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A series, a sale and some spinning

Good Morning and Happy Sunday! Quiet in my little corner of the Fort, especially since I turned off the carpet fans that were running all night. Yes, I had the joy of another dishwasher leak that again got the carpet as well as waking to Kitchen Lake Thursday morning. Thankfully it was an easy fix and the fans will be leaving Monday. What have we been up to this week? Serra has been enjoying time off with Animal Crossing, Sharkfest on Nat Geo and popsicles, lots and lots of popsicles. Amanda completed training with the professors for the Bridge Scholars program this week. Live class time and working with the students runs for the next two weeks with an additional...

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Pursuit of Happiness

Good Morning and Happy Sunday! The sun is out, the birds are chirping and it's already too hot today. At least it won't get to 100* like it did a couple of weeks ago. Last week! Serra and I received the newly ordered glasses much sooner than expected. I am very happy that she is wearing hers. As for me you wouldn't think that a .25 change in focus and magnification in a bifocal would make that much difference but it does. Yes I wear bifocals, it doesn't make me old it means I'm blind. The girls have also fallen into the Diamond Dotz craze. It's the cooler way to cross stitch as you place small plastic gems on a...

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Finishing up June

Good Morning and Happy Sunday! I am loving the cooler weather today. After last week's heat wave I was beginning to wonder if the entire summer was going to be that hot. While yesterday's rainstorms did cancel the races that we were planning to go to last night I did love the sounds and the scent it created. Last week! What have we been up to? Serra has been busting out her summer school class. What would have taken ninety minutes five days a week over nine weeks during school and kept her out of a class she wants to take over the next three years has been reduced to four six hour days. Work is due tomorrow and she...

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Time is on my side

Good Morning and Happy Sunday! I am hoping that things are finally cooling off here for a bit in my little corner of the Fort. This week has been a toasty one and I avoided the air conditioner as much as I could. The forecast says that it's not going to be as hot this week so that helps. What did we do this week? The big events were a couple of birthdays. We celebrated Daddy and Amanda with Chinese food and their own special desserts, apple pie and sponge cake. We also had a great time at the races last night. As for crafts I have finished the initial portion of the six ounce spindle project with fiber from...

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Heart and Soul

Good Morning and Happy Sunday! So far the morning has been cool but it's going to get hot all together to soon today for my taste. Looks like even higher temperatures this coming week so it might be time to break down and turn the air on. This past week! I still working on the run of bookmarks with Flynn. I figure that I will have 15 available at the Art in the Park event in August. These are fairly easy to work on while watching our new addiction, The Great Pottery Throwdown. I love getting to see artists work and create and Keith who is one of the judges is just adorable. We are into the semi-finals for season...

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