Wed morning - Sept 17

now we're flooding!

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Tuesday - it starts to get serious

and so it begins.

levels are predicted at 32 for Henry and 27.3 for Peoria. that means about 3.5ft of water in the garage for us. so we had to spend last night lifting everything up AGAIN. and getting rid of tons of stuff that you realize now you don't need. anyone looking for a set of used women's golf clubs?

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some sites for you to track our flooding

i've had enough people ask so here's some sites you can watch....

Henry River Gauge
to see Peoria River Gauge, just click the Downstream Gauge link or...
Peoria River Gauge
to go back to Henry River Gauge, just click the Upstream Gauge link or see above

we're kinda in the middle of the two.

Nacho River Gauge
for our webcam which i'll be moving around

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i no longer have to defend my choice of words!

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are you guys gonna flood?

why yes we are thanks.  and we're in the process of prepping for said fun!  no pics yet cuz i'm at work but i do have the webcam back up and running.  so you can watch our beach disappear at your layzure!

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RibFest 2008

in what proved to the be wetest RF ever, i think we had one of the best times. this year's fest gave birth to our new slogan: RifFest Come Hell or High Water!

as usual, i'm usually too busy running around doing whatever that i forget to take picture. so i don't have any of the wii movie screen. but i did manage to click off a couple of Tent City. while we spent today getting ready to be flooded at our house, i wanted to take the time to at least post a few pics from the festivities last night.

highlights

the boys did an amazing job on the tent. i've never seen a tarp so big. and we all stayed dry! thanks Korby and Tucker!

this year, Mr A hired an intern. i think Bob is going to work out well! good luck with the job placement program!

shuffleboard was the usual hit. we really dug your girlfriend Dykstra!

yeah donna, that's your boy!

sorry we didn't get to the dollar game/ladybug sooner, but we did still get to it. 2 rounds and the Kim's won. guess Charles will get that new truck after all. congrats Scuba Steve.

and as always, a HUGE thanks to the P's for hosting us once again! there's no way we could do this without you.

see you again next year.....if yer lucky!

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this is so true!

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It was bound to end

you know what they say....nothing lasts forever

but you never forget your first floor.  technically the above is my 2nd. somewhere there is a photo of that god awful green gingham carpet!

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summer's end

as much as we all hate to admit it, we're getting there!

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mimosa

this means nothing to most people but is the coolest thing i have going right now! 

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