Good morning to you ladies. I looked at our forecast and we have nothing but upper 90 temps through next week. Possibility of some thunderstorms, but not much. We were out yesterday afternoon and it got dark and cloudy, lots of thunder booming and we saw lightening from cloud to ground, but I don't think we got one drop of rain here. They must have somewhere in the area because there were flash flood watches out, but the midsouth area covers not only Memphis, but Arkansas, Mississippi and the north and to the east of Memphis so it could have been a 100 miles away for all I know.

Maggie: Kelly has a time of it with migraines, but hers start out without warning as a headache. She is on medication for it, but it really debilitates her when they come on. I have only had one and I was pregnant with Jay so you know how long ago that was. I thought I was going to die so I do know what you folks that suffer with it experience. Glad you got your charms and got them all on your bracelet. Well, look at it this way, would you rather have a 4.6 oz bracelet on your arm or a quarter pounder with cheese in your belly since they are the same weight!

Susan: We are just awful, awful here. One thing I imagine the pool is warming up very nicely. I have yet to get over there, but I am going to go today. I am having problems with swelling of my feet and legs badly, I think from the bp meds so it might help relieve them some. I have tried everything from really pushing fruit high in potassium to cold packs and nothing works to bring down the swelling or alay the leg cramps. I have two dr appts next week, one for the hormones and one for the bp so I imagine both are going to change.

Jean: I bet your fingers and tootsies are all beautiful now! Only a few more days and you get to be with your friends and family so that will be nice. We look everyday to see how Florida panhandle beaches look even though we aren't going until Sept and they are still clean and beautiful. We have planned a pirate ship that tours the waterways, a paddleboat murder mystery dinner, a visit to a gulf marine park, a visit to a winery where their products are all very fruity type wines, tropical and such and pier park which is shopping, restaurants and the like. They have a Hofbrau Haus there so we will try to get in and have some German food, visit at least one of their seafood restaurants and such. I am looking forward to just going and relaxing poolside with kids being back in school, parents vacations over and college students back in school it should be fairly quiet there I would think.

Finished T's sock and am feverishly working on the doctor's. Almost have one done and ready to graft the toe so I hope I can finish the other one no later than Monday and get them washed and blocked. I just hope they fit him. He is so thin that I made a narrow foot on the sock (here are the two of them finished) so I hope it fits. They are thicker socks as they are sport weight, but if he feels they are too heavy he can always wear them for fall scout campouts and such. After all, he will be going into boy scouts soon and the colors reflect boy scout colors! lol

Well gals, I need to do my chores, get some breakfast and in a couple hours go swimming. Have a grand day all! Faye

Good morning, ladies! Another 90 degree day on tap...and all next week, too.

Faye, I know you will be happy to be swimming again...hope it helps with the swelling, too. I hope they get your hormones and bp meds right next week. You certainly have had to deal with this for too long.

Jean, I hope you decided to go with Bob. All the house stuff will still be there when you get back.

Maggie, are you busy admiring your bracelet?

Good morning ladies! Another cooker here in the south! lol We have no cooling weather to look forward to as of now.

I went swimming only for about 20 minutes as I got some leg cramps a bit of knee problem and since I was alone didn't think I should push it. I have made an executive decision about my body. I am going to tell my gyn to take me off the hormones. I am on the lowest dosage and am exhibiting symptoms of water retention, ie swollen feet and lower legs and my hands are swelling now too. That is causing my spine and such to be out of whack which is causing my knee to pop in and out like it used to years ago. The lowest dosage has not changed the female symptoms and to tell the truth one thing is enough to deal with let alone having a ton of symptoms from the meds. Increasing the meds to try and get the female thing under control and then have more severe symptoms is just not what I want to do.

Maggie: Jack is not very fond of watermelon, but I like it. Have you ever had the yellow fleshed watermelon? It is the best stuff I have ever had. I ate it the first time in high school when we went to Arkansas to visit my aunt and uncle. Jack has been grilling out a lot to keep the house cool. I cook with the oven a lot and it is so hot that is out of the question at the moment. I am using my crockpot, electric skillet, etc to bypass the oven at the moment. Amazing what you can do with an electric skillet.

Susan: Hope the end of the week is buzzing by for you and you can enjoy your weekend!

Jean: I saw that the oil is creeping to the beach we want to go to, but hopefully since we aren't going for three months that if they do end up with the guck they can get a handle on it quickly and clean it up.

I started the second sock for the doctor last night. I want to get the cuff and leg done today and then get the heel and part of the foot done tomorrow and finish it up on Monday. I did do a new technique I have never done, which will probably shock Susan. I did my first kitchener stitch last night. Lots easier than I thought it would be even for a lefty. I had been doing a 3 needle bind off for the socks, but this is a whole lot easier with the tiny stitches.

