July 31, 2008: Raw Talent! :)
I have a friend in Carbondale that does media productions. Amazing talent - well worth watching! All of them!
http://web.mac.com/thom.8/iWeb/Site/PODCAST/PODCAST.html
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July 31, 2008: Thursday! Thunderstorms!
We were rocking and rollin overnight. Showers and thunderstorms pushed through the region with a ton of lightning. Woke me up for several hours. Lot of flashes. We picked up over 1" of rain. Several areas received 2-4 inches. Not bad for July.
A MAJOR heatwave is heading our way. The temperatures will start to rise on Friday and continue to rise into next week. We may see 100 degrees by the beginning of the work week. Heat index values will top 105-110. Dangerous heat.
Well, we had a deal on the apartments but the guy broke his verbal contract. So we will move on from that deal and search elsewhere. 
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July 30, 2008: Moved!
Well, it has been a long day. Started a little after 6 AM and still unpacking. Tornado watch was issued late this afternoon, so I had to rush and get everything up and running. So far the storms have avoided this county. TON of lightning with the cells near Cape Girardeau. 500 strikes indicated in a small area within 30 minutes. THAT is amazing!
The new place…weather area is up and running. Sort of!
We have basically unpacked everything. We did not have that much stuff to begin with. But, we did manage to get the bedrooms set up and the living room/weather room/and so on. Not bad for a days work!
We are still scheduled to close next Wednesday on Ashcreek.
We have a written offer on the apartments now. Not sure what is going on with that subject though. We have not heard anything back tonight. Sooooo, waiting and waiting. Hoping it works out though.
The Fancy Farm picnic is this weekend. I am going with Junior. Perhaps I can meet the governor. :) Among others! There are several people from emergency management that I would like to meet. Junior knows a lot more people than I do.
The trackstick arrived today! I am going to try it out tomorrow. See the post below…several days ago for more information!
More later….
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July 28, 2008: Moving out…
:) Well, when we moved back into Ashcreek, a few weeks ago, I said "this is a bad idea." I knew that Murphy’s law would rule and the house would sell. Course, I also said that would be a GOOD problem to have!
Hopefully this is the last move until the farm house is built!!!!
Moving out
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July 29, 2008: Closing date? :)
My understanding is that we will be closing next Wednesday. That is the current information that I have been given. So, it sounds good.
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July 28, 2008: Sue has some wonderful photos on her site…
Check it out…she is amazing!!!!
http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/
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July 28, 2008: MOVING! :) Offer on apartments…new archive website is up
Finals are over! I got an A in Applied Climate! Very excited about the grade. The class dealt a lot on global warming and building energy efficient houses! TIMELY! I am still waiting on my radar final. Will know soon!
We started moving today. Moved a lot of "plastic" containers. I switched to plastic a few weeks ago. SOOO much easier to move everything around and keep items safe!
Here is the new place - four blocks away. FAST move.
Ashcreek - inspection is finished with no problems. Now we wait. This appears to be a done deal. Now, Sue and Jack need to sell their house. CROSSING FINGERS and sending good thoughts their way!
I have finished a severe weather archive site. Exciting I know. The website is www.convectiveoutlook.com The site is an archive of high risk severe weather days.
We have an offer on the apartments in Graves County. Waiting for a phone call to see if it works out. I am hoping we get these. They are fairly new and they are nice. There is enough room to build 2 more on the property. That would be another project. :) Sooooo - hoping to hear something on the apartments.
Wagner moving is going ot move our heavy stuff (we did it last time). I am tired of moving…so this time we will let someone else do the job.
We are hoping to hear something on the farm this Friday. We are waiting for the architect to finish the next stage. Friday could be the day. :) We shall see.
HOT weather around here. Temperatures are in the 90s with heat indexes above 100. NOT my kind of weather. How long until fall??? :) When we will get back from Rome it will nearly be fall. I am already smiling just thinking about it.
