Drilled Out Two Door Knobs Today

Yea, so I got to use the power tools today! You might also like to know that I did all this while talking on the phone. I took out 2 knob-locks and 2 deadbolts. See I even know all the right terminology. I'm not sure how helpful all that was though because I'm supposed to install the new knob-locks and remove the innards to the deadbolt and re-install it. But, I was quit engrossed in my phone convo. so I wasn't able to finish my task.

All this after my 5 mile bike ride last night. Rode my legs off! See I got a new "computer" as the bike guy calls it. It was so fun keeping track of my speed/mph, ave speed, time etc. that I didn't even mind the 5 miles. I even went an additional mile afterwards with Syd cause she wanted to go for a bike ride after I got back.

A Stay at Home Get er Done Weekend

I think it's going to be one of those weekends. There is a list of things to be done.

• Shopping for baby shower on Sunday (Katie's first)


• Get cards for grad party today


• Grocery shopping for ingredients for shower food - oriental slaw & nacho chips


• Clean the messy, dusty house


• Finish cleaning out the front flower bed


• Clean out the camper in prep for the upcoming Otsego trip


• Organize the outfits for Sr pictures for Nicole


• Regular grocery shopping


• Clean off the deck


• Finish painting the wooden birds my sister sent me a while ago


• Oil changes in the vehicles

Hot N Humid

Yikes, can't even stand to be outside to get the mail or walk across the street. Trying hard to get to the Ann Arbor Market in the morning. Keep getting work orders tho, so it may not be possible. We shall see. Lots to do tomorrow; including a grad party. Stand by:

Apparently it is the Ann Arbor art fair this weekend; so no market. I will have to settle for the SC market on Sunday.

Humph

That might be bout all I can say today.
I received 2 cute gifts (notepads) with the perfect sayings for me:

1) "I used to have a handle on life.... but it broke!"

2) "Let me drop everything and pretend I care."

LOL aren't those great?

someone knows me well. Speaking of gifts, I received gifts in the mail from my sistopheers 2 days in a row. Don't ya just love gifts in the mail? Well I do. Thanks again my sissies. Drinkin out of my "K" cup right now.

Post Birthday Breakfast Scam

I was told I was being taken to The French Laundry in Fenton today. Day late birthday breakfast. I willingly dragged myself out of bed to go. Oh, and we might as well do 2 quick jobs after that. Ate a delicious leisurely breakfast of scrambled eggs with mushrooms and Maytag blue cheese, a warm croissant and glass of passion tea. All is right with the world. Go to the first job, a quick lawn mow. All I have to do is take pictures and blow the grass off the walk and driveway. Easy, peasy. Now on to the place that we were at on Sunday. Just need to install a sump pump & get a little debris. Again all I have to do is take the pictures. Hour and a half later we are still there. I'm browsing through my new magazine, Organic Farmer's Market. I then am asked if I would like to "put on the water boots and squeegee some water in the basement. Sure why not. Get down to the basement. Yikes. A wet mess. The boots and floor=very slippery! Pushing the squeegee= extremely slippery! Very muggy, no air=very miserable. Came home and mowed the back lawn. (at least I had the riding mower) Needless to say, I took an hour nap and still have barely moved off the couch.

How Is It The Middle of July Already?

Time flies when you're having fun I guess. I've been busy trying to get the house back in order. It seems to take longer and longer each time. Anyway, not much else is going on. "Same ole-same-ole. (that reminds me of grandma Rush) Thinking about going up to Tawas for my birthday. However, the dog is being like Saran-wrap so I don't know how that will work. Would have to take him. He hates being left alone. Any offers to dog-sit? Here are a few more pix from Algonac.

Algonac State Park

Another lovely trip to Algonac State Park. The site was right on the water. Of course, because that's the one I reserved 6 months ago. Very hot this year. We only cooked one dinner on Sunday night. It was too hot to cook the rest of the nights. A great vacation for me-- no cooking. We brought the bikes but only biked around the campground because, again, it was too hot. Too bad because they have a really nice bike path into town. It was so hot I didn't even make coffee and had to go to Mickey Dee's to get iced coffee. Went to a new garden/gift shop and bought some local honey, a hanging thingy for the camper and a few other gifts. We also visited the local K-mart a few times to get some tank tops. Here are some pics of the campsite and also how Bailey kept cool.

Okay, It Is Way Hot to Be Camping

You know it's hot when you're camping if:
you run several times a day to get ice
you blast the air and stay inside and watch a movie
you don't even feel like cooking on the grill
you spend 99 cents to buy a water spray bottle to "mist" yourself (and the dog)
the dog lets you lay a wet washcloth over his head
you bring a fan outside
you see people in a pop-up camper with an air-conditioner stuffed into the canvas pop-out
all you can manage is a "sponge bath" because the shower room is way too hot & stuffy
you go to K-Mart 3 or more times a day
you go to the library to check your fb

First Campfire of the Summer

Had the first official campfire of the summer last night. Built a roaring fire in the firepit. It was a little chilly; sweatshirts in order. The Aurand's minus Tom came and brought the smushmallows and graham crackers. We tried something new last night since we didn't have any Hershey's bars to go with them. We spread peanut butter on the graham cracker and added a little Hershey's syrup. A new kind of Smore. Most excellent! Everyone was tired so we made an early night of it. Had to get up last night and get an extra blanket it was so chilly. BrRrRrRr.