morning commute

i really haven't bothered to post any pics this time cuz it doesn't look all that different from Last September. but here's nacho heading out to work this morning. keep in mind, we do this at least 4 times a day cuz we have to take The Monsters out 3 times a day for bathroom breaks. thanks to the neighbor up there for being so nice and letting us use his yard!

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Crested?

Henry is only posting one number now - Actual. they've taken off the Predicted number so i'm hoping that means we've crested there. current reading in Henry = 31.52. cross your fingers cuz we're only 5" away from the pump being under water!

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see for yourself

the web cam is up, for now. i've got it pointed at the road, not the river. either way, it all looks like water to me!

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Don't forget the Guage link

for those interested, please remember, i have the Peoria River Guage link in my links to the left. i use Henry as my guide, but since many use Peoria, i linked directly to it instead. you can always use the Upstream link on their site if you want to watch Henry like me and Nacho.

oh, and for those who keep asking "how bad is this compared to last Sept?", Henry is predicting 31.20 this time. last time it hit 31.10. so again, we'll have roughly 38" of water in the garage. say it with me people.....GOOD TIMES!

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tense morning

we cannot explain it but for some reason this flood is creating unusual tension in our house. we've spent the last couple of days prepping. putting stuff up and then putting stuff up even higher.
this morning we awoke to 2 things:
(1) surrounded by water except for a small patch of gravel that Butterz was able to take advantage of for a bathroom. as usual, Cookie waited too late and had to be kayaked out for that.
(2) DUMBASS, WHITE TRASH, REDNECK neighbors - no not The Kims! the dumb asses that rent "the blue house" south of us. they parked their jacked up truck in their neighbors yard (yeah, Katie it was the Stein's place) and must have figured they'd use our drive for coming and going. did i mention they are DUMB ASSES? well, since they don't know the elevation of our drive and don't know the layout at all, oh, and apparently can't read to know the river was gonna BE our yard by 5am, they proceed to attemp to drive out. they miss the turn and drive right past The Kim's and straight into Heidi's yard. i should mention, it's about a 2ft drop from The Kim's to Heidi's. so now their jacked up truck is up to the door handle in water! haha! somehow DUMB ASS manages to get his/her piece of crap moving and makes it to the in-laws (aka lawn mower man) but i'd love to see the inside of the truck!
we're tense and surrounded by idiots!

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welcome home!

and what would a vacation be if we didn't come back to a flood. yep, here we go again. it's all those Savers' fault!

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let's try this again

a full day of bed and meds. and 2 glasses of wine later. i feel much better.

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slopeside bedside

it's certainly not the best conditions we've seen. yesterday was our first day to hit the slopes. everything was pretty icy, so finding good runs was a challenge. unfortunately for me, i've come down with the flu on yet another vacation - seems last year at Steamboat was one of the few times i didn't get sick. so i had to come home at lunch beacause it was so unbearable. turns out i didn't miss much. they did find a couple decent runs on the backside in the afternoon, but nothing spectacular. i'm spending today in bed in the hopes that i'll be much better tomorrow and so will the conditions. hooray vaca!

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Day 3 and the Eee

well thanks to the Eee i can document our fabulous journeys. we're on Day 3 of 27DOD and nacho is treating me to breakfast at the Super8 in some town in North Platte, NE. yesterdays gift was another Shamrock Shake and when we drove by Aurora last night he pointed out the plant to me. i asked if we could stop by the trailer park where his other wife and 7 kids were but he said maybe on the way back. i'm trying to convince him to attend her high school graduation this year. i mean, 23 years of hard work should be recognized. anyway, we're on our way to Ft Collins this morning and a tour of the Fat Tire Brewery. whoo hoo! waste treatment here we come!

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27 Days

Happy 27 Days of Me!!! and thank you Nacho for letting me buy the gift for Day1 = Shamrock Shake! mmmm. this is starting off nicely! we're on our way to the BigOne!

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