But not together. Someone asked how I survive the heat. Survive? Just try to avoid being out in it.

The buttonholes on the green wrapper took a loooong time.  Seventeen (17) of them!!!  Sheesh, I didn't know I was that incompetent. It's not like I've never done them before.  Next on that project?  Seventeen (17) buttons to sew on!!!  Yay.  At ( Read more... )

Keeping pretty busy with sewing stuff and errands so far this weekend, but I need to keep this up to date or I'll lose track.  It's been quite hot all weekend; we're only clocking low 100s in my city, but several spots in Fort Worth keep hitting 105º.

Let's see... the last update was July 9.  That makes July 8 the first day of the current streak.  ( Read more... )

The problem with not making time to update one's blog is that when one does make time, one has enough words for a round dozen entries. And who wants to read that? *sigh*

Weather first!

This is going to be a hot summer.

( Cue lots of rambling about weather. Told you I don't know when to stop. )

It's 94 degrees outside.

Guys, it froze two weeks ago.  It froze so decisively there are tiny blackened leaves on our holly bushes. I don't even remember seeing things actually killed by late frosts before.  Ever.  And for the last 10 years it's scarcely gotten above 90 before Memorial Day.  Some years before Independence Day ( Read more... )