Death in the family

We are sad to report that my husbands Grandmother, Georgia Luks, passed away yesterday. If you have emailed or called us this week and we haven't responded yet, we will be returning messages on Friday. Thank you to everyone for your sympathy and understanding.

The ENTIRE Scout bag order is here!!!!

Okay, its like Christmas in August - the UPS man dropped off 3 MORE huge boxes from Bungalow Co today - I don't know if I can sell the stuff because I love it so much! But my husband says I really don't need another 30 bags of my own, so, come and get them!!!

I was totally right about the paisley design, it is more gorgeous in person than even the pictures - but my husband likes the French Twist in Black because he says its classic and every Southern Girl would like it - okay, his experience is limited to Southern Girls, so I'm going to go ahead and say every Earth Girl would like it!

. . . And now for something completely different . . .

I give you . . . the Preppy Scrub Hat! This is for all of those medical people who feel country kitties and bears just don't reflect their personality! If you don't know what this is, it is a hat worn in the operating room - they often wear disposable ones, and I also make a 'surgeons cap' which is the more fitted style. I started making them for my handsome doctor husband and realized that its incredibly hard to find monogrammed or personalized scrub hats - at least ones that aren't really goofy!

This would be a nice gift for that special doctor or nurse in your life - the bouffant style my daughter is wearing is very comfortable, and they can be made out of any fabric your little heart desires - yes, even