106F Sat!!! 107F Sun. Yikes!!

Too hot too soon. I put up Styrofoam insulation panels in our big lv. rm window. It worked till Sat. I had been able to stay in my recliner Fri. w/ the fan & the portable a/c blowing on me
@ 6pm I headed to the bdrm in my w/c to sit in front of my a/c unit. Allen had sharpen up my new Verthin Prism c/pencils. I got them @ Michaels w/ a 40% coupon. I only paid $2 more for a set of 24 pencils than a set of 12 @ $10. I've wanted these really bad for awhile. They are really good for a crisp o/line. It was the only way I could color the cattails. the lines were to thin to color them in otherwise
My next wish item is some Stampin Up watercolor crayons. They are TOO EXPENSIVE for my budget right now. I tried oil pastels last summer for b/grounds.Too messy for the effect I got.
@ least I got the twins b-day s/bk done & in the file cabinet. Jan sent me the page protectors. Heidi will be able to see the uploaded pages of them on www.littlepapershop.com. I have the descriptions typed in there for her to look @. I can't put them on flickR or Facebook since she is there.Jan is in Michigan right now. Heidi will have to wait till Jan comes back to N>C. either to color copy them or to scan the photo's in .They are pic's of our 1st 2 v/tions we took when we lived in Conn. in the 80's
It looks like "THE HEAT MONSTER" IS HERE TO STAY. I just hope I can keep THE ASTHMA MOSTER" @ bay for awhile. I've been real busy trying to get projects done to beat the heat. all I can do is just hunker down for the next while & ride it out & hope I come thru next Oct. when it's cooler

It's really done!!!

I beat the heat,yea!! I got the twins s/book project done w/ pic's from v/tions when we lived in Conn. It's 38 pgs s/booked for their July 14 th b-day.
My craft room gets too hot in July to work in it. I have to work ahead for b-days etc in the summer. I have 8 b-day's from May to Aug.
I'm so excited on how the project turned out.The idea hatched about 3 yrs ago.Some Safari paper triggered our visit to Animal Safari in Ontario,Canada. I even found wild animal stickers.The idea was a gift for Jan originally. I had picked up a book of ephemera paper that had vintage like paper in it. I used some of the wood grain pieces for some of the Plymouth Plantation pic's & Paul Revere house.I got some travel paper w/ road maps, road signs etc in a paper packet from a catalogue.I even found some tokens today to go w/ a pg where H&J rode the subway to in Boston.A friend gave me a stash of letters to use for titles,also she cut out some tags for me w/ her Sizzle-it.I distressed some of the tags etc. w/ Ranger's inks.I have been collecting items for this for 3 years. I traded cards for fibers last fall.I just bought safrai brads & buttons from Oriental Trading Post order. I used up a 1/2 jar of Yes glue on it. I got another jar from H&J for Mother's Day.
Now my next job is to take pic's of it to post it.1 problem is the batteries on a digital camera say "low battery" real quick!! I have 38 pgs to photo,both as full 12x12 photo & some of it's interesting pieces.This means the batteries have to be recharged & I've multple photo shoots. I don't know how we're going to do H's part. She wants things digitally etc. Jan sent me a 12x12 s/book to use for both v/pic's & the baby pic's.