








The photo on the left was taken last Saturday at a party that I was event coordinator for. We were asked to come by in costume for a 4 year old Star Wars fan. Only TK8114 and I (in Jedi) were available so we suited up and brought some games and prizes to the party. The kids were all a little shy so getting everyone "going" with the games was a little difficult but it went pretty well and I left with a $200.00 donation to Make-A-Wish for our effort.
This week was very hot and humid and was certainly a character builder. I forgot how miserable high temps and humidity can make a person feel. I had a headache for 4 days but finally got rid of it. Today was pleasant but is windy. I wanted to go out and butterfly monitor today, but the winds were too high so I worked at some small chores around the house as I can't afford to go anywhere anymore.
Friday I had a vacaction day and took a class with the Master Gardeners on problem solving. I thought I had signed up for a weed ID class....lol. The class was not what I thought it would be but was interesting none the less. We had 20 samples of bugs and plant diseases that we had to work through and I have to admit that I knew most of them. I am getting more comfortable with that.
Yesterday I went with Caroll to visit her brother and sister-in-law. We had a nice visit and played some Scrabble. Caroll's brother Mike recently moved into a mobile home park. Their house is a very nice double wide and you really can't tell it is a trailer. Caroll and I also took a walk in the morning and hit the Farmer's market.
I began the morning with laundry and housecleaning and then finished up the painting of the windows I had re-glazed a couple weeks ago. I also mowed lawn and worked on the garden. I find that I have my first ripe tomatoe on the vine and it is NOT a cherry tomatoe...it is a full size! Last year I didn't have tomoatoes till the end of July and this has been a VERY wet and cold spring up until this past week.
I also worked on a little sewing-or should I say de-sewing. I decided to finally start on ripping apart my current Hoth Hangar Trooper coveralls as they are too big and too short now that I cut the bottom off to make the second set of pockets...lol. Anyway, fortunately I had purchased a smaller pair before my pay cut that I have to alter a bit and then add the second pockets to that. Since I can't afford to go anywhere anymore I can devote some time to my stack of unfinished projects....well...projects that I already have supplies for anyway.
Along the budget lines, I am doing pretty darn well with my cutting back on smoking. Again, since I can't afford cigarettes anymore I have cut about 1 1/2 packs a day out of my smoking habit which can really save me some money.
This coming Sunday is the Bartlett 4th of July Parade already....wow....can't believe it is time for that already.

