The Really Excellent Float

So I guess that summer has arrived since it was been like 92 degrees the other day. With summer comes Parade Season. Why am I so focused on Parade Season this year? Because I am working on yet another float. I really hope that this is my last float for a long time and that they don't have float building in heaven.

The Float Committee has been working on this float for about 11 months now, but I keep telling myself that another month and it will almost be done. Don't get me wrong I enjoy a good parade and I really don't mind working on a float I just don't want to be so consummed with a float. It will be fun to be at the Float Preview Party at SouthTowne Convention Center on July 19th and 20th (hint, hint) and show off out hard work and it will be really fun to walk the parade route with the float on the 24th but it will be great when July 30th comes and the committee is done.

The float will be a great float with Seagull and Crickets. More pictures to follow when the float is completed and hopefully some awards.

The Really Big Thumb!

I don't know why but I just really like this giant thumb. It really makes some kind of statement. Not sure what that statement is but it made a big print on my brain.

The Shortened Extended Vacation

So, Dallas and I left for Paris on April 11th. We were to spend 5-6 days in Paris and then fly to Prague on the 17th and stay in an apartment with Warburtons. Well, you know how our vacations sometimes go awry. This one went way off course. On April 14th some volcano that nobody can pronounce in Iceland blew in a very big way. All the ash was carried over northern Europe and they shut down all air travel. When the time came to leave and get to Prague it was a no go. Warburtons never made it out of New York so they came back home. Dallas and I continued to see Paris and ended up in an apartment with two ladies from Tennessee. It was wonderful. We had a great time. We had spare time now because we had hurried to see everything in the 5 days, we decided to go to church Sunday morning. We met other stranded Americans there and one American that works in Paris approached us and gave us his card and invited us to stay with him and his wife. We had to be out of the apartment by Tuesday because the Annelise and Susan (the two ladies from Tennessee) where headed for Nice. We called and stayed one night before we where able to fly home. There were also two girls from Utah staying the night. We decided to come home while we could. It was very uncertain if the volcano would erupt again.

Our New Tennessee Friends, Annelise and Susan.

Our new church friends, Melissa, Kari and Elaine.

We never made it to Prague but I guess that is for another trip. In spite of everything we had a really fun trip. What an adventure.

The Snowy Day

What a perfect way to spend a snowy Saturday afternoon.

Just Watching Life Go By

So the other day Juno and I where walking on the Parkway and just before we went under the freeway I looked up and saw a couple of Canadian Geese just sitting there watching traffic and people go by. I thought it was kind of funny so I took a picture.

Last month we saw the Bald Eagle that ususally hangs around the Parkway every January. I got a picture of that too, but something happended to it on my phone. Oh well!

A Whole Lot Of Stuff

I realize it has been a over a month since I posted but much has happened. We had new granite counter-tops installed in the kitchen and laundry room as well as the den. It really classed up the place. We have been on a selling binge starting with our old kitchen sink followed by our roll-top desk and finally our Jeep. So if we sold our Jeep it is obvious that we purchased a 2009 Murano.

We also used all our Skymiles and book a trip to Paris and Prague in April. We decided we would go in celebration of our 30th Anniversery in October, my 50th birthday in April (while we are in Prague) and Dallas'53rd birthday in June.

Life Is Good!

Juno And The Tomato With The Little Strawberry.

So.... the other day I was making some pajama pants and I was pinning the pattern on the material and Dru and Juno were helping/visiting me while I worked. I had to leave my shop for a couple of minutes and Dru and Juno left as well. I was on my way down the stairs to return to my project when Juno dropped my pincushion on the stairs along with sawdust and pins. Well take a look at the picture.


I was so sad. This little tomato with its accompanying strawberry has been with me since I was 12, so that is a long, long time. It was with me every step of the way when I learned to sew. It was just right, not too hard and not too squishy. It was perfect and I was going to make it last until I died. Juno decided for some odd reason that she was going to play with it. IDIOT! Hello, it has pins in it. I was afraid that she might have swallowed some because today she did not seem well at all. Well, turns out she is fine and she was just all mopey because she thought we didn't love her and we hadn't worshipped her enough today. It is a good thing she is so cute and I love her so much.

Anyway, I had to buy a new pincushion which I was not happy about but it looks like my old one and was only $1.99. This was way easier and cheaper to fix than when she chewed on the rocking-chair.