Those Womanly Wiles

We are having some glorious and beautiful weather finally! Just the right amount of breeze mixed in with slightly cloudy sunshine and the perfect balmy temperatures. I’ve actually been able to keep the air conditioners off for the entire weekend and the house has been very comfortable with just the fans going to circulate the [...]

The Windows Are Open!

THE HEAT WAVE IS OVER!!!
It’s just after midnight here, and it is only 80 degrees right now! We may even go down to 68 degrees tonight! I can’t tell you how happy this makes me, the good old delta breeze has finally started to kick in. The heat advisory has been cancelled and high’s tomorrow [...]

And Now For Something Completely Different!

Once upon a time, I used to sew. My aunt taught me when I was 12 and a few years later she passed her old machine on to me. It was something that I enjoyed and could spend hours doing. Then I grew up, bought a brand new brother and began swearing up a storm. [...]

On The More Serious Side

In a previous post I had mentioned that one of our furniture stores in town has burned down as the result of arson. A young 20 year old transient set fire to some cardboard and paper behind the furniture store because he was bored. This angered a lot of people around here, and now the [...]

A Letter

Dear Mr. WeatherMan,I’m highly annoyed with you. Day in and day out I watch your weather reports and I have to say that on most occasions, my arthritic knees are far more accurate than your high tech wizardry. I am often amused when your “predictions” are more than a bit off. Numerous times I have [...]

Just Watch Me Melt

I can’t touch my knitting. I don’t want to be any where near wool. I bet this shocks you.It’s hot. Too hot. Today we were blessed with 112 degrees of heat mixed with about 30% humidity. It’s torture here. This is only day 7 of the heat wave we are going through. They say they [...]

Oh crap

My head is spinning today. Summer has been keeping me busy with all of it’s little dramas of having both the kids home all day long. (How long until school starts again?) Plus some personal issues came up. Nothing to worry about and all were resolved. Then this morning Spurg woke me. Something was wrong [...]