I have to call Penneys this morning as they have made a mess of shipping one of the orders. I don't know where it is or when it will come. It shows Wednesday, UPS Surepost, but UPS is showing it as the label just being created. Last night it showed it regular UPS and delivery on Saturday. This morning it says back to the Wednesday deal so I have to find out what is going on with us being gone.
I am packing stuff today and letting Jack do his tomorrow. I have my list all made out for everything and will pack my stuff for the most part. That little jewelry traveling case is going to come in handy this weekend for sure. We plan on leaving between 8-9 on Friday. We are both on Central Time so no change there like there is when we wen to Atlanta. The worst part is having to drive through Arkansas on the Interstate for over 2 hours and not one rest area. They used to have three along that stretch and they have closed every one of them. Once we hit Missouri, the first rest area is another 42 miles in. It says there is one in Blytheville, AR on Google, but I don't think that one is open unless they reopened it. It is a lot of farm land and the exits don't have much either. Guess I will have to take a coffee can like my grandma used to because grandpa wouldn't drive the interstates back then.
It is about 5 hours to St Louis from here.I decided I hated the way the blocks looked on the baby blanket and ripped the whole thing out (I have one section done,) and am doing a feather and fan baby blanket. It is so much prettier and pretty easy. It is only 4 rows then you repeat. The first row is the pattern set up then you purl a row, then knit a row, then purl, then back to the pattern row. Easy peasy. I am then going to make a pair of little Mary Jane style shoes. I wish I knew how to crochet because their Mary Janes are so much cuter. All of it is in the solid seashell color. I will try and remember to take a pic when I am done with the whole thing before I ship it.
I couldn't believe it when I went to buy a Golden Book yesterday. You used to get the little books for 99 cents. I paid $5 at Walmart for the thing. Brother! You want kids to read yet books are outrageous for them.
Susan: You wear me out just reading your texts. You are one fit lady. Hope you enjoy working at WW again. Hope your friend had a very happy birthday. I do my cleaning partly like you do. I only work one floor at a time and usually break it up into two days. I hate the carpet in the house but will have enough saved to put new floors in in about 18-24 months. I want to have plenty in my fund so I can buy whatever I want. I keep going back between wood look tile and hardwood and good quality laminate. Sooner or later I will have to decide. Thank goodness a roof is one thing we will never have to pay for. I am surprised you do. Isn't that part of your maintenance fees with it being outdoors? I let Jack believe he is choosing the clothes, but I pick all the colors together or he would be walking around in things like orange and green. He wanted to buy a red shirt with the olive shorts. I said, nope and hurried and found a better choice. I try and pick his clothes and he listens to me up to a point. His color combos can be awful though. He tries to get away with mixing stuff up after we buy it, but I gently remind him what we actually put together and most of the time he will change.
I have to sort of make it his idea.Jean: Sorry, can't make the rain move that direction.
I got on a binge a couple weeks ago and cleaned out all the junk drawers and tossed stuff we never use. Some of the stuff/booklets we didn't even have any longer. I had one for a phone/answering machine and we took out the land line at least 6 years ago. I keep all the booklets just in case we need info on something that breaks or needs troubleshooting. They are in file folders. Those same neighbors wouldn't gripe so much if for some reason they needed the medical flight helicopter. We are in the flight path of the airport, which means FedEx planes at all hours and the National Guard is out there so occasionally you hear roars from a bunch of helicopters going over when they are doing their two week deal. Since Jack was in the Navy and we lived in the landing area for the base and F-4's would fly over the house really low, we got used to the noise. Jay never was bothered by noise when he was a baby because he was born when we lived there. If you can stand that roar, you can stand anything.Well gals, I need to get breakfast and then onto packing and working on the blanket. You all have a nice day.
We will gladly take it; it's supposed to rain more this afternoon so I hope the weatherman is right about that. Ian has a game tonight but they need rain too. I've been doing laundry, cleaned litter boxes, and have the dishwasher doing its job now. I need to get back to clothes sorting after lunch. 
Interesting about Arkansas rest stops, one definitely has to plan ahead! I am really stiff if we drive much more than two hours at a stretch. The blanket will be beautiful and the shoes are so cute! I am guilty of buying things I really don't need at parties like Pampered Chef, etc. When I was in school someone was always having a catalog party, my kind of party because no food, no cleaning, just deliver the items at school. Beth used to sell PC and I have a few of her extras; some I've never used. Can you knit in the car? I hope you have nice weather for your weekend away.
Fed Ex trucks come to town but just to deliver unless someone requests a pickup, for a fee I'm guessing. You have a thoughtful neighbor! How sad about the rest stops, scary too. Enjoy your sewing day tomorrow!
Has your doctor ever prescribed some sort of pain medication for arthritis? I know my stepmom takes a prescription Tylenol, or something similar. I didn't see the article about the Houston boy, how tragic! I thought sparklers were relatively safe when used under adult supervision. The kids had them at the lake but didn't light them until after we were gone. I remembered them as being longer, and all silver metal; these were shorter and wrapped in colorful tissue type paper with a little wad of paper on the end. Beth said that was so they would light easier. I remember, as a kid, my uncle putting bottle rockets in pop bottles. He always made us stand back away from him when he lit them. 