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There were tornado warnings in just about every county surrounding us, but nothing in this county.  There were 3 tornadoes spotted near Nebraska City and 1 near Glenwood, IA, and a confirmed EF1 that destroyed some houses and outbuildings in Jefferson County.  We were briefly under a severe thunderstorm warning and there were some pretty strong ( Read more... )

I pulled a muscle in my back a couple weeks ago and it's healed to the point where I can walk around without a cane, but my back still hurts.  I felt like my bed wasn't helping; every morning my back would feel worse than it had when I went to sleep.  I can't afford to buy a new bed and this one is only 5 or 6 month old, so there's not much I could ( Read more... )

Ended up spending a hefty portion of my tax refund today.

My AeroBed was just about gone, so I had to buy a new bed.   I found a nice Sealy Posturepedic mattress and box springs on sale for $330 at Nebraska Furniture Mart.    Since I didn't have any sheets or anything to fit it, I also picked up a "bed in a bag" set at Wal*Mart: sheets, pillow cases ( Read more... )

Why am I still up at 12:45 a.m. listening to disco music?

The last couple days I've been doing a lot of work loading up the PODS container.  It's about 1/3 full now.  I've worked myself to exhaustion packing and loading, so I figured I'd have no problem getting to sleep ( Read more... )

When my grandmother moved from the assisted living facility (her room was basically a small apartment) to the skilled nursing facility (which was basically a hospital ward), most of her furniture was moved here, including her queen-size Nautilus air bed. I left all the pieces in the garage because I was hoping that eventually she would move out of ( Read more... )