Another hot day.

New cool down tip. Put sprinkler on foot rest. Ahhhhhh. Unfortunately thunderstorms due tonight. It is so dry. Uh Oh, I hear some rumblings now:(

96 Today

Kept it cool at shop today. No record breaking temps like Portland. Came home to cool house. Dogs enjoyed the little air conditioner running today. Wish we could sit outside, but still to hot.
Connie greeted customers today with a fan blowing his locks like a super STAR!

Heat Wave

WOW Its hot. Had to stay inside with air conditioning on. But it did cool off and Flea went bobbing for apples.

Weekend

Dogs looked so clean and shiney on Friday. Had a great weekend. Not to hot here yet, but heading that way. Early morning at the dog park, and then home to read the latest Janet Evanovich book, Finger Lickin Fifteen. It was good some laugh out loud moments.

Hot Day in Portland

The Flea and I got a early start to Stumptown show in Portland. Was going to spend afternoon in local park reading a book but by the time we arrived in Gresham, Flea was limp, feeling the heat and I was needing some relief too. So we headed right to the Motel Hilton 6, on 84.

Yeah!! they had a room ready and we checked in.

I had gotten book two in the Sookie Stackhouse books, that True Blood is based on. Sat in air conditioned room and read it in one GULP. So good.

I have HBO in room and will try and see a episode.

Sister Lisa drove into town after work and leaving Flea in room with TV and fans went to a all time family favorite, Tad's Chicken and Dumplings, on the Sandy River.

Ohhhhh, it was so good. My garlic shrimp good..... the sides out of this world. Smoked Salmon chowder to start. Green beans and bacon, and a dumpling with chicken gravy. Roll me out the door on a gurney:) The dumpling I could not stop eating.

Had a great time, was so beautiful out on river. Fun to catch up.

Check out tadschicdump.com. Funny website is homage to their neon light on the fritz for 20 years.

Early day tomorrow, so off to bed.

Emmy's Pool

Heat wave is hitting here this week. Going to change my trip start time on Friday to morning instead of afternoon. 95 on Friday and Saturday. Got Emmy Lou's swimming pool out and cleaned. Put sprinkler in to fill. Emmy poked around in it a little, but guess who jumped, played and dunked in it, The Flea. So cute. Water very cold, I had my dog tired toes in it. Felt good. She ran threw, jumped in and played with sprinkler. Her Aunt Cheryl would have been proud.

True Blood

TRUE BLOOD

Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn't get out much. Not because she's not pretty. She is. It's just that, well, Sookie has this sort of "disability." She can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill. He's tall, dark, handsome -- and Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's exactly the kind of guy she's been waiting for all her life.

But Bill has a disability of his own: he's a vampire with a bad reputation. He hangs out with a seriously creepy crowd, all suspected of -- big surprise -- murder. And when one of Sookie's co-workers is killed, she fears she's next.

I read the first book by Charlaine Harris in her Sookie Stackhouse series that the HBO series True Blood is based on. Its great can't wait to read the next one. Usually you read the books first, but it wasn't a disappointment. Author has a great humor and romantic twist. Anyone want me to pass on the first season of True Blood, let me know. It was great.