Good morning all! It was definitely a few degrees cooler here yesterday, but not cool by any means. It was in the high 90's instead of well over 100. I looked at the Vegas temps for next week and the first two days we are there it is supposed to be 106 and 108 so it is going to be really hot there, but thankfully hardly any humidity. We are now getting to the point where my "lists" kick in. Not until Thursday, but from then on. I always stop our mail several days in advance to make sure it is stopped. We get mail 99% of the time, mostly junk, so I know when we don't get mail two days in a row, they have stopped it like they are supposed to. Since we changed post offices, we haven't had any trouble. The other guy couldn't get it right if his life depended on it. I would have to call the supervisor every dang time I wanted the mail stopped.
Fortune is doing ok, but not eating a whole lot. He isn't vomiting or loose stools anymore and he has had a bowel movement everyday so I guess he is eating at least something when I am not seeing. He is back to his old self though as he played fetch with Jack for a bit last night. He is back to barking to go out too, which is a good sign.
Jean: Wow, sounds like you have been having some big storms. We had a biggy over the weekend, which knocked out tv for the station we were watching right in the middle of a CUBS baseball game so we had to listen to it on the radio. I thought at first it was our satellite, as bad weather can interrupt it, but all the other channels worked and they came on the tv with a message across the screen that there was no need to call the station had lost its signal. It didn't come back on for hours and by that time the game was over. The weather has been wreaking havoc with sports games up north. They had to call a Cubs game on Saturday, which because it was longer than 5 innings in and the home team was ahead, the Cubs won that one, then the one on Sunday was called off completely. It was really cloudy that day but hadn't rained. They were into the bottom of the third, one guy on base for the CUBS, the pitcher, who happens to be a pretty good hitter was up and the skies opened up. The pitcher just stood there on home plate wanting to bat!
Everyone else is running for cover! Yesterday, they started the game, had to stop it for 90 minutes then resumed it. The Nascar race on Sunday got rained out big time (racing in Michigan) they were going to race yesterday morning and it was still pouring and so they are going to try again today I guess.
I have now finished the front panel for my dd's wrap sweater. It took me a couple hours to type line by line directions for the whole thing, but this way I can take them with me on the plane, mark off row by row and not get lost and have to frog anything back. I hope when it is time to finish it I can figure it out. It has a weird finish to the neckline. I also have to find organza ribbon for the ties so will have to go out and hunt it up. The sweater doesn't have to be finished until middle of November so I am good on time.
Was that art project with the car something or what? I can't imagine knitting a full sized car!
Susan: So what are you reading? Have you read the new book,
Daddy's Girls? It is pretty good, actually. I bought 4 books to take to Vegas and have read 3 of them. I never know how long it will take my book club to get stuff shipped so I ordered them early then got bored and a couple weeks ago polished off all but one of them. I do love to read. I have even read the last Harry Potter twice through and am thinking about beginning it again.
I hear the washer has stopped so I guess I better get up and get the laundry in the dryer. I am not cleaning until the weekend so am trying to just keep the house picked up and surface stuff cleaned up until then. I am going to shampoo the dining room carpet then too.
Have a great Tuesday.
Faye