Wednesday Already

Can you believe that this is the 31st of August already. I can't! It seems to me that we just got back from Florida the other day and now we'll be going again in 2 1/2 months! Man, time flies when you're having fun!!

This morning I went over to Fairfield (actually east of Fairfield) to help a friend pack for a BIG move. Unfortunately we didn't get a whole lot done and we left her with a mess on her kitchen table! Sorry, Chris! Chris has some decisions to make on what all she's taking with her and we couldn't help with that process. So, we gabbed instead!!

About 5:30 we went to the Club where my brother was making his famous Bloody Marys. They were good as usual! Unfortunately, my stomach didn't feel very good when we got there and the tomato juice and spices are talking to me now! I just chewed a Rolaid, so I'm hoping that helps!

Tomorrow I've got several things I want/need to get done. I've got to take my car to Blackwells for an oil change among other things. It's supposed to be almost 100 degrees tomorrow - pretty unusual for Sept. 1st.

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Thank You Lord!

Thank you so much for the rain! We actually got 3/4 of an inch of rain and we needed it so badly!! I never dreamed we'd be begging for rain after the wet spring we had! The rain was so nice - it came down gently for most of the morning. I had the cutest thing happen outside my window this morning. One of the little hummingbirds was sitting on his perch about 2' from my window while it was raining. He would stretch his neck up high and flutter his wings and turn and stretch...I think he was actually taking a shower! If there hadn't been rain on my window I'd have had a video of him and I'm sure I could have won on America's Funniest Videos!! All day he kept coming back - I got lots of pictures of him once the rain stopped.

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I Am Tired!

I got up really early (for me)! Juliene, Jan, and I left for Des Moines at 7:50 AM~ We hit lots of places - Michael's, Valley Junction, JoAnn's, Memory Bound in Ankeny, Archivers, and Hobby Lobby! We didn't stop for lunch until 3:45 PM!!! It was a fun, wonderful day! Perfect weather, good friends, and good shopping! We ate lunch-dinner at Chips in Ankeny...for $8.00 we had rotisserie pork loan, steamed vegetables, and a baked potato - plus homemade chips for an hors d'oeuvres! Great food for a great price! As an interesting tidbit, gas is $3.44 in DSM!

I just heard the cast for Dancing with the Stars - I'm not sure I'm going to like this season! Maybe I'll be surprised.

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Fun, Fun Day!

We sure had a fun day today. Church was great as usual...Pastor David is on Chapter 3 of the book of Ruth...very interesting story! We had a great crowd there today...several new people! Bryan even went to church with us. He hadn't brought church clothes, but we assured him he'd be fine in shorts - and he was!

After church, while I was getting games ready for our church carnival/ice cream social, Dave and Bryan cooked dinner. We had a choice of boneless pork chops, marinated chicken breasts, or chicken grillers on the grill. Dave also cut up some potatoes and onions and cooked them on the grill. Great job, guys!

Bryan left about 1:45 so we had a little while before we needed to be back at church. We both took mini naps in our chairs!! Then I left at 3:00 and Dave came to church later. We had a great turnout at our event! We had 38 cake units for our cake walk and they ran out in about an hour. Dave won a cake, but gave it to some child to take home. I worked at my station for the full time and I was busy until about the last 20 minutes. We closed all the games down at 6:00 and now we're all tired! We had horse rides, bean bag tosses, face painting, basketball shooting, ladder golf, guessing games and a clue hunt - all of this besides the cake walk, and cake and ice cream served by the Deacons.

I'm going to bed early. Tomorrow is another big day. Three of us are going to Des Moines to several stamping stores!! Should be a fun day! More later...

Super Saturday

What a beautiful day today was. I've turned off the air conditioning and opened up the house! I just love weather like this - reminds me of football days in Ames!! Love it!!

I have been working on some samples for our Stamp Camp. Here's one that I'm quite pleased with - except I think I should have tied the bow a little tighter. The Rich Razzleberry rectangle is stamped by inking up a clear stamp block, then misting it with water and putting it on paper. Makes a very interesting backdrop for other stamps. In this case I used the maple leaf from Autumn Splendor. The "blotches" on the bottom left of the purple rectangle are caused by not having enough ink on the clear block. I like the effect, though!


Bryan came today. It's been fun seeing him and having him here. We didn't do much. He actually went to the Habitat house to help his dad for an hour or so. The guys went to the Recovery Room and to El Rancho Grande for supper. They brought home chips and salsa as well as tenderloins!!

Tonight we've just been sitting outside watching the hummingbirds and our resident bumblebee (who loves the hummingbird feeder)! It was a great evening for sitting out!!

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OMG

I can hardly believe that it's already August 26th! Before you know it, we'll be heading south again! I just can't figure out why time flies so fast!

We had stamping club today. Made a couple of really cute cards. We did this folding technique again. Last time we did it we had to cut our own slits - this time a guy from eastern Iowa has come out with a die to cut the slits for you! What will they think of next??

Tonight, Dave and I went to the Country Club for dinner. We invited Nan to meet us there. It was a fun evening - we haven't seen her for several weeks. She is on call, but her phone didn't ring until she was just about done with her meal. Unfortunately she'll probably have to go to work and won't get to just sit around. Our meals were really good. I had a special which was pork medallions with crystallized apples - scrumptious!! Nan had coconut shrimp and Dave had a steak sandwich (open-faced). I brought home half of mine, but Nan and Dave ate all of theirs. I'm stuffed, so I can't imagine how full they are!!

Tomorrow's a big day - Bryan's coming down. It'll be fun to see him again!

I have a favor to ask. Please keep brand new baby Ethan in your prayers. He was born today and his intestines were outside of his body, so he was in surgery last I heard. This is our friend from church's first grandchild. Thank you!

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Summer's Here to Stay!

Thank goodness for lower humidity. Dave was able to get the driveway completely coated today. Tomorrow he'll look for any thin spots and fix those. Then we just need for it to cure for a day and we can get our vehicles back in the garage!! Yay!!

Juliene and I met this morning to finalize all the plans for our Holiday Stamp Camp on September 22nd. We're making 5 cards and we got all the supplies ordered today. That's a big load off my mind. Now I just have to get a flyer made up this weekend - then we'll start making packets for guests...I think this sounds a little like work!!!

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