I hope you gals have a nice weekend. We are going to do some carpet shampooing and shampoo my rug in front of the couch. We were eating dinner last night and when I set the tray table out from me to get up, dumped my whole plate onto the rug and I had steak sauce and boy what a mess!

Talk to you again soon. Faye

Good morning gals! Another day of cooker heat here. I swear we haven't had one day under 90 degrees in several weeks now. We went out around 9 am to run a couple errands and it was 90 at 9 o'clock for heaven's sake.

Maggie: I don't know where I get this stuff, but I saw your post about your cowboy beans for potluck and thought it is a good thing they are for AFTER service..... The outside of the yellow meat melon is the same color of green just the flesh is this beautiful golden yellow and very very sweet. They are really delicious, but the only place I have ever seen them is in Arkansas.

Jean: Hope your trip is a lot of fun. My dd posted on facebook about 3 hours ago that they got hit with a horrible storm last night and today. They have no power, the winds got up to 80 mph and tore up trees everywhere. I guess in one neighborhood in South Bend it tore out so many trees it cracked a gas line and they had to evacuate the whole neighborhood. The gas company guys said it was the strongest gas smell they had ever seen. I know it was near 90 in Chicago during the game yesterday so South Bend was probably near that in temp. The kitchener stitch is just the way you sew the toe closed. A three needle bind off you basically knit the stitches together and off the needles, but the kitchener you use a darning needle and knit and purl with the needle instead of a knitting needle. I rally like the look of it and as long as you keep your head, it isn't very hard.

Susan: Hope all is well with you!

I have to cook up a batch of homemade barbeque sauce for our grilling tomorrow. It freezes very nicely and it is pretty easy to make. I guess I better get to it so it can cool down and I can put it into a container and into the fridge for tomorrow.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody and try to stay cool and comfortable! Faye

Good afternoon, ladies! - Only 90 degrees today but humid.

There was a luau at the quilt shop last night. Lots of fun. I've attached a picture of me and Glory (I'm on the right). A good time was had by all.

Had WI this morning and maintained. Always better than a gain. I'm making the shepard's pie from the Week 1 booklet for supper. Sounded good.

Faye, we have the yellow watermelon available here at the farmers markets. It's like eating candy. For the red, I like the Sweet Babies that are about the size of a basketball, no seeds. Was it your daughter or daughter-in-law that had the storm. I got thrown by the reference to South Bend.

Jean, I do think carpet gets dirtier faster when you shampoo it. It also harbors dust mites and germs. I'm not supposed to have it in my house and that will be the next thing I replace. Going with laminated floors. It's also hard for me to vacuum but I can dust mop with not problem.

Maggie, I hope your daughter keeps a bottle of water with her all the time and keeps sipping. No fun to get dehydrated.

Enjoy your evening.

Just a quick post this morning since it is Father's Day and lots of celebrating with family today.

Susan: OMGosh, what a cute pic but looks like Glory is losing her coconuts..... It does look like you had a great time. We rarely see the little round watermelons here though I have had them and they are really good too.

Maggie: Hope your dd is doing better and has learned a lesson about keeping hydrated. We are so careless with our health sometimes and don't think about things that can actually become really serious.

Jack is talking to Kelly on the phone at the moment, but I didn't tell him who it was so he thought it was Alicia and babbling about Jay and Jackson. I shouted, "it's kelly, Jack!" He was then really embarrassed but I blame myself as I didn't tell him who it was. I think she probably took it in good fun that he didn't recognize her voice.

I made another batch of bbq sauce this morning and a nice lowfat chocolate pie for dessert. You can sure cut calories and fat without ruining taste these days with what is availble to cook with. It is so hot here again today that we aren't venturing from home. Jack is going to put something on the grill so we don't have to heat up the house.

Nothing else going on here today except I am knitting up a storm trying to get the doctor's sock done. I have the heel in and am starting the foot so I should finish no later than tomorrow than can wash and block them and wrap them up to take to the dr's on Thursday.

Have a wonderful day all! Faye

Good afternoon, ladies! Another hot one in the 90s. I went to early church and it was already 88 at 8 am this morning.

Our priest, Father Mike, has recorded a CD of Christian music. He plays piano and sings. He wrote 4 of the songs, music and lyrics, himself. It's quite good and I hope he sells a lot - all proceeds are going to charities, including the blind school where he was educated.

Faye, I'm afraid we're going to be housebound for July and August if its this hot in June. Just so the hurricanes stay away. I knew you'd get the doctor's socks done. She's going to love them.

Happy Father's Day to all your spouses. I hope you had a great day.