Good morning friends. It is already hot and sticky. Well, truthfully, it just plain doesn't cool off at night now. It is near 80 already and supposed to be upper 90's today and pretty much all week. It has to be warming up the pool nicely. I am aching to get over there. I don't know whether my key still works with the new set up so I will have to go some day after it opens at noon and check it out.
Jean: Sounds like a huge amount of work! My niece and her husband live on the St Joe river and he has a boat that they are in all summer long. I am not a boat person mainly because it is too hard to get this fat body into and out of a boat. We have a lot of summer bugs and they drive me nuts, but not much I can do because I can't have them come in and spray with the dog.
Maggie: Thomas was a joy and I hope he wants to come and stay with us more often. I think now that he is comfortable, he might. His mom is smart, but his dad is pure genius. His dad is a big wig with Fed Ex in their IT department. He is involved in sort of computer spy stuff, corporate espionage etc. He tells us if he tells us his job he would have to kill us! lol Ooooh, blackberries. I grew up eating all kinds of fruit, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries, peaches and pears and I sure do miss it. The junk you get in the stores is awful. We have one place down by the commissary that grows peaches and they have a stand, but when I went there, I wasn't impressed with the quality. I am willing to pay if the quality is good. I miss getting fruit you can buy, wash off and eat on the way home. Nothing is sold ripe anymore.
Susan: I imagine unless Kelly asks, Thomas won't spill the beans about the toothbrushing because he would get into trouble. He will be 8 years old and has only lost 2 baby teeth! Two bottom front ones. I asked him if the dentist was worried about the fact he hadn't lost his teeth and he said no. He said he has a lot of loose ones right now so I imagine they will be coming out soon enough. Poor kid may end up with a mouth full of gums!
Here is a sneak peak at the pattern for the boys' sweaters. I didn't like the yarn and was going to send it back, but they only allow 30 days and I ordered it right after I got out of the hospital so it was about 36 days so I was stuck. I started knitting it up and it is ok, I guess. It is 99 per cent cotton and 1 per cent elastic so it does stretch. It is a long sleeved sweater with a collar and placket and 2 little buttons. I bought 2 red and 2 blue buttons and I will decide whether to put one of each on each sweater or a set of one color on one sweater and then the other on the other.
Guess I better get me some breakfast. Have a great Monday and start to the week!
Faye