Sunday, July 31, 2016

Catch up

On July 29th, I worked at the USO helping put together 650 deployment packs, and 600 rack packs.  It was the first day I got to wear my official volunteer name tag.  (You have to put in 24 hours of volunteering to earn a name tag! I have a total of 34 hours now) These are the nice kind that attach to your clothes with a magnet.  Nice.  No pin needed.

We had a thunderstorm Saturday afternoon and then we drove to Beaufort (Beaufort on-the-Sea, their full name I guess).  We bought a few things at the Farmers Market like peaches and a gluten-free lemon bar that you would never know was gluten-free.  I also found some sourdough bread there. It is really, really sourdough.  The crust is so tough I can hardly cut it, but that makes it really crunchy and chewy for toast!  Spread with some blackberry jam...yum. It came from a bakery in another town:  

They also have a cafe, so maybe we'll get to try it sometime.

I have to tell you, I have never felt humidity like I have here. When we are in the car, the a/c is on of course, but the minute I step outside, my glasses fog up and I can't see for a few seconds!  I feel like I have to cut through the air before it's breatheable!  The temperature at the market yesterday (about 7 p.m.) was 88 degrees and the humidity about 70%.   Never felt it like that before.

We have a storm on the way again today.  Thunder and lightening happening as I write, but no rain yet.  I'm glad we are getting some rain again; earlier this week I was having to water the impatiens 2-3 times a day because of the heat. (We don't have any covering on the patio and no shade).  The temps may only be in the 90's, but the "heat index" is considered the low 100's.  The weathermen have the "feels like" phrase that they use all the time.  Like today's:

(Although our thunder started around noon here!  Sometimes the thunder makes me jump right out of my seat! Like just now!)


I need to get some more items listed on my Etsy shop:

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/PicketfencesVintage

So I will close for now.  Thanks for reading my dribble.







2 comments:

Sue said...

Stay cool and dry!

Anonymous said...

This one is the second. Read your first one yesterday. I finally got the magnet badge thing. Inside and outside the clothing to attach. I AM SLOW, but I eventually get it. LOL!!