There have been a ton of commercials on the radio recently warning people about buying used cars in the months to come. Apparently, there are a lot of sharks out there who will try to resell a flood-damaged car without disclosing what happened to it. This is illegal of course, but it doesn't stop them from trying. It's one of the reasons that I ( Read more... )

Before the storm hit, my husband and I were having another one of those life-direction conversations where he basically explained to me that if I want to stay at home then he will probably either have to go back to school and change careers or at least move to a larger city to find work if he stays in his current career. None of this information ( Read more... )

From Suzanne: storm homebith. - Hoquiam couple had planned to have their baby at home with a midwife. But when the storm prevented the midwife from attending, dad delivered the baby himself. Baby was born on Sunday, and mom and baby are doing fine. photos from Kathy ( Read more... )

Am I being over-dramatic about all this? Maybe, but not by a lot. Here is what's gone on since my last update at the nuke plant. After work was over that day, I got a ride back to Aberdeen with a couple of coworkers. I had opted to hitch a ride over there to save the precious little gas we had left. When I left work Tuesday afternoon, I told quite ( Read more... )

The power is gone and the roads were blocked yesterday (the main ones still are, but at least there is one way out) we have no heat or food or way to eat the little bit of food that we do have and we had a fire yesterday but thankfully were able to put it out ourselves and did not need to call 911, though it was really a close call. It burnt ( Read more... )