BOOKS, HOOKS AND YARN

Thankfully the storms ended on late Friday, along with all of the rain. Slowly drying out with sunny and cooler conditions. Grass is growing like crazy, so it will be time to start mowing the lawn for the year.  Megan mentioned in a comment last week that she could check out up to 30 books at a time. I think my library has a limit like that too. For a person who is just reading, no way could I read 30 books within the typical check out period of three weeks, even with renewing them. I think that is more for students who need to check out lots of materials so they can write papers for school.  However, with a bit of digging I found the following  "The total number of physical checkouts allowed per card at any given time is 250." WOW! Our check out period is three weeks and you can renew them three more times at three weeks each. So a total of twelve weeks. However you can't renew a book if there is a hold on it. My typical checkout is 7-9 books at a time and I can get thro...

It has been a long week. Severe weather with thunderstorms and a nearby tornado. Over 5 inches of rain this week alone and overall this month double what we would normally get for the entire month. One fatality, he was struck by lightning on Wednesday night.  The guy was walking in a parking lot to his truck. Thankfully no damage here and also to none of my friends. Lots of flooding, especially streets.  Amazing to watch all the stupid drivers who drive through flooded streets. Then are dumbfounded when their car dies on them. Thousands of dollars in damage to get the car engine working and the car cleaned out too.  Still working on crochet projects for the time being. This one is Happy Rainbow yarn from Big Twist, bright pastel colors. Would make a great baby or kid blanket.  Dobby is doing well, he did not freak out with the storms this week. Also he branched out and didn't sleep on my bed a couple of nights. Maybe he did sleep there but just wasn't there when I wo...

Happy Tax Day in the US. Hope everyone has filed, maybe gotten a refund or at least requested an extension. My brain is fried, we have had two bouts of severe weather. Bad thunderstorms, lots of rain, hail and even one tornado about 6 miles west of me. Other than lots of rain and small hail I am OK.  First round went through Tuesday AM between 1-2 AM so that interrupted my sleep. Second round, which was more severe was 6-10 PM. Since I am doing this late on Tuesday PM I haven't been able to read my rain gauge but I am expecting at least 2 inches.  More storms coming and I need a really good night of sleep. Thankful that Dobby didn't seem to freak out with the thunder and hail noise.   Foreign Eclairs - A bombing and attempted jail break alerts Ollie that the terrorist brother is back for vengeance. Ollie is mugged, another White House employee is murdered and even the First Family isn't safe. While some of the gang is captured the leader won't give up. Ollie is give...