage of the massive
flooding in the Midwest with over 100 blocks of the city of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa under water, levees breaking, and the attention now turned downstream
for when this massive amount of water hits the Mississippi, what amazed me
is not what we saw, but what we didn't see...

1. We don't see looting.

2. We don't see street violence.

3. We don't see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government
to come and save them.

4. We don't see people waiting on the government to do anything.

5. We don't see Hollywood organizing benefits to raise money for people to
rebuild.

6. We don't see people blaming President Bush.

7. We don't see people ignoring evacuation orders.

8. We don't see people blaming a government conspiracy to blow up the levees
as the reason some have not held.

9. We don't see the US Senators or the Governor of Iowa crying on TV.

10. We don't see the Mayors of any of these cities complaining about the
lack of state or federal response.

11. We don't see or hear reports of the police going around confiscating
personal firearms so only the criminal will be armed.

12. We don't see gangs of people going around and randomly shooting at the
rescue workers.

13. You don't see some leaders in this country blaming the bad behavior of
the Iowa flood victims on "society." (Of course there are no widespread
reports of lawlessness to require excuses.)

What we do see are hard working, honest Americans (many of them farmers)
doing what they can to survive comfortably, knowing that many things like
flooding are God's way of testing our resolve. They move on, and most are
not beholding to anyone.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

'Tis the season. The wonderful swingset we built 3 weeks ago, is now laying on it's side, thanks to the great windstorm of Omaha. Guess they were lucky that is all the damage that was done. Lots of storms around here lately. Between the storms and the sprinklers, the grass is growing nicely. Luckily this area has been spared from hail or flood. But, the Omaha and southeast Iowa farmland is now marshland. Extremely busy at work. We have 4 major irrigation customers in this area and they are working 24/7 trying to keep up with orders. We will be very busy supplying them the next several years. With the high price of corn, the farmers actually have money in their pockets. Getting some golf and boat time in here and there. Another summer in the middle of nowhere USA!!!!

Monday, June 09, 2008

SIL and I put this little baby together over the weekend. 90 degrees on Saturday with 30 mph winds. 70 degrees on Sunday with rain. Add a slopeing backyard and a tornado in the middle, made for an eventful weekend. Got the thing up and it's even level. Maybe next time we can just play a little golf. Got the day off, but busy around here. DW had me shut off the sump pumps over the weekend because she was afraid something would go wrong with them. Well, something went wrong alright! We got close to 3" of rain and the sumps filled up and over flowed. So, she is feeling pretty somber today. They always "think" they know what they are talking about!!!!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

That's about all you can do around here. High today in the 50's, low might dip into the upper 30's. Was 86 a couple of days ago. When the sun did shine, the wind blew like crazy and brought in some storms. Was a good weekend to do absolutely nothing outdoors!!!!
FIL had cancer surgery in his ear. Took out a tumor the size of your fist. Did that on Thursday and took him home yesterday. A little quick by my standards. Actually he didn't get all the way home, dropped him off at his local hospital for recoup. He has to learn how to walk again. Doing pretty good though. So, I spent the weekend at my daughter's, which was near his surgery hospital. A lot of outlaws in and out all weekend.
So, I spent the weekend playing with the grandkids. Got home last night, seen the forcast and mowed the lawn quick. Good timing, cause it's raining now again. Got damn near 3" before today. Things are pretty soggy around here. Back to work for one night and then days on the weekend. Will probably be bright and full of sun while I am working. How did your weekend shape up???