Dallas

Had a chance to take some pics of Dallas while at Em's party. He's getting teeth and chews everything but stayed good natured.

Em's third birthday

Here are some pictures of Emily's birthday party. The theme was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Laura did it up right having the kids make caterpillars and butterflies, and having a cake that looked like a catarpillar. Emily was delighted to have her two grandmas and three grandpas around and shared her time equally with us as well as the aunts and uncles and all her little friends from church.

What I've been up to

Since I last entered something here I have been sewing. I worked on a wall hanging with watermelon slices to hang in the living room (not finished yet); have completed 51 back of the chair pockets for school; a complete baby quilt; some more coil bowls; and a toy/game for the grandkids. I went to Des Moines with the 4th grade teachers to help them spend their budget $ at the Learning Post. I went to Lynne's and we were "knotty" together and had a fun morning.Oh, I also shortened three Iowa jerseys for a friend's family. They are special as they have SASH on the back and his number (he's from Oskaloosa).
I also picked my first tomato. It's funny shaped and not very big, but I grew it myself!
Hope you are all keeping cool enough.

Happy Birthday Robert

Hope your day is "swell"

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!

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.

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.