A Heat Wave, Free Fabulous Finds and Rag Curls!

A heat wave blew into town last week
She came from the island of Martinique
The can can she dances will make you fry
The can can is really the reason why

We're having a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The temperature's rising
It isn't surprising
She certainly can, can can!

I don't think it's a dance making it hot...but we are certainly having some nasty ol' hot weather here.

I think it got up to 100F or more

Tomorrow's gonna be even hotter.

I got one word for it...G-R-O-S-S!

Let's see..despite the heat we managed to go out in it...not very enthusiastically mind you.

Natalie and I went to the Rogue Book Exchange

I love going there!

Ya never know what kinds of books you will find!

It's a free book store for the community. They NEED volunteers and donations of books and money to keep them open...if you are ever in Medford, check out their store!

The volunteers are really nice and helpful...and they have a lot of books in all genres.

Today I scored! I got craft books! WOOT! I got one on Macrame, Terrariums, Cross Stitch Patterns, Embroidery..all kinds of stuff. I even found some funny ones, like the "How to Guide to Watching Football." I thought that would make Edward laugh...and it did.

I also found a lot of really awesome books some going back to the 50's! 

I snagged a lot of stuff from the 60's & 70's though.

I love that groovy stuff!

Natalie got some Heathcliff books and a series of double books that are classics.

This is the one I started tonight:

Check It Out Here

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Here's The Whole Set

We weren't able to get them all...but we did get the ones they (The Book Exchange) had.

I already started the Grimms' Fairy Tales tonight.

I love old books.

I am very <VERY> anti-e-books...kindle...whatever...I think they are evil.

I know, click your tongues and say 'oh please' all you want..but I will freak out completely the day the last paper book disappears...that will be a sad day my friends...a sad day.

Okay so....came home, cooled off and Ed tells me about freebie yard sale leftovers.

So we go back out into the heat and check it out...I managed to snag:

a golf club (for protection), a pink night shirt (for Natalie), a nice bake dish, a polka dot cappuccino mug, a cute little angel ornament..and I think that's about it.

All for free! You can't beat FREE.

They had some fishing poles and I was tempted to take them...cause I haven't been fishing in so long and it sure sounds like fun, and I would like to teach the girls how to fish...but we didn't grab them.

We did a surprise drop in at Grandma & Grandpa's house and I got a surprise gift from Mom.

She made Natalie and I these really beautiful bookmarks..take a look:

Mine's the coffee one...aren't these pretty? That's fabric folks! It's art...my Mom is so crafty!

I'm lucky to have a Mom that can make awesome things.

THANKS MOM!

We Love You!!

Lastly we came home, and really needed cooling off by then, and I put Natalie's hair up in rag curls tonight.

Here's a picture of what they look like in the back:

Cute Huh?

Tomorrow I will take a picture of her when they are out so you can see how curly they are.

Here's a cute collage of her in them:

Caitlin of course won't let me do anything with her hair, plus it's too short for rag curls.

I've been working on my cross stitching, I can't show any of it...cause some of it is for Christmas presents.

NO PEEKING!

Okay, it's really late and I need to get.

TTFN