We got some releif from the hot weather this past week. Several days it just got into the upper 70's and was good sleeping weather at night. We also got some rain and it is actually weird to see the grass this green in August. It is usually all burned up around now.
Last Sunday I did an event for Lutheran General Hospital called "Peds in the Weeds". This event is for pediatric patients and their families and is held at a Cook County Forest Preserve in Morton Grove. The day started out with rain as I made my way to Morton Grove, but then the sun came out and it was miserably hot and ungodly humid. I wore my X-Wing costume and brought along Artoo. We didn't use Artoo so he ended up staying in the Jeep. We did our usual thing with photos and interacting with all of the participants. The Morton Grove Fire Department wa
s on hand with a fire hose....I took advantage of a good wet down...costume and all. Where it was refreshing at first, after the initial "cooling" effect....you ended up just feeling clammy....lol.
s on hand with a fire hose....I took advantage of a good wet down...costume and all. Where it was refreshing at first, after the initial "cooling" effect....you ended up just feeling clammy....lol. On Thursday the article came out in the Chicago Tribune about our Star Wars group. It came out pretty good and didn't make us look like a bunch of geeks....always a good thing.
Sally and I went out to butterfly monitor on Tuesday and got some of our best results this season. It really has been a dismal monitoring season so having a good day was a nice change.
I made more jam last weekend...a LOT more and this morning I managed to make 4 pints of "Whimpy Ass Salsa". I am finally getting some tomatoes in from the garden but don't see this as a banner year for canning tomatoes.
I got to the show last week to see "Cowboys and Aliens" and was surprised that I actually liked it. This week I went to see "Captain America" (gotta love those $5.00 matinees) and it also was pretty good.
I am going to clean up the house a bit and then head down to Wizard World for the day. This will be a busy week. On Tuesday afternoon I have a meeting with Marcy from the FPDWC regarding the Dick Wunderlich memorial and on Friday I have an event at Hope Children's Hospital and I will be leaving work a little early.
More garden clean up is on the agenda for this week also.
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