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August seemed to fly by, maybe because the weather kept me a little more housebound than I expected. With the weather cooling down, I hope to get out and enjoy the beginning of Fall.

As August begins (or already begun), I was reminded that this is the 30th anniversary of the Flood of 1993. My town was safe, but the same couldn't be said for many towns along the Missouri River in central Missouri. Many towns suffered major flooding and some were so bad that the town had to be relocated (Rhineland, MO). Another (Cedar City) pretty much ceased to exist and spelled the end of the Renz Correctional Facility for Women (thought the place wasn't in great shape to begin with). It seems like when discussing the flood, the central Missouri area is often overlooked, but in fairness, many places had it much worse than we did. I am currently watching a lot of videos on Youtube of the coverage from 1993 as well as the aftermath. Its amazing how 30 years later that the same area which had a summer deluge of rain is now experiencing severe drought (which might be downgraded to less severe thanks to a few days of rain, which oddly is creating flash flooding). Its heartbreaking to watch some of it, but also a bit fun to see how some of these places which I have visited in later years looked like before floods changed their towns history. Anyways, checking in for the month, and hoping the weather is a little less cruel this month for everybody.

June was a fun month, and our town festival went off mostly without a hitch (one day was rained out and will be made up next weekend). It was my first chance to take a lot of pictures with my phone, and I took almost 1000 over 3 days. I had a blast. Looking at this month, I hope my area gets some rain, as we are in severe drought. 30 years ago we were deluged with rain in one of the worst floods ever, and now we can't even get rain when it was supposed to thunderstorm 3 days in a row. I would welcome the rain, to not only get the ground some much needed water, but a to knock the humidity down a few degrees.

I'm not use to changes, but this one seems simple enough, not much of a learning curve.

It is June? That means its time for my small town to have their 150th birthday celebration. We haven't had a town festival in about 15 years, so this is going to be a pretty big event spanning over 4 days. I was worried because they were real quiet in the months prior, but they plan to have a car show and even A-10 warthogs fly over the event! Some of the historical places will be open for tours, the theaters which haven't been used in over 75 years. One was open during the last town festival, but in my 40 plus years I've never been inside the other. I'm excited for this and can't wait to take a ton of pictures. Anyone in the mid-Missouri area next weekend should check it out- https://www.celebratepilotgrovemo.com/ Otherwise it was another quiet month, but I'm hoping its not too hot this weekend so I can hit a few garage sales. About 5-6 towns around my area are having city wide sales (including my town). Maybe I can find a few deals.

I don't think Spring is going to arrive around here. Went from like 40 to possibly being 90 this weekend. Though I can't complain too much.

At least with the weather starting to get better, more garage sales might pop up soon. Hoping to catch a few this year.

April showers brings May.... well, at this rate probably more showers.

Another month down, with not too many complaints (aside from the water leak, but hey, going to get carpet replaced with new tile). Let's see how March will go, maybe I can get caught up on a few things I fell behind on.

February is usually one of my favorite months. I'm happy that the Super Bowl will be one worth watching this year. Hoping the weather forecast is correct and 60s next week so I can do some cleaning at my storage and prepare for a spring garage sale. Might be too much work, but should be fun.

Had a late Christmas gift, got a couple gift cards. Does anyone else think of stuff they want then as soon as they get a gift card start second guessing what they want? I have a wish list and suddenly I wonder if I really need the stuff on the list. Seems kinda funny to me. Oh well, I guess I have time to decide on something.

Happy New Year to all. Hopefully 2023 will be better than 2022 for all (even if you had a great 2022).

A little behind on the decorations, but should have most of them up by the end of the day.

I've realized looking at this ad, I really don't have many things I'm looking for this year. A couple deals though.

I don't usually go to Michael's but could use some larger picture frames, I might have to check it out.

A little better, tempted on a couple of the movies, and maybe the Roku, but don't really need another one.

Cheap toaster is good enough for me. Might buy two.

20 years? Count me in!

I really don't know what I'm looking at, but okay. Seems like with more emphasis on online shopping, the experience would be easier to navigate than it was 10 years ago, but its getting worse.

Maybe November will start off good and I'll win the Powerball jackpot. As for the last month, it started out great then closed on a really bad note. Until the last weekend, it was one of the best months in a while. Then I found out that one of my friends parents both died in a car accident. She's handling it well so far, and she is at peace with saying goodbye to them (the family is very religious). She felt blessed to hang out with them all day before the accident, which she doesn't get to do very often. They were very nice people, and while I've lost a parent and a sister, I don't know what it feels like to lose both in the manner she did. Her birthday is a couple weeks away, and I know that will be tough as well. Hope everyone had a great month, and hope to see you guys for the next 12 months if a new prize club is started.

Not too bad, JCP isn't one of my stops, mainly because I hate dealing with Mail In Rebates.

Its good to hear they will be near the front. I usually watch the parade, but haven't the last couple years. When I heard Mizzou was going to be in it, I knew I had to tune in.

Wow, that child mannequin is so lifelike! These TV boxes work well since we forgot the umbrellas. What are the odds I'd run into someone with the same outfit on Black Friday? I love this contest. Even though I already won a hoodie, I still wanted to join in for fun. BTW, the hoodie arrived today and it is amazing, and just in time for this cold snap.

I really wish NBC would start airing Miracle on 34th Street on Thanksgiving again. It's my favorite movie by far. I usually don't like newer Christmas movies but end up watching Grumpy Cat Christmas and Christmas on the Bayou every year. Maybe I'll find some new ones to check out this year.

I think the only ones that interest me this year is Walmart, Dollar General, and Menards. Those are the only stores I'll likely be able to check out. I guess I can look online for deals, but don't really need ads for that.