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Just because I like complaining about the water/sewer rates in Grand Rapids I’ll post the mail box findings from today.
Water is now at $31.92 + $1.82 per HCF
Sewer is now at $40.99 + $3.33 per HCF
The over all increase from last quarter is not drastic; Base rates of $70.65, water $1.752, sewer $3.238, but it is still and increase.
Our usage stayed the same from last quarter, but due to the rate increases I owe the city more money. I would have to dig a little to confirm this, but every quarter the rates have gone up since we moved in in December of 2004.
I know that I’m just complaining to complain, but this is starting to get a bit out of hand.
Tags: May has finished and now it’s time to put together the monthly slide show of pictures. May even has a couple of videos thrown in there for good measure.
Our May was filled with visiting Great Grandma and Grandpa Holzhausen, the beach at Millennium Park, camping with Grandma and Grandpa Klein, and Drake running around with my camera. I’ll let you guess which photos are his.
All of my past Animoto videos can be found on my Videos page, or on my YouTube channel. One thing that does bother me about Animoto is that there is no public page that displays all of my creations.
If you are interested in creating your own video slide shows visit animoto.com, were you can create free short 30 second videos. For full length videos you can get a discount of $5 off the yearly cost by using my animoto referral link. You’ll be able to get the All-Access pass for $25 per year for the life of your account.
Phineas and Ferb ©Disney Channel
“I know what we are going to do today.”
Drake has managed to get me watching Disney’s Phineas and Ferb. The basics of the show are two kids on summer vacation that create and do crazy things in their back yard . Like… building a rocket, fighting a mummy, climbing up the Eiffel Tower, discovering something that doesn’t exist, giving a monkey a shower, surfing tidal waves, or creating nanobots.
Drake’s love of all things Phineas and Ferb has gotten to the point where he calls members of his family names of the characters. He is Phineas, Theresa is Ferb, I am Perry (the platypus), and Garrett is baby Perry; occasionally grandma gets referred to as Candice . It’s odd that Garrett is baby Perry as there is not a baby Perry on the show, but there are plenty of other characters.
If you don’t know the show, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is an evil doctor and 
Perry is a secret agent that is charged with stopping his plans. This is one of the subplots that goes on in every episode. No on knows that Perry is a secret agent, unless he puts his hat on.
Now that I’ve been watching the show for weeks and there are plenty of episodes saved on the TiVo, I do have grown to like it. I’ve gotten the show so stuck in my head I have now changed some notification tones on my phone. Perry has a one liner that gets played in the background whenever he is found out by Doofenshmirtz. The 
Perry line plays on my phone whenever I get an email. The other tone is for txt messages, Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
If you have kids and let them watch TV, I would have to recommend giving Phineas and Ferb a look. Disney Channel has some episodes right online for sampling. 
Phineas an Ferb on Disney Channel
