It will be interesting to see what happens with voter turn out today with the huge storm that is to be hitting the central and southern US.  How many people won't bother going out due to the weather?  Will more Democrats make the effort or will Republicans?  Will Obama supporters make a bigger effort or will Clintons?  How about McCain and Huckabee or the other guy?

In Des Moines they are predicting 1 - 3 inches of snow this evening.  In MP they are saying that it will begin with freezing rain and then turn to snow, up to 10 inches today and another 1-3 tomorrow.  Great!  Just so the power stays on so Mercy doesn't get cold I guess we'll not worry about it until we get home and have to shovel out.  Just means that people won't be house hunting today or tomorrow either.

We need to put some more ads out for staff.  Actually, Steve said that he would help with writing some of them that go out. I do appreciate it because, all other feelings aside, he has proven over the years that he can write ads that bring people in.  I don't know how the culture has changed in the past number of years but we will find out.  I do know that the DM Register is super expensive to place an ad in, way more expensive then it used to be, $480 for one day in a help wanted section for a small ad….geez!  If you want to go on Career Builders you are looking at nearly $1000.  Craig's List is free, that's where I'll be putting some ads and I'll check around for other options that don't cost a fortune.  The unemployment office doesn't do much, they sit people down at a computer and say they should seach for a job.  Seriously, that's it.  I'll still put another ad in there and other places, but don't count on much from the great state of Iowa for help finding people even though they are complaining that the unemployment rate has gone way up in the last two months.

Anyway, it's time to go to work so have a great day!