Neither one of us is working tonight. Sharon's watching the Cubs. I was outside talking with a neighbor. It was very pleasant-slight breeze - didn't feel so hot and humid. Then someone started a campfire. Time to come in.
I'll stop for a moment and wish Ruth a very nice 63rd birthday. My goodness. I still have a few years to go. Sharon's close behind,though. HaHa
Had a nice birthday last Saturday. Didn't do any work - and that included laundry and dishes!! Went to Biaggi's for dinner. Their bruschetta was a little different - had fresh mozzarella balls and a balsamic vinegar glaze. Very good. Loved the atmosphere. Couldn't decide between eggplant parmesan and butternut squash filled ravioli. Chose the eggplant. Need to go back to try the ravioli. Brought home half of the dinner and dessert. Sharon had chicken cananoli. For dessert, she had white chocolate sauce bread pudding (with strawberries) and I had a piece of chocolate fudge cake. Brought home the desserts, too.
Yesterday, I thought someone may be thinking of robbing the store. There were several kids in shopping so the guy left. The story is better in person but. . . Two guys came into the store. One stood over by the door. The other guy walked around just hanging out. Had some kids in the store trying on bracelets and looking at jewelry. Mom was looking over the bears and coffee cups. He stood around in a couple of places and then asked about the price of a gallon of water. Told him it was marked on the bottle. He went over and looked. Then the other guy nodded at him and they left the store. Drove off. Guess it was just weird but I was one number away of calling for help.
Tomorrow, we're going out for lunch with my sisters. Marcia's birthday is on Saturday and Pam's is next Wednesday. We try and get together for lunch around our birthdays. Going to Granite City - my choice this time.
Been updating the fact sheets for the volunteers for this year's fair. Finished today. Sharon's going to proof before we send them off. Quite a few changes this year. Two good things - Rock It, the robot is coming back and so is the sand sculpture. The new exhibition center looks awesome. We drove over to the fairgrounds a couple of weeks ago. Picked up some posters for the store and took a look around at the changes. Made me excited for the fair to start. Got our schedules. Patricia was great - she didn't schedule us for the day after the fair. We won't be working at the store until the Tuesday following the fair. Nice - we'll be able to sleep in and relax a day.
Want to drive down to Winterset and see the covered bridges. It's been awhile and it's hard talking about them when haven't been ourselves. Would like a sunny day without high humidity. Maybe we'll just have to suffer and go anyway.
Made a couple of new friends from Arizona. Their just doing the housekeeping for their site.
Sharon took some pictures of the butterflies around the camper yesterday. Thought I'd post a few of them.
