Hope your day is "swell"
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Hot enough for you?
I'll bet if you were out and about at all today you heard that! It's pretty miserable right here in the house. I am doing a whole lot of nothing to be sure. We need to purchase an air conditioner for the kitchen as soon as payday arrives.
Weird things have been happening to us. Last night when we came out of band practice the van started but nothing electrical inside worked. No radio, no air, no windows. It is a long way from city hall to this house if it is 87 degrees out, hotter in and you can't open a window. Dan said must be a fuse so when he went to work today I backed the van out, opened all the doors and studied the manual until I could find where the fuses are. (Not where I had expected them to be, either). I looked them over but really couldn't see if one was bad, unplugged a few, plugged them back in again, and must have hit something right, because things work again. Who knows?
Today I worked on the band payroll and rearranged some kitchen cupboards. I keep trying to make them bigger, but for some reason that hasn't worked!
Weird things have been happening to us. Last night when we came out of band practice the van started but nothing electrical inside worked. No radio, no air, no windows. It is a long way from city hall to this house if it is 87 degrees out, hotter in and you can't open a window. Dan said must be a fuse so when he went to work today I backed the van out, opened all the doors and studied the manual until I could find where the fuses are. (Not where I had expected them to be, either). I looked them over but really couldn't see if one was bad, unplugged a few, plugged them back in again, and must have hit something right, because things work again. Who knows?
Today I worked on the band payroll and rearranged some kitchen cupboards. I keep trying to make them bigger, but for some reason that hasn't worked!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Art on the Square
We went uptown this morning to Art on the Square (always near my birthday if you want to plan a visit during this time some year). Many beautiful items displayed and for sale with more jewelry than usual. The biggest wow was the old Iowa building on the northwest corner from the square. It used to be a bank, someone along the way modernized it with slabs of marble looking facing. In recent years things started falling off and it became more and more of an eyesore. It has been under rehabilitation for more than a year now and at Christmas, before the lighted Christmas parade, it was wrapped in plastic like a giant present and has been out of sight ever since. The scaffolding and wraps came down in the middle of the night - well worth the wait! It is gorgeous! I also was pleased with the new flower planters that can be seen in several locations near the square. If you look closely at the planters, you can see photos of the bandstand.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
June 11
Today is the first day since school got out that I haven't had a specific job to get accomplished. I made five pans of brownies for treats for the city band after the concert tonight. I yell at everybody pretty regularly, so I thought I'd better create some good will while I can.
I'm heading for the studio now. Dan says we'll eat out, so I don't have to think about cooking.
I'm heading for the studio now. Dan says we'll eat out, so I don't have to think about cooking.
Visit to Emily and Dallas, Laura, too
I'm eating my rice but this thing on the ceiling keeps turning around and distracting me!
What are they trying to get me to do?
Ahha! I can reach my toes, then sit back up again. Mom thinks I'm pretty smart and so does Grandma!
Emily thinks she should help, too, but she can't resist a camera.
Look at us! I can do it for a little while, as long as someone helps me get into this position. Not like rolling over, that's easy!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
School's Out For Summer!
I am officially done with the school year. I have a meeting there Wednesday afternoon and a half day class the following week, plus a book study, but am not teaching this summer. The half day class is to build a web page for my classroom. I have some ideas, but will get to put them into action. I'm sure blogging is a good way to get ready!
We had our first band concert Thursday night and had good attendance and perfect weather. We'll be playing at the State Fair August 18. (the day before school starts for teachers).
Lynne came to town today and treated Dan and I to lunch for my birthday. As always, it is great to see her and hear what she's been up to.
We had our first band concert Thursday night and had good attendance and perfect weather. We'll be playing at the State Fair August 18. (the day before school starts for teachers).
Lynne came to town today and treated Dan and I to lunch for my birthday. As always, it is great to see her and hear what she's been up to.
This old house roses
I've always loved my roses. Some came with the house and some were planted or special occasions. As you can see, some are very beautiful right now but I have three I transplanted last fall and they're not so good and one more is jsut plain dead :( Perhaps I need to spend more time talking to them this year and not ignoring them so much?
Monday, June 1, 2009
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