Happy June 15th

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Happy June 15th
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Sun, 06-15-2008 - 1:26pm

Wow!  June is half over already.  I hope the whole summer doesn't go as fast.  We got a lot of work done yesterday.  Today is nice and warm & sunny.  I think I'll head down to the lake.  We can't go skiing or tubing because there's a "no wake" condition on right now because of the high water.  The locals say that it's about a foot over normal but that's enough to cause havoc to some residences.  We can go swimming though.  I guess there are storms predicted for later today but then we should be in clear weather for at least a week.  I understand that the northern half of Illinois is currently under some kind of watch or warning but that one isn't suppose to effect us.


We got a call from my dgd-Amanda about 6 o'clock yesterday.  She was trying to surprise us by heading home from Arizona a couple of days earlier than we thought.  Trouble was that she got as far as Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was stuck there.  You've seen on the new what that city is like!  She couldn't use her debit/credit card because they had phone problems and she didn't have a lot of cash with her.  She was extremely upset and thought she wouldn't be able to get out of town because of all the freeways being flooded.  The poor kid sounded like she was almost in hysterics.  I told her to head west out of the city if she couldn't get north or east and then when she was out of the immediate area she should find an easterly route.  I kind of walked her through just where she could/should try to go.  So, she headed northwest up to Hwy 20 and took that to the east so she could connect back to Hwy 151 and cross the Mississippi with that.  Once she was across the Mississippi and into Wisconsin, we were much more relaxed.  We knew she could still get to some closed roads, but I am better able to get road closed info here.  Luckily she didn't run into any.  She called her mom about 10:30, saying she was in Madison and she got home about midnight.  I haven't seen her yet because this morning she had to go visit the boyfriend, of course.  I guess later she'll get around to grandma.  As for me, I'm just happy that she got home safe and sound.  That's a long way for a young girl to be going all alone.


The magic dust is for getting dgd back home again and hopefully will help to dry out the soggy mid-west part of the country.

 


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In reply to: kacierra
Sun, 06-15-2008 - 3:05pm

Kaci, Just read your post and I can surely understand your concern about your DGD.

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In reply to: kacierra
Sun, 06-15-2008 - 8:01pm
She came from Apache Jct., Arizona to our house in Wisconsin.

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In reply to: kacierra
Mon, 06-16-2008 - 9:52am

Kaci, I'm so glad Amanda made it home safely. What a scary thing for you all. When is she moving to your house? I hope you have the ground rules in writing. You are so generaous to take on this responsibility.


Many hugs,


 



 
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In reply to: kacierra
Mon, 06-16-2008 - 2:40pm
Kaci--I am so glad your DGD made it home safely. These kids think they are invincible -- but at the same time you have to admire her spunk. I am a very timid driver and really don't venture to unknown territory on my own, so I admire her spirit. Why do I think she may have inherited that from her grandmother ;-)
I hope you have a calm and dry week.
Carol
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In reply to: kacierra
Mon, 06-16-2008 - 4:53pm
oh my god kaci,she drove all that way by herself!!! thank god you were able to guide her home. rich and i were talking about going up to praire du chien,but i thought i heard 151 and 18 were closed down.im happy that your dgd made it home

    

                      

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In reply to: kacierra
Mon, 06-16-2008 - 11:46pm

There's no way she inherited any of her spunk from me because I've always been just the opposite.

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In reply to: kacierra
Mon, 06-16-2008 - 11:51pm

I just heard tonight that Hwy 60 is closed in Hustisford.

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In reply to: kacierra
Tue, 06-17-2008 - 2:13am
I hear you Kaci--I am the same way. But if I have someone with me I love to drive. We are going to take a driving trip later this summer--if we don't have to mortgage the house to buy the gas LOL hmm that really isn't funny.
I wish you a safe and dry journey if you go on your excursion and I hope you find that all of your family is okay.
Have a good Tuesday.
Carol
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In reply to: kacierra
Thu, 06-19-2008 - 12:00pm

OMG Kaci.

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Thu, 06-19-2008 - 1:45pm

OMG Kaci.