but many of our friends and neighbors in the town next door STILL HAVE NO POWER since the big storm which it Tuesday evening! The storm lasted all of 20 minutes but it did terrible damage to many of the old old trees in our very old and established neighborhoods! Russ's school was closed for 2 days because the school lost power as well. Yup, he's still in school. Next week he has 2 full days and then begins final exams. The long marathon of a school year will be finished for the 2007-2008 school year!
We also went to Russ's baseball team dinner the other night. Russell was honored with a special award as well as being made Co-Captain for next year. He was very happy and we were very proud. Russ's team lost 11 Seniors this year, but it's not all that terrible of a situation. The coach spoke about each kid on all 3 teams, Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity. He kept saying that they were trying very hard to groom another catcher for the team because they know this is Russ's last year coming up and he really was a major part of their wins. Russ calls each and every game, even tells, or I should say signs to the coach when he thinks the pitcher should come out of the game.
On that note, I am posting pretty summer flowers blooming in my garden. I hope it will be a banner year for the hydrangeas because I also enjoy bringing them inside my house and drying them to put in arrangements for the winter.
The line is coming along nicely -- next week I will have more swatches in hand to make up more of the line of cards. The following week, the new 9 FOLD swatches will be here and we will be complete. From there we are awaiting the rest of our inventory and we'll be ready to ship even before all the Trade Shows start! This is very exciting!
Oh no...Russell is just calling and there is NO POWER in the High School! Sheesh, I didn't think they would open without power - but I guess they have no choice.
Best,
Jane
1 comments:
jane, i saw your comment on smitten kitchen's pizza post. there IS a secret, if your dough keeps shrinking back to its original shape: on the parchment paper or stone or whatever, "smush" the dough outward from the middle while turning it circularly, all the way around. then let it sit for a moment (it'll shrink back a teeny bit). then do it again. again, if needed. the longer your dough rises prior to smushing, the easier it smushes. :)
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