Happy Father's Day!

To my children,

Today is Fatar's Big Day....he is out mowing the lawn - looking kinda of hot and sweaty as the sun is shinning brightly. And it is a bit warm and toasty. I'm sure if he were to be a blog writer wanna-be this is what he would have to say:

He has the 3 best children in all the land, of which, he is very proud of.

Remember when he took you, Laurie, driving all over the state, to something like 3 concerts in 3 days -just so you could see the Hanson Brothers? Waiting hours outside or in line, while you took in the thrill of a lifetime!

And you, Aaron, remember Dad spending countless hours in the car? Week in and week out, standing on the sidelines to cheer you on, in your most favorite sport of all...soccer!

And lastly you, Trevor, do you remember you and Dad sitting in 0 degree weather on a W.Va hillside? His (and yours too) butt and toes freezing all in hopes that you would bag your first deer on your very first real hunting trip!

Yes, having a father is a wonderful thing. One who loves is priceless.

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Hot, HOt, HOT!!

Well, yesterday or should I say Friday evening the A/C unit upstairs went out. Yesterday it was so frapping hot up there - the thermostat read 92. It felt hotter than that. It was so humid - Trevor's clothes felt damp.

Called the service repair guy who said the call would be $145.00 to diagnose what was wrong and if it was the fan it would be Monday before he could get one. Sooo we opted to just have him come Monday when it will be $95.00 to diagnose it and then more to fix it. In addition to that the ice maker dispenser went out on the Frig and the dishwasher quit working several months back.

Really ticks me off - considering all there were bought new in 2005.

No let me say it realllllllly ticks me off!

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Picking Wildflowers

From my front garden!

The colors are so vivid, the oranges and pinks mixed along with the lantana on the back side of the fence. So pretty! My Black-eyed Susan has grown by leaps and bounds and it's really starting to blossom. There's just something about that plant--it's so ole fashioned. You can't hardly think of a country hillside without visualizing it being covered in Black-eyed Susans. Or a least I can't. (I need to take a better pic, didn't realize this one was out of focus.)

This evening was really nice outside, on the cool side with the wind blowing and the birds singing. Made me realize how fast this year is flying by. Already June, Father's Day on Sunday. Before we know it - it's going to be Labor Day...Geez!

The Farmer's Almanac predicted a hot first of the summer with cooler temps for July and August. Wonder what they mean by that...instead of being 98 it's going to be 94? Guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Stay tuned for my high tech water conserving - collection system from my a/c condensate line.

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The Project..

Wahlah!

The finished project...and I so love the yellow flowered ribbon. I don't know what it is about the combination of yellow and green. They were made for each other! As so the blues and greens. These are so easy to make and I used up all the leftover scraps of those colors! These little tags/cards will be used over the next couple of weeks for coworker "1st day of summer" presents. I'll pair them with a couple of Hershey Nuggets in matching colors and I'll have everyone a little something for next to nothing! And what do you think of my little butterflies? Pretty cool they matched the ribbon, one of those happy little finds that just work out!

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The Inspiration

Today I went specifically to Michael's to pick up some ribbon for a project I had in mind. Now, anybody who does any sort of sewing, needlepoint, crafting, paper crafting, etc, etc knows how much stuff you tend to keep as "leftovers". From scraps of perfectly good paper or material and thread, it's still the same. You absolutely hate to throw it away. So I am no different and have the craft cabinet to prove it! I have bits and pieces of this and that - so today I decided to try to use some of it.

My inspiration came from the $1 ribbon bin today. Catching my eye was the prettiest yellow flower ribbon. Knowing I had paper left over that matched those colors I scarfed it up along with a couple of others. So tonight I'll work on how to combine some of the leftovers into a project.

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Yipee!

The garden is slowly coming along...I don't think it's getting quite enough sun, but that will change in the next few weeks.

Tomatoes and peppers are setting fruit and the beans, well I don't know what to think. They should be farther along. Something has been eating the leaves for the last couple of weeks so I put sevin's dust in hopes to thwart whatever bug that's munching away.

Didn't post a pic of the cukes but they are heavily flowered and growing great! I probably will be overrun with them! Herbs are doing great and smelling wonderful. And the flowers in the front bed have gotten ~2 ft tall and starting to set flowers.

I've been fertilizing every weekend but surprisingly the bales are staying moist and I haven't had to really water them but a couple of times. Amazing really. We've had a some rain at least weekly so that always helps. You won't believe how much water I am getting from my A/C condensate lines. Stay tuned for that little tidbit next!


Yipee....the garden's a growin!!

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