105

Who doesn't love a naked baby?

Remy came to hang out with us today. Jack was my photography assistant today...

She's so cute! But we all knew that...

104

So, this is getting ridiculous.

The talk about the oppressive heat is on everyone's mouth these past 3 days. Washington State is known for its mild climate, rainy days and coffee. Pemco, the local insurance company, has a series of commercials touting the usual cliches of living in Washington; blue tarp camping, socks with sandals, etc... Will they have to change their ads?

According to meteorologist, Jeff Renner, the temperature at the airport reached an all time high of 103. This is the official number they're putting on the books and touting as the record. Apparently, someone delved into ancient temperature recordings and discovered that Western Washington experienced its all-time high today. I, personally, don't want to set temperature records. I want to live in my sheltered corner of the country and have the mild weather that I relish.

I did have an awesome salad today, prepared by my sister's friend Janis. She enjoyed her burp cloths, but really, is she going to tell me to my face that she doesn't really care for them? Doubt it. Anyway, she made us rotisserie chicken, orzo, spinach and pesto salad. Never had it before, but I'm frickin sold. I can't wait for my sister to make it as her debut family salad. A signature dish if you will...

103

Tonight, I made some burp cloths for my sister's friend, Janis. She's due in September with their second child, a boy. Burp cloths are pretty much my favorite baby gift. I'm pretty sure they get used and they're a simple, useful thing to give to a mommy.

I had to wait for the inferno, which is commonly known as a 'sun room' at my house, to cool off enough for me to be within its walls long enough to do some sewing. I opened the door and turned on the outside light, applied a wet towel to my shoulders and went to work. I was able to find an ancient fan out in the garage; the other modern fans are currently in use in the regular part of the house. I'm not sure why we blew money on the modern fans; this one from the 6os or 70s was working like a champ! I whipped out these five in 90 minutes. Pretty good!

Anyway, I was glad to get something done other than sweat and drink iced tea.

102

This is whack. 96? In Washington? What the hell?

Is this global warming or a fluke high pressure system that has set in over the area?

All I know is the 3 fans and one 10,000 btu air conditioner cannot kick the misery. At last check, it was 83 in my house. I'm pretty sure by now it's 85 outside, so why are we still running the AC? Because if I turn it off, it'll suddenly be hotter inside than it is outside.

We may need to invest in a heat pump. Oh, and it's apparent that I only have a quarter tank of gas left. Don't tell my dad...

101

Today, we went to mom and dad's to swim in the pool dad bought last year. This year, he set it up where he thought it would be nice and flat. After the first 10 minutes my kids were in it, it became lopsided. One side was obviously lower than the rest of the pool. Mazie inadvertently put the teeniest bit of pressure in the right spot and next thing you know, the whole pool is draining; spilling its water over the side. There was a lot of yelling after that, which mainly was instructing the kids to pull the side back up. Shame on us adults for thinking that the kids could manage the hurculean effort of fighting the force of gallons of water. So, Jason saved the day and held up the side.

When it was discovered that the pool would not recover from its lopsided position, my dad and Jason drained the water and set about moving the pool. There was much discussion about where the most level portion of the yard was. We decided to put it between patios; 60% on the grass and the rest on cement. We moved the pool no less than 5 times while trying the find a flat area. There was a moment when my dad decided the best thing to do would be to throw the pool away. But we were able to find a good enough spot. We could see the water was pooling too much on one side again, so in order to thwart that, my dad produced some plywood to put under the pool. This required getting towels from my mom so the corners of the plywood wouldn't pierce the bottom of the pool or cause undue injury to the kids.

The pool went through much southern engineering today. All the kids cared about was getting in the water. Tensions were high and it was clearly a case of all chiefs and not many indians; not a good thing in 88 degree weather.

Yep, we made some memories today.

100

Day 100. I'm excited! I haven't posted every day, but I made it to the triple digits. I'm doing my best to stay committed to this project...

Anyway, day 100 had us finishing up our yard project. We spent about $50 on bark and menial supplies, but where we spent the most was with our backs and the yard waste bin. There was a lot of weeding and sod pulling going on, but the finished product was worth it. Did I prepare and take before pictures? Nope, I just jumped in and did the work.

Here it is:

365 Project - Day NINETY NINE

Wow, day ninety-nine. Hitting the triple digits tomorrow. I think when tomorrow hits, I will use a different labeling system for my posts.

And now to the picture.



This is my uncle, Jim. He's married to my aunt, Donna. I found this website, Yearbook Yourself, and was tinkering around with it today. In the folder of pictures I was looking in for a picture of me, I found a good front face shot of Jim. After I uploaded it and found this fab hairstyle to go along with it, I couldn't stop cracking up.

I decided it would be my picture of the day because it really made my day.

Here's a couple of me. In the first one, I'm pretty sure I wished I had hair like that.



I'm amazed, because they obviously didn't have the Bump-It back then for all the volume in her hair below. How the heck did she get it so big in the back? I would have been envious of her hair too because, well, it was very stylish.