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July 27, 2007
I give I give...please...take it away...
i'm lookin' forward to Sweeney Todd!
I know you get bored with my weather reports, so if you might have noticed, I haven't been giving them much of late...but today finally broke me...We've had, according to our local tv weatherman 50 out of the last 70 days with rain...Our yearly average in Austin is 32-34 inches...we've already had over 38 inches and its only July...its raining right now...it rained yesterday...and the day before...and the day before that...What ya'll might not understand is, we normally have over 200 days of sunshine...our summers are normally hot and dry...July gets less than 2 inches of rain a year...I need the SUN! I'm tired of the rain..mostly because I have lakes in my yard...you think I'm kidding, but I'm not...there's nowhere for the rain to go, so it just sits...and then more comes...I saw a toad dancing in one of the lakes last night...he was cute...I'm glad he was having a good time...
Normally you'd hear me groaning about how hot and dry it is, how we've had 25 days of 100 degree weather...that doesn't thrill me either, but I'd love a day or two of sunshine...and a chance to get outside and fill the bird feeders w/out having to put chest-high waders on...the dog is beside herself in boredom...she's never had to spend this many days inside doing nothing...I go on the porch with her, where its covered and she can spend time looking at the horsey and new goats that our neighbors have...(no moo cow, though)...that makes her a little happier...but i can't spend all day out there, as much as I'd like..and I can't leave her out there alone...at least she gets her walks early in the morning before the rain starts up...
Ok then...i had to vent that...
Beads are coming along, a little slower but they're coming...I spent 2 hours getting my Harry Potter iTunes working yesterday - I have to listen to something while working and I find that Stephen Fry's reading works well for me...he reads the UK version of the books...Jim Dale does the US reading (even tho he's British) and while he's very talented, his reading sounds like he's talking to 8 yr olds...which he probably is...so I dumped Jim and loaded Stephen...
I'm gonna see if there's anything swimming in my bead box...
Posted by Donner at July 27, 2007 10:33 AM
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Freaking rain!! I have errands to run - dogs won't go out in the yard in the rain - mushrooms are growing - webbing is growing back between my toes - anybody building an Ark?? Are the animals lining up two by two yet??
Gwen
Posted by: Gwen at July 27, 2007 11:14 AM