Fog and more fog.

When is the fog going away. Maybe when the ice comes.

The Joy of mowing

Today I broke our mower after hitting a rock. We just bought the mower last year, and needless to say I am upset. Somethings just never go my way. God will teach me something with this, like don't hurry so much, and try to pay more attention. I should have pulled those high weeds instead of mowing over them.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRr....

Unique Idea for Disposals

Even though I don't have a garbage disposal under our sink anymore, I get stuff on "green development." Green development is when we use sustainable practices in building a community or maintaining a home. I hope to publish ideas from this on my blog. Here's a start:

Garbage Disposal
If you use the garbage disposal, use cold water - which is energy efficient - to help speed up the process. Cold water will help solidify grease and oils, making the disposal work more efficiently. And remember: To keep the disposal clean and fresh, run ice and lemons through it. The ice will help sharpen the blades and the lemon eliminates odors.
--From "Do Just One Thing" - by Eco-Expert Danny Seo

This group also has a blog:
OSC is joining the blog world of online conversations and we encourage you to join in. Give us your feedback, ideas and steps you've taken toward sustainability in your own life.
http://icosc.blogspot.com

Take a look at the updates on the demo home section of our website as well.
www.icosc.com

Another storm on July 2

I ran into this big storm on way to Centerville to see my family at the Sharon Bluff Bible Camp. It poured hard for 40 miles and lightly all the rest of the way from Thayer to Centerville. Ran into hail around Osceola. I had to drive 35 MPH much of the way.

Floods of 2008 hit our house

Check out the fun time we had outside and inside on June 4th, 2008. We had fun moving water trying to avoid what would be 6 inches in our basement. Two tornado warnings that night, the second of which was a supercell, the granddaddy of all thunderstorms. F2 or F3 tornado hit just south of town. Barns and stuff destroyed but no homes and no injuries.

We ended up having the basement flood or have backed up sewer six to ten times with 1 to 6 inches deep each time. It came about that we had our drain clog the first time and so it would back up each big rain. Now we are getting a new roof and gutters because of the hail that night plus bunches of small jobs done with FEMA and insurance money. We lost some possessions in our basement and had to have our water heater relit several times. Thanks to our friend, Ken, who helped us light it. Glad we haven't had any major rain since July 25th.

Ice storm

We had an ice storm in December. one month later, we are still picking branches out of our yard. We had about 2 tons of branches hit the ground. I have spent 6 hours to date cleaning my yard and have went through one set of tree trimmers. Check out the piles in the front yard. We have about 200 pounds of small pieces of firewood for next summer and beyond. See this tree. It looks like an F2 tornado hit it.