Laying Low!

I am laying low this weekend and keeping cool...............I feel very lucky that I don't have to go out and work in this heat......I don't have to go anywhere ........I have an air conditioned car if I do choose to go out, an air condititoned office for the days I go to work.....and the tennis finals are on TV...... spare a thought for the people who have to work out in this heat like the guys repairing transormers so people can have power restored.....the CFS volunteers on duty to protect life and property in this high fire danger period......and also for those who have had to endure power cuts .................... I think I am pretty well off! so won't be complaining again....well not very much anyway!!

The Prince just made my favourite drink........

..........sugarless lemonade with lime juice........I am sitting at the dining room table with my laptop because the study upstairs is way too hot to spend any time in........and I have one of the several pedestal fans we own positioned quite close to me and whilst the air isn't refrigerated it IS moving so it is quite comfy! We have an old home and don't have a/c because for all but these extreme conditions it stays pretty comfortable...........

I have even done a little housework this morning - this involved ridding the white tiles in the family room of dead and dying flies!!! Sorry ......awful mental picture I know.....but the big windows in the family room attract the flies who get in down chimneys and anyway they can....so they die.....with the help of some good old Mortein.......poor Louie (the fly!).........so I got busy and removed the bodies......! looks much better out there now!!!

Miss Chelsea has been wandering around the house panting and looking for a cool spot....(good luck with that!!) ....the tiles in the laundry are here favourit possy...and the Prince gave her a bath this morning and she looks much more comfortable now.....she usually doesn't like baths but will jump into a river and swim .......especially if there are ducks to chase!! No ducks have ever been harmed in this pursuit however as they can also fly - something a cocker spaniel has yet to master!

Mark has "abandoned ship" and gone to stay with his GF - too hot in his room here! We will see him later in the weekend I presume! I think there is a pool in the equation as well........!!

Stitching..............nothing happening here in that regard.......check out Anne's blog for an excellent wool tutorial.....(and on a day like today that blog header looks sooooooooo good!) I am going to give that block a try later as I am doing the same BOM from Karen ........I am only a few blocks behind...LOL......

So stay cool if you are in a hot area and warm if you have snow and ice......hard to comprehend that some people are freezing and the sun is beating down on others.......the internet has made the world a much smaller place ....I have been emailing Nancy this morning who is hoping for another snow day!! One good thing about this heat is I get a chance to catch up on blogs and also some spending on the internet....ssssshhhhhhhhhh!! Prince...if you are reading this....I am kidding...!!! trust me.......!! Oh and if you are looking for a fabric pack for the Breast of Friends quilt which is featured in the latest Australian Homespun mag....call Lorraine at Hettie's Patch.

'til next time.........................Lorraine