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Friday I was supposed to have a visitor for Gold Key but she called late in the afternoon to cancel.  She had decided she couldn't deal with being in such a crowd of people after the week she'd had.  So I missed having supper with some friends but after receiving a phonecall from them I ended up going afterall for dessert; I had a really yummy creme brule while we talked... and talked... and talked.  Sounds like we're going to get another camp trip squeezed in along with Queen's Prize this fall. 

With all Leofwyna's renovation plans, putting furniture and boxes of stuff in the garage while the work is going on and so forth, my rummage sale is getting bumped to next year.  I have mixed feelings about this but do like the idea of the results of the renovation so I didn't balk. 

Saturday was Coronation hosted by Lonely Tower at Mount Michael in Elkhorn.  It was a nice site except... it was incredibly warm in the big hall where court was held, no air conditioning.  We had bought seats at feast which was great.  The food was good and the subtleties competition hugely entertaining.  Ingaborg's presentation of gingerbread with the teddy bears was SO CUTE!!!

Considering the heat in the hall I decided to accompany Leofwyna Saturday afternoon on her shop hop.  We had llunch at our favorite Omaha Thai restaurant and went to the Omaha and Bellevue scrapbook shops.  I even bought a few sheets; I found the Baum's Oz sheet I wanted.

I spent Sunday evening watering the yard and garden, moving the hoses and sprinklers regularly until nearly everything has had a good soaking.  I also put out some seed for the fall garden and picked tomatoes before starting the sprinkler.

Partly  in order to stay awake and partly because rain is predicted tonight I went out Sunday evening and mowed.  When Leofwyna got up she came out and dug up the first bit of the flower bed that is going AWAY so we have iris corms available if anyone in Eastern Nebraska wants them and can pick 'em up.  I can't say what color they'll be, possibly white or white and violet or white and yellow or dark reddish brown. 

Right on schedule the thunder and rain came around midnight so for once I can be happy I didn't put this off.  Sleep was sporatic and Monday I'm dragging a bit.  Made a trip to the library to trade out book CDs and stopped at one of the thrift stores and found a small batt and four yards of a black and white foreign clock print... very cool.

One good thing came out of my wakefulness though, I have an idea for a Christmas (or birthday) present for Leofwyna... since there are no pictures for some of my ideas about our childhood I'm going to create an off-shoot project.  I just hope my somewhat weak artistic abilities are up to pulling this off adequately. 

Tonight I finally got the car unloaded from Herdmaster which was nearly two weeks ago. Yes I've been procrastinating again. Twelve more days are gone by with more genealogy being run through the gristmill. It may well take all of this year and perhaps another one as well to do a thorough sort through what Ancestry.com has available that applies and I'm not even subscribing to the International format.

Isadora joined us when we spent Leofwyna's birthday going up to Omaha to hit all the World Thrift stores and to have her birthday lunch at Thai Pepper. We tried the Salmon entree for a change... it was terrific. I think that will be a new favorite. I found a pair of Keds and four tops so I was pleased. We finished off the day by going to the movie, THOR, which was okay. That's not one of the Marvel comics I ever followed so it kinda fell flat for me.

The scrapbooking day Leofwyna signed us up for was productive for me. I got ten pages mostly assembled. I only need to do the lettering and journalling for them now. I also got to learn how to run the Cricut that day so I can deal with that during the daytime when Leofwyna is sleeping. I'll save that for later this summer though. Hopefully by then more photos will surface... I know they're around somewhere.

Right now things are piling up for JAV, Lilies and July's trip, besides yardwork and the veggie beds. I need to create a list and schedule so I know better what I need to have acomplished when; I don't trust myself to just do it without some organization as the computer always beckons. There's also Cattle Raids in August and a rummage sale in September to be ready for as well.

The past two days we had some pretty impressive weather blow through with lots of warnings and watches but fortunately all we had here was some wind and rain. This spring has been odd, I don't usually mow until it turns over to May and I had to mow twice in April. It's already looking like the fourth mowing is due when it's dry enough again. A rather iffy prospect according to the weather man... maybe Sunday or Monday... and it'll be pretty tall by then.

FRIDAY

Started the day processing the pile of junk mail into the recycle bag.  Also called TIAA/CREF.  Then I went out and returned the little recorder to Rich and took his check to the bank.  Stopped in at JoAnn's and used the coupon on the scrapbook paper I'd wanted last year that was now on sale.  Back at home with Leofwyna gone to work I ran through four loads of laundry and did some more in the genealogy tree.  I sat up with it way to late so Saturday is bound to be rough.

Oddly enough, with the bird count in mind, I didn't notice a single bird while I was out and it was a lovely day.  I should have taken a walk; I'd surely have seen something.