Hotter than the 4th of July

Okay, it is not actually hotter than the 4th of July. . . . .

But, we are having a heat wave.

I am in the mood to totally put up the fall deco.

I mean, Halloween baby!

I think one of my scare crows has gone missing.

He may have been nabbed on Halloween evening.

I am not sure.

Sadly, I did not miss him right away.

Poor little guy.

I just hope he is happy.

Frantic Panic

Seriously, just kidding about the frantic panic thing.
I really have nothing to say.
Looking forward to relaxing this weekend.

Mad Housewife

This is the wine I served at bunco.

Seriously.

I love the label and it was a hit!

Bunco, The Day After, The True Phoenix Story

Bunco, which was at my house, went well.
The food all turned out.
The house was clean.
The girl's bathroom which morphs into a guest bathroom, was good.
I did have to ban the girl's from the said bathroom beginning with after school yesterday.
They get makeup, nail polish and stuff everywhere.
I am beginning to think they are pigs.
We needed a sub,
so I enlisted Neighbor Meggan.
Love Man bugged out to the Neighbor's Meggan's husband.
This was Blonde Girl's suggestion, who claimed to be invited by Meggan.
"She doesn't want me to be bored." was her comment.
Abby went with.
I hear she was well behaved.
I wonder what Kitty thought.
I didn't know they were taking her.
I just noticed that she was gone.
Abby does not like to be overwhelmed with people.
Miss Brunette, Sam and Sadie stayed.
Sam and Sadie were very popular.
Sam was held by most of the ladies.
Phoenix people LOVE dogs.
Miss B hung through the appetizers and came out again near the end.
She was fine.
Quiet.
Okay, here is what happened. . . .
I was busy.
I went to school and then taught my enrichment class, Princesspalooza.
I left as fast as I could and schelped to the Walmart for the lettuce, strawberries, etc.,
stuff that is best served fresh.
I got home and finished the work on my list.
I made most of the food Sunday and Monday.
After I rinsed off in the shower,
I was going to touch up my toes.
I dropped my nearly black nail polish.
I splattered all over my bathroom, the tile, the grout and even into my Romanish tub.
OMG.
I yelled for the girls to bring rags.
They did.
We used fingernail polish remover to get it off the tile and tile in the bathtub.
Love Man came home during all of this.
He was arrived home early to light the tiki torches and get the music going.
The walls are still splattered.
We are going to either have to repaint or touch up.
I told the girls, "just work on the tile and grout."
I am going to work on the walls this afternoon.
Don't ever let me stay at your house.
I can not be near carpet.
I am an accident waiting to happen.

Autumnal Forcast

It is almost fall.
Believe it or not, we have fall here.
Okay the leaves don't turn until January,
but, the air gets crisper and it gets down right gorgeous.
And, I do mean gorgeous.
Fall is an American word and used the the USA.
My English friends call it Autumn.
But, by now, they fully enjoy celebrating the American Pumpkin Holiday which is our Halloween.
They do have Halloween in England,
but it is just not as elaborate.
And, I love Halloween.
Love it.

This and That

I am trying to get stuff done today for bunco tomorrow.
A friend came over and helped me.
I am going to her house on Friday and being her helper.
It works.
More fun than slaving alone.

Yes, I Did

I seriously bought this at a garage sale a few months ago. I love it. I would love it even more if it were diet dr. pepper. But, it spins around and is wonderful. The nicest old man sold it to me.

My neighbor and former teaching partner of my current teaching partner called me,

"Marce there are two great garage sales.

You need to come over here."

I did.

One was hers. There is nothing wrong with

tooting your own horn.

The other had a lot of great stuff. The couple was moving back to England to be near their grandchildren. I bought some

cloth napkins for 40 cents. OMG, there is no cents sign on my keyboard. Look at yours

do you have one? I went to my friend's sale. At her sale,

I got some clay pots and saucers. She

gave them to me for FREE.

The first sale had a ladder. Love Man just had mentioned that he needed a new ladder. This one was aluminum.

Yesterday we all went back. The original price of the ladder was $50. Too high. More like the first day price and the attitude of "let's see what I can get." Yesterday there was two signs, "if you see something you like,

make an offer." It was also in Spanish. I told Love Man, "I am going to offer $25." Love Man has learned not to talk at these things. He is too nice. He'd be like "you seem like such nice people, here's $60."

In a game time decision, I offered $20. Then we headed over to Mrs. B's sale and borrowed her vehicle to get the ladder home. Blonde Girl had me purchase her a tray. It is cute and lives now on her desk.