RL woes...

Hi there. I try not to post about real life things in here, because I want to keep it a fun fashion blog but...The past week has been...well...hectic. I live in the midwest, Iowa to be exact...and as of right now we are having the worst flooding in our history. 83 of our 99 counties are declared disaster areas. 5 of our biggest cities (there are only like 7 or 8 large cities in iowa) are flooded out. I think i rad today that 20% of our grain crops are ruined, resulting in millions of dollars of losses for our farmers here. Not a good situation at all. I only thank God that we haven't had a lot of fatalities with this. That would really just...break our hearts even more. *shakes head* The waters are slowly receeding in some areas, but today and possibly tomarrow we had heavy rain/severe thunderstorms roll through so we don't know yet if that will make the waters go back up. One of the cities, Iowa City (University of Iowa is located here), has yet to have their river crest. as of right now its set to crest on wednesday AM at a whopping 34 feet. keep in mind please that flood stage for that area is like 15 feet. Thankfully in my city, we haven't had that much flooding (I'd like to send a shout out to my forefathers who had the sense to build a huge floodwall for us after the last flood), mostly we've been busy trying to help the other communities that have been devestated. We are also having a huge traffic problem because the DOT had to shut down an important interstate, so all that traffic has been diverted through here. Its not a fun time right now.

Also, while all this was happening, my kitten passed away. She was only 2 1/2 months old, and while I only had her for about a month...she really wormed her way into my heart. Its amazing to me how in such a short period of time, a person can come to love a creature so much that it affects you so badly. She was the sweetest, funniest, most loving, smartest cat i've ever owned (and I've owned a lot). She deffinitly set the standard high for myself and my roomate. The day after she passed I was dinking around and looking at her pictures, when I decided I was going to base an outfit around her...so I'll close this post with this:

R.I.P Milly 6/12/08



Outfit Credits:
Top from the Dans La Ville outfit in Black/White by {Gisaci}
Button Burmusa Short in Brown by [VG Republic]
Tintable Metallic Lycra Tights in Dark Tone(freebie) by G.L.A.M
Twitchy Kitty Ears in Brown by Mew
Yokodango hair in Black by Candy House Hair
Snakeskin Bangles by [Amaretto]
Black Cat ring by [Love Soul]
Smooth Swinging Tail in brown by Mew
Ziggy Heels in Lucky by Tesla
Tear Drops colorable Face Tattoo by Aitui (Click for closer view of tears)
Natural French Manicure in Nail f04 by J's
Tuesday Skin in Cinnamon/2b/Shir/Breathless by Blowpop