Why, I believe I feel cooler already ...

So ... Pam of PKM fame mentioned this morning that she is beginning to sound, ahem ... older ... due to the fact that she is obsessed with discussing the weather. Count me in. Seriously, it's hard to find other blog-worthy material when sweat is dripping onto the keyboard.

And other more unpleasant places.

In order to take my mind off the swelter (and pick up a 32 ounce Fountain Drink at Circle K for only 75 cents) I found my way to a couple of my favorite bargain haunts: The Half-Priced Book Store and ... duh ... TJ Maxx. At HPBS I picked up this less-than-a-year-old book that actually released a breeze from its pages when I opened it the first time. Seriously. Take a gander at that jar of sea glass. If you look closely you will see a pair of blue-tinted sun glasses peeking out.

Aaaaah. More breezy-ness.

Then at TJM I found these heavenly blue notecards. From Crane. With a heavenly price that was not originally assigned by Crane. Someday I will write a note on them. From the beach. Feeling breezy. This brings us to the two most important questions of the day:

How are you managing to cool off? and

How often do you take advantage of a 75 cent* FD at Circle K? (Did you know you can get an even better deal (64 cents*) at QT where they used filtered water?) One day you will thank me for these practical bits of life-altering wisdom.

*these prices are including tax (.59 + tax = .64 and .69 + tax = .75). The fact that I know this off the top of my head does not bode well for my relationship with my FDs.

I'd like to thank my ... fan ...

So ... I know all you California People are complaining about the heat, what with it being in the 90s and all. And I feel for you ... really I do. But I gotta admit ... I'm feeling a tad sorrier for those of us who live in Arizona ... what with it being 102 degrees and all.

In April. Sigh.

So on Tuesday (the peak heat day) I was happily sewing away in my sewing room which sits upstairs ... where heat is wont to rise. I knew I was feeling somewhat ... sweaty ... but hey, I was hard at work. What I didn't know was that the temperature up there was quickly climbing to 86 degrees. Of course once I knew that it was suddenly way too unbearable and I was forced to turn on the A/C (on the earliest date in many ... many ... years.)

But in the meantime I want to give a shout out to my trusty Wal-Mart clip-on fan that has served me through many a sweaty AZ summer.

And yes, I am well aware that in July ... if it ever gets down to 102 degrees, I will be forced to put on a light sweater.

In the meantime ... how are you dealing with the heat? Are you thinking about heading to Wal-Mart right now?

Are you sweating?

Butterflies are NOT Free

So ... I have a project in the works and as you can see ... it has a ways to go. In fact you may be seriously doubting the ... disparity ... we shall say, of the different blocks pictured below. One might go so far as to say ...

What the heck?

You are just going to have to trust me on this one.

In the meantime, let me tell you how I paid a price for my little fluttery friends. My sewing room is upstairs, as are some bedrooms not currently in use. It wasn't until I climbed the stairs on Monday afternoon that I realized that the air conditioning was not working. (First clue? Profuse and unstoppable sweating.) I immediately called the people who had replaced our downstairs unit last year ... who didn't call me back. I tried again on Tuesday morning (I have butterflies to sew people and I can't do it drenched in sweat!) and spoke to a real person who cheerfully said they could be out to fix it on ...

... October 14th!! What the heck?! Later, I called someone else who came out within a couple of hours. The good news was that it only involved the thermostat. The bad news is that it still cost more than a few smackeroos.

So I am off to The Kingdom ... my refreshingly cool and disgustlingly messy Kingdom. I'll let you know how many different styles of butterflies I can sew.

Any favorites? Any suggestions? Any contributions to the Cause?