Love doing the diamond dotz things.

Still not out and about much, but weather has cooled down some. Highest day lately was only 107. And it is getting down into the low 80's at night. Later this week we are supposed to have two days under 100 and maybe some rain.

I finished my butterfly Diamond Dotz project. Now have to figure out what to do with it. Much prettier than the photo shows. Lots of sparkle from the beads. Been looking at frames - the least expensive one costs double what I paid for the project. Finished picture is 12 x 12. I might just pink shears the edges and hang it somewhere. We'll see.

When I get up in the morning I get my coffee and go into the living room to watch the local morning news. Yesterday this is what I found on the coffee table. Gotta love him. 

Don't remember if I mentioned Bill ordered me another DD project. He knows sunflower is my favorite flower. This is it. The project before I started working on it. I have it almost half way done and it is going to be very, very pretty. I think I might have a frame that will fit this one. A frame Bill made out of found in the desert wood years ago. 

I have all our house hold bills set up for automatic payment on line. So shame on me I don't pay too much attention to the amounts which remain the same month after month. Except for electricity and gas. Our electric bill was $100 higher than it ever has been. There were two increases in electric rices over the past year and of course July was the hottest month on record, so I wasn't surprised. But I had to update bank and credit card info so was looking at the bills. HA!!! Our rent for the land our house is on went up 63 dollars this year.  Home warranty appliance service up $20, alarm $4, gardener $20, RV rent $20, Internet $3, Verizon $5, cable TV $10, all of these are monthly and pest control every two month $10. All compared to the same time last year. Not to mention groceries and gasoline, still over $4 here. Some of these things just sneak up on you. But it all adds up. 

We are kind of thinking about what to do this coming winter. Bill really wants to go back to Mexico for a month or two. So looking into flying and renting. Lot depends on his eye getting better or not. Our son came over to visit yesterday and was telling us about easy ways to check on line and find housing and renting cars and flying. Sounds silly but haven't done any of that in years. And so many things have changed. 

I did do something I've been putting off forever. Washed our big living room wood slat venation blinds yesterday. Didn't take me as long as I thought it would and was much easier than I thought it would be. So guess I will continue with the rest of them in the house. Figure one a day - only four of them to do. 

Enough blah blah for now. Need to get to the blind in the sewing room.