Summer is my favorite season - long hot seemingly endless days and on vacation     By the end of the week I will be finished with school, taking part in the first state conference for Leos and on my way to Jamaica.

Yesterday, had to be the best day in months for me.   I learned that Qualls is leaving Lago (trumpets please).  This news put me in a very good mood - despite the fact that I hadn't made any progress with losing weight, I have no doubt it will happen after this week.   Using my gift vouchers for my birthday and a 30% discount coupon I saved an amazing $485 while only spending $38 buying clothes, chair pads, baby things and an anti-gravity chair.

The specials at Kohls were crazy - up to 80% off and then using my 30% discount voucher...you can see why I didn't spend much money but toted home a car load of stuff.

This put me in an extremely exuberant mood - I bought a dark brown 3 tone hair dye  and cut my hair.  Bob requested a little fashion show to see me modelling the new clothes.  Everything I bought looks fantastic on me.

To add to this great personal news, both my sons had announcements to make:    Richard requested "the ring" which means there will be a wedding sometime next year.  Anthony called and had decided to transfer his work out of the seedy part of Austin (great relief about that) and declared he was done with two years of college partying. Time to concentrate on his goals.  I think his two new roommates probably have a lot to do with his decision in addition to the rising racial tension in that part of town since the police (a Hispanic) killed a teenage boy under dubious circumstances.

Bob's new fence installed to protect my vegetable garden and keep the deer out looks great and is very effective.

Time for work....