BUSY BUSY!!!
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July 27, 2008: SWEET! Check this out!!!!
My friend David found this. I know SEVERAL people that will be interested!!! I will use it on my trips. This device will work ANYWHERE in the world. Uses? See below.
http://www.gearthstore.com/products/gps/tr…k2/details.html
The Trackstick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading and altitude at preset intervals. With over 1Mb of memory, it can store months of travel information. The Trackstick is the perfect tool for individuals looking for a way to track anything that moves. Use it for recording the exact routes you take when hiking, biking or vacationing. Record the location of everywhere you went, import pictures and other information into Google™ Earth to offer an entirely new perspective of your journey. Includes GPX photo stamping feature for adding your favorite photos to your own maps.
For a photographer, who can’t remember the name of a street or building, then this would be great. You could just look it up on Google Earth. A lot of times the newspaper office will want to know exactly where the photo was taken. This product could be used for dozens of reasons.
OR the deluxe version
The Super Trackstick is the perfect tool for individuals, law enforcement and government agencies looking for a way to track anything that moves. The Super Trackstick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading, altitude and temperature at preset intervals. With over 4Mb of memory, it can store months of travel information.
Cool gadget. For bloggers this would be a GREAT tool. If you don’t want to constantly be writing down where you are and where what photo was taken. At the end of the day you can pull up the proper spelling for streets, building names, and locations. Then, when you blog, you can just pop in your photos and follow your track…adding the exact location and information for each photo.
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July 27, 2008: One final down! One house rented! Heading to Rome.
One final down!!!!! Radar is finished. I think I did well…hoping for an A. :) YAY! Now one more final to go. Applied Climate. Hopefully I can finish it on Sunday or Monday.
We are moving out on Wednesday. We have rented a place on Charlotte Ann Drive. Just a few blocks away! The plan is to be out of here by Thursday. We shall see. LOT to do!!!!!
Let’s hope the house deal closes. We are moving either way. Will just make everything simpler.
We are still trying to get these apartments in Graves County. Not having the best of luck though. There are six units and they would be nice to have. They are fairly new. The lot has room for at least 2 more units. Perhaps we will hear something this week. We have looked at them twice in the last year. They have been on the market for THREE years! Long time.
Going out of town on August 11th and will be back on August 26th. We are going to the Vatican. :) I guess we need to talk to the pope.
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July 26, 2008: FINALS!!
Oh my, is July almost over????? :( Where does the time go! :) ZOOM ZOOM!
Finals start today. I am going to try and take radar first. Applied Climate second. I will only be able to finish one today. It has been a swift semester. Summer semesters are always that way. I am anxious to finish the finals and move on. Unfortunately, next semester will be math. :) NOT a fan!!!! Thermodynamics is one of the classes. That just sounds hard!
A beautiful lightning storm rolled through McCracken County last evening. We had over 40 lightning strikes within just a few miles of the house. Tremendous light show and loud thunder. Daisy enjoyed it! Temperatures were in the 80s with dew points in the low to middle 70s. MUGGGGY! The rainfall came down in sheets. Visibility was less than 1/2 miles at time. Winds gusted to 40 mph here in Lone oak. The clouds were dark and threatening.
It was one of the heavier rainfalls we have received in the last few months (at least at my house). WPSD TV 6 reported over .50" of rainfall in less than 30 minutes. I am sure we had the same here at my house. This was also one of the better lightning storms we have experienced so far this summer. Vivid cloud to ground strikes.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the southeast portion of the county. I have not read of any storm damage.
We are looking at a rental house today. It is located just a few blocks away. Hopefully everything will work out. We will be moving next week. That is the plan. Let’s hope the sale of Ashcreek goes well. So far there is no reason to think that it won’t. Especially now that the bank has approved the buyer. :) All good. I am sure they will love the home. So many family memories here. This is a great house for hosting family get togethers. Now, we move onto the next stage of life!
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