It's a boy!!!

Sarah found out today that she is having a boy. We are super excited!! Wow, I don't know how to shop for little boys. This is so out of my area of expertise. I guess I will have to ask my mom, sisters-in-law or mother-in-law for help. :)

Tight schedule...

The month seems to have passed in a blur. I need to have my card samples done by the twenty-fifth and I haven't started them. I have my concept drawings done but I hadn't picked out the paper or the products I would be using for my kits. Gee. I ran down to the scrapbook store this morning and did that and now I am in full on card mode...

Another class...

Yesterday was my June card class. I had another new student, Marianne. She is long time customer but has never taken any of my classes. Then I spent the rest of the day scrapbooking with Camille. I started work on a guest/advice gift for Lisa's shower and finished three pages when I ran out of cardstock. I didn't want to buy anymore since Sarah had a bunch left over from the invitations so I had to put that aside and work on another project. I will be working on the book tomorrow when we get together to scrap with some more of my friends. Here are the pictures of the cards we made in class.

Summer may be here???

According to the weatherman it reached 81 degrees here today. And it did feel warm but more than that it felt humid. It was a bit cloudy but it cleared up real fast and stayed warm till late this evening. But sitting here at my computer with the fan in the window I noticed the distinct dampness in the air which has made it feel humid again. I am guessing to really feel the coolness of the night air I will have to go outside and stand on my porch. Not likely to happen since I am already dressed for bed so I will settle for opening the bedroom window to cool down the room. I have yet to go and get some strawberries so that is on my agenda this weekend. Along with working on a guest book for Lisa's shower, teaching a class tomorrow afternoon and then scrapping into the evening with Camille. I will continue to work on the book then and on Saturday when we scrap at the church. We will of course miss Angie, Meg and Janet who are as I write this in Utah at the Stacy Julian event.

Car is home, thank goodness.

Though they didn't call me till after 2 this afternoon. Yea, they were supposed have it done by closing last night. I called at 5:15 and was told it should be done by 5:30 so Mary gives me a ride in to town to pick it up. We are just a half a block away when someone from the tire place calls and says they ran into a problem. They had the wrong struts and it would be an hour and half by the time they drove out to the other store picked up the correct struts and put the car back together. At this point I just told them to keep it over night and finish it in the morning. So today Mary and I went to the store, lunch and then drove by Les Schwab's to see if my car was ready. It was on one of the racks and it looked like they were getting ready to do the alignment. So we came home to work on trying to figure out her blog. No sooner had we pulled into to her driveway and off loaded groceries they called me to tell me the car was ready. So back to town. Sarah suggested getting a new car. That would really be nice but I would rather pay a big amount at one time then a smaller amount every month for car payments for four years. So this little puppy is going to have to get me through the rest of the year as Steve is in a bigger need for a newer vehicle than I am.

All things "car"...

I know I have an older vehicle so I can naturally expect it to have aging problems but do they have to be all at the same time?!! A few months back my check engine light came on. I called my mechanic and explained that it had been going on and off for several months should I be concerned. He said it was probably a sensor of some description and that if my car was running good not to worry about, so I didn't. Then Sarah's Honda started acting up and she borrowed my car. I forgot to tell her about the sensor light. Her day started with hers not running and then mine tripping a light. Nate said she got into the apartment and was literally sobbing saying she was jinxing all cars she drove. She called me when she had calmed down a bit and then I explained to her that the light had been doing that for awhile. She was not a happy with me because I didn't tell her in advance. Geez.. Well a couple weeks back the car started over heating so I took it in and he replaced my thermostat and the sensor that was bad. So a couple a hundred dollars later and with instructions to have my tires rotated and balanced I was on my way home. To say the least I have been fairly busy and just got around to taking my car in to Les Schwab this morning. A mere ten minutes after being there the tire guy tells me I need to replace one tire and suggested two. Then he heaped more bad news by saying I need to replace the struts in the back as one was completely blown and they recommend doing both when they replace one. And my brakes are going to need work pretty soon. Okay this is the cloud, where is the silver lining for crying out loud??

Viral junk..

I have been not feeling so good for a bit now and thought it was my allergies. It may have been to start with but it isn't now. I went to see the doctor and he told me it was some viral thing. Great. And as we all now they don't give you anything for viral infections. You have to ride it out he tells me, drink lots of fluids and get plenty of sleep. Again great...