Snap, Crackle, and Pop I say.

Really really cool morning. Only in the low 50s. But just beautiful out. Went out to breakfast and everyone in the restaurant was talking about the weather – how nice it was.

Took Willie over to a shop in Columbus to get the graphics on the drivers side redone. They were beginning to crack and peel. So now that is done. And while he was kissing up Bill also bought a new steering wheel cover for Willie. Hope that keeps him happy for a while.

Don’t even want to talk about the race last night. The #18 missed getting into the Chase by four points. Bad call by his crew chief. Now I hope he goes out and wins a bunch of the next ten races……..It won’t get him the cup but sure would make his fans feel better.
Remember the Rice Krispies box with the little characters on it. Snap, Crackle and Pop. When I was just a little kid my Grandmother ordered me a set of the figures. They had to be sewn together and stuffed. Pretty neat. Why did that come to mind now? Well every time I get out of a chair that is what my bones somewhere in my body say, “Snap, crackle, pop.” If not my foot, my ankle, if not that my knees and so on. Lordy I am falling apart one joint at a time.
Also my hands are now shaking most of the time and it is starting to interfere with my beading. Makes me mad. Also when using the mouse for the computer I have to really concentrate to click on what I want to click on instead of something on the other part of the screen. Mouse seems to have a mind of its own lately. It is nothing serious just aggravating. I don’t even try writing any more. Can’t read anything I write. If I do write the grocery list we have to guess when we get to the store. Hummmm what do you suppose ZZssT/\YHX means….
Saw a deer in the flowers out front this morning so had to run out there and spray that stinky stuff around before they munched on anything. At least I managed to stay upwind of it this time.

A nice cool day at last.

Even more rain here. It poured here for a couple of hours last night. At least we only lost the TV for a short time. And miracle of miracles the lights didn’t go out. Really expected them to. Today is down right cool. No AC or fans needed. And for the next week temps should stay at 85 or lower. My kind of weather!

Everything is so green now. And all the flowers in the woods are blooming their little hearts out. And so are our flowers and new plants. Guess they all made it through the drought thank goodness. Got to remember to go out and spray the stinky stuff so the deer leave the plants alone. They are trying to come back from their last munching – the plants that is.
Bill was down at the mechanics again this morning checking out all the bling that is being put on Billy the Ram. I’m not sure that he should go there and let Willie watch what is going on. But we did have the graphics on the side of Willie repaired so he now looks really spiffy too. Hope that satisfies him for a while.
Had to go into town a couple of times. Visiting, eating and shopping. Exciting life. Did have to buy a new shredder as our not so old one gave up the ghost. Guess cheapest isn’t always best idea.
Going down to the sewing room later and work some more on my quilt. Need to do the actual quilting and add a label then it will be done. And I’ll have to start a new project. Though come to think about it I have two quilts already started and stuck away. Should finish one of them I guess. Also have a necklace I’m working on. And a pattern for a stained glass Koi fish cut out. It should be pretty when done.
Watched the Nationwide race – between outages of the TV. Not to bad. Wondering if tonight’s Cup race will be rained out. Hope not. My driver #18 will know by the end of the race if he made the Chase or not. Probably will come down to the very last lap. My fingers are crossed for him.

Willie is mad at us

I was going to write a whole blog on all the work Bill has been doing on his “new” old truck. But now I’m afraid too.

The truck is back from the mechanic where it got new brakes a new exhaust system. A K & N filter

and dual exhaust pipes.

Bill is thinking of naming the truck Billy because it is a Ram. Right now the truck is in our garage – only two inches of clearance from the bottom of the garage opening when putting it inside. Guess that eliminates putting lights on top of it.

So now Bill is busy adding shinny parts to it. New door handles

New gas tank cover etc. etc.

Just some of the pieces and parts waiting to be put on.

Why am I scared to write about this? Well Willie is jealous. How do I know this? Yesterday Willie was acting up – didn’t want to go into third gear. And this morning Bill had Willie’s hood up checking his fluids and Willie, in a snit, dropped the hood on Bills hands. OUCH! And now third gear seems to be working fine.
So Bill has had a long talk with Willie and told him we love him very much and would never think of replacing him with the truck. (Unless he does something else mean [that is me talking not Bill].)
And Willie gets to go with us when we travel - not the truck.

Rainy Day Today - and Hot too.

The remnants of Isaac are finally here. Guess it is going to rain off and on all day today. It doesn’t need to rain the humidity is so high everything feels wet any way. My mouse is sticking to the mouse pad. Going to be like this for a few days. ICK! Even my clothes felt wet when I put them on this morning. And it is pretty warm out too to add to the muggly feel. (Muggly = muggy and ugly – favorite word of the weathermen here.)

Weird – all of a sudden my keyboard wanted to type all in caps. But just in Word so had to go into format and change case and check uppercase instead of lower case. Now it is working fine. Gremlins at work again.
We had an interesting experience the other day – at least interesting for us city folks. Went into the BMV – same as DMV other places to ask about what we needed to license the new truck. We had the title. We got there at 9:05 and left at 9:15 with everything done and the temp plate in hand. Something that in L.A. or Vegas would have probably taken two trips of three hours each. Guess there is some advantage of living in the country.
Before it got too hot yesterday morning I vacuumed then steam mopped the kitchen, bathroom and the den floors. Sure like that steam mopping. But today I can feel it in my back. Maybe I should do it more often……
Of course watched the races, truck on Friday eve and Nationwide last nite. Kyle led most of the truck race then got passed in the last few laps and didn’t win. And last nite one driver lead almost the whole race and got passed right at the end by another driver who won. Got to be disappointing. Tonight is the Sprint Cup race. Kyle #18 either has to win or finish in the top five to maintain his points position with only one race to go to the Chase.
While watching the races I worked on a new fleece throw that will be for me. M & M is the sponsor of the #18 car. It will be nice and cozy if we ever get cooler weather.

Also did some of the hand work - putting on the binding of the "real" quilt I'm trying to get finished.
Should have it done by tonight between the soccer games and tonight's race.

Took a few pictures of the work that has been done on the “new” old truck. It is home from the mechanics and in the garage. Will save them for another post.