Beacon of health-care hope for Iowa start-up entrepreneurs
Back when I owned my freelance copywriting and graphic design business, health insurance for my family of three was around $500 a month. Because of that, we went without it - and fortunately, had no medical needs in the three years I ran the business. I can certainly understand why the unaffordability of health insurance [...]
Let’s talk about this Iowa weather!
You know the old adage, “If you don’t like Iowa’s weather, just wait a day - it’ll change”? This week - compared to last weekend - is just what they’re talking about (whoever “they” are)!
Ninety-eight in the shade the entire weekend I spent at the Fairgrounds, but upper 70’s during the work week! LOL
Seriously, did [...]
It’s the lawn mowing mishap season…
… so beware!
Okay it’s actually a little hot and dry right now, so we’re not mowing regularly anymore. But, we’ve recently had the annual re-telling of the story about the time DH’s dad reached under the push mower to dislodge some wet cut grass, while the blade was still spinning. Dad was ultimately okay, but nearly lost [...]
Pet peeve: donut “wedge eaters”
Look, you know you want the donut. We all want the donut. So just stop already with the “cutting off a little piece of the donut and leaving the rest in the box.”
For one thing, it’s dishonest. It says, “This person didn’t have the guts to admit they wanted the donut, so they tried to [...]
Link back to DMweblife!
A couple folks have asked if it’s okay to link back to DMweblife.com. And the answer is - of course!! Links are always welcome and very much appreciated!
Here are a few ways you can link back to us:
Link to a post you like! You can click any headline on DMweblife.com for the “perma-link” to that [...]
Link Round-Up, July 8
You know how the Register likes to say, “Miss a day - miss a lot!”? Well, I may have been mostly out of commission while sitting in my lawn chair in hundred-degree heat out at the Fairgrounds, but thanks to my RSS Feed Reader I didn’t miss a thing with Des Moines area bloggers!
Here are [...]
GoodGuys July 6-8
Here are some pictures from Day 1 of the Good Guys Heartland Nationals!
Webshots album
Update Day 2: It was really hot today - we didn’t do much walking around at the show, and I did even less picture-taking. I did add two shots to the end of the webshots album, one of our 1959 Ford just [...]
Des Moines Bloggers celebrate the 4th of July
Here’s how a few other area bloggers celebrated the July 4th holiday. :
Jim beat his own personal best in a 5k run! (Jim - why are personal headphones considered a liability?)
Jodi and family attended (and participated in!) the Urbandale Parade and went to watch fireworks.
Brent enjoyed seeing his kids participate in the Norwalk Parade.
Heather did the [...]
July 4 visit to Thomas Mitchell Park
Here’s a link to our July 4 photo album.
A lot of times, holidays other than Thanksgiving and Christmas seem to slip by us undetected and largely uncelebrated. Not because we don’t care, but because we aren’t organized enough to commit to a plan.
This year I was determined we were going to “do something” on the [...]
An Independence Patriot: General Hugh Mercer, 1726-1777
Happy Independence Day!
I considered writing a post full of celebratory sentiments, but decided to go another route instead. I mentioned previously that one of the many “distractions” in my genealogical journey has been the possibility that I may be a descendent of General Hugh Mercer, a Revolutionary War patriot. I thought it might be interesting to [...]
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