Category Archives: Daily life

The flood crested yesterday at 31.1 feet. I was out taking pictures but my camera ran out of batteries before I could finish up. I had borrowed it from my friend, Ernie Rairdin, and had to return it to him … Continue reading →

Cedar Rapids is in the midst of a historical event. This is the worst flood that has ever occurred in this community. The previous worst flood was in 1929 with the possibility that a flood in 1851 was as bad. … Continue reading →

When we were in Racine last weekend visiting Karen’s sister Sue, I gasped when I saw this ad for a Toyota dealership. I wasn’t the only one. At least two others gasped too. As you see below, the ad featured … Continue reading →

So, you ask, “Whatever happened about that leaky waterbed?” It took us a while to figure out what we were going to do. But in the end we decided to go with a regular bed. We just couldn’t face having … Continue reading →

You may remember last December I related a story about one of our tree limbs breaking off and falling onto the roof of our house. It was snowy at the time as you can see in the picture below. Because … Continue reading →

The other day when client Melissa Holcomb was visiting my office Karen told us that something strange was going on. There was a duck perched in a tree in our backyard. I had to wrap a few things up on … Continue reading →

A year or so ago our waterbed heater gave out on us and we had to get a new one. That’s pretty standard stuff in the waterbed world. After we replaced it we were refilling the mattress and the hose … Continue reading →

We had an action packed time this last weekend. It’s Karen’s spring break and we went to visit her sister Sue in Racine, Wisconsin. The day we arrived, Saturday, we went to see a movie, Vantage Point, which I will … Continue reading →

On the news last night they said that we were in for a great big snow storm and they weren’t lying. Karen’s school district is a rural one and they often miss school if the roads are bad. They don’t … Continue reading →

We never dreamed this night would finally arrive. After a year of constant bombardment the end has come. It is an evil portent of what it will be like next time. We Iowans joke that we never decide who to … Continue reading →