wet and wild, hoping for dry and boring.

Today DD has a friend over to spend the night and at the rate we're going she may end up being here for more than one night. When her Dad dropped her off he said the water was right up almost to the edge of the bridge and the Highway Patrol was out there deciding if it needed to be closed.

Iowa is right in the midst of the "Floods of 08" as the news channels are calling it. Fortunately for us we're far from the rivers and up on a hill so we're in no danger of getting washed away but lots of people around us, especially those near the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers are dealing with the flooding and the danger to their homes. We've laid in a small stash of bottled water in case Waterworks goes under but right now they're assuring us the water supply is safe so hopefully we won't need it.

Many parts of the state learned some valuable lessons during the floods of 1993 so homes, business, and lives are being saved this time around because of new safety measures and better protections that were put in place after 1993. Of course then they called it the 100 year flood and now 15 years later we're having another one-guess they may have to revise that.

If you have some spare prayers and good thoughts Iowa could surely use them-I can't even imagine what it must be like for the folks who've seen everything they own literally washed away.

Here's a picture I took out at Saylorville Lake/Dam. In 1993 Saylorville peaked at 892 feet and the other day it was at 889 so it's very, very close to the last huge flood level. See that bit of wood fencing in the middle of the picture. That's normally a little observation deck with a bench where you can sit at look out over the water. Right now you can sit there and be in the water.
Here's a picture I stole from out local news station KCCI. Those bridges crossing the river have huge arches underneath that are usually visible.




On the non flood related front I've been working on uploading some pictures to our family genealogy website. My cousin Christopher is the compute genius in the family and the mastermind behind the website-he has our genealogy on there, pictures, a blog, and part of our family cookbook. Lol-I just try not to mess it all up when I upload the photos. I've got gobs more stuff that needs to go up but hey-baby steps right.

Believe it or not there actually has been a little quilting done too-I've been working on Kathi's row for the row round robin. Hopefully tonight after DD and her partner in crime crash I can do a little more on it. Right now I'm going to take the girls swimming (in the pool-not the flood water!). Send me a couple happy thoughts while you're at it-lol-by the time we get out of the pool I may need them and a stiff drink!