DH was in the shower and missed the whole show! Tonight the kittens found the cat hating neighbor's woodpile to play on. 
from Iowa!. The humidity is so very awful too.
It is promising to be another hot and humid day although it is only 75 degrees right now; the air is thick and heavy. The cottonwood trees a dropping their fuzzies again and the yard almost looks like it has a layer of snow on it. 
from Iowa!
Your Mailbox business card holder and building sound cute -- it was so nice of you to make the card holder. I'm sure they will be surprised and pleased. 
in Iowa!
Anyway, Jack bought me this black dress skirt that has a see through ruffle at the bottom, a pink sweater, a white zip up bolero jacket with a stand up collar, a pink and brown sweater and brown pants, pink jewelry, a pink Liz Claiborne bag, pink shoes, a gorgeous winter sweater with green, lavender, black and white stripes and a new sexy black swimsuit with a partial mesh top and diagonal white stripes. We bought it all at Goldsmith's on sale and full retail would have cost me about $400 and we got it for less than $200. It is so much fun to shop in a regular store and he told me I can buy more closer to my bday if I want. The skirt, sweater, jacket, jewelry and shoes and handbag are for Thanksgiving day. We are going to my families and it is going to be kind of a surprise. I bought him a Nascar's Tony Stewart leather Jacket for Father's Day (if you don't know, TS is sponsored by HomeDepot so the jacket is orange, black and white) and I am getting him black slacks, black turtleneck and black loafers to go with it. We are going to be some sexy couple on Thanksgiving. 
Hopefully I didn't sleep long enough so that I will sleep tonight when I go to bed. It's cooled off today but the weatherman says that more hot weather is on the way. ) and then meeting another teacher for a late lunch. I'm going to get groceries and check out the jewelry store for a new watch -- it is Ridiculous Days for the next 3 days so I hope to find a bargain. Since we don't have many stores available for shopping, there won't be any crowds to work through.
Are you going to model for us? Glad to hear the pool is open again. from Iowa! My next chore is to vacuum the fur hunks. I still think I should have at least one bald cat out of the 3!
to boot. I think I have found my "second" career! I did enjoy the gift shop yesterday; saw several other hospital employees/volunteers that I haven't seen in a long time. I'm going back on Monday to work in the coffee shop -- the volunteer coordinator talked faster than I could! 
It should prove interesting because I have no clue how to make the fancy coffees nor anything about preparing the food items as in sandwiches and salads. Cookies, pie, and rolls I think I can handle! 
I will be working with someone who does know so that will be good! in Iowa! I like that. Right now I am working on a building that I made the pattern for to look like the Courthouse. It was built in 1854 and holds the distinction of being the oldest in the state still in use. That kinda scares me because folks around here love that old building and I don't want to have to keep making more of the same ~ that white glass is such a mess to cut. But I do want to put this one where I have the other buildings because the owner said it would be a great one to sell. He even mentioned that the Courthouse might want one to put inside somewhere and the Museum would certainly want one. Let's see how this one turns out first. I have it all cut out except around where the clock will be put in the tower (I use a watch face) ~ I can't cut that glass untill I find out how big of a circle to cut for the watch face. I will pick up one at Wal-Mart on Monday. The Courthouse has a clock on all four sides of its tower but I am only going to put one on the front. Since I am an artist I can do changes that suit my rendition of the building. 
I hate to try on clothes in the store because I get so hot doing it. I guess when I am smaller it won't be so bad. So far, I usually do a pretty good job of guessing. My problem is I am 5'7" but have a long body and short legs so I have to be careful about pants too. One of my favorite outfits that I bought to take to Vegas has pants that are too long. It is almost a jersey material and the darn things won't shrink no matter what I do to them. They wash and dry better than anything I have but boly they are too long so I have to roll the waistband, which is ok, but it won't stay rolled half the time! 
If you want to learn more about that little sewing machine I got you can even see a picture of it if you want. Go to Sears web site and in the "search" thingie type Mini Ultra and it will take you to the page were it is. 
We are going to church tonight so I need to make sure I have two pieces of an outfit that go together ready! I just can't go to church in shorts, I just can't/won't do it! My grandmother and my mother would definitely not approve! 
My grandma didn't even approve of jeans and she's been gone almost 40 years now. She would be shocked at today's fashions, I'm sure!
The courthouse sounds really cute with using the watch for a clock. I'm going to check out the sewing machine! I've wanted a "little" one even though I have an old desk model with all the bells and whistles. I don't sew alot but think it would so much handier; maybe I will make doll clothes for Maddy someday. When you look for something on the internet, and you don't have a store name like Sears, how do you begin? It seems like it takes me forever and half the time I can't find what I'm looking for and I know it is out there somewhere. in Iowa!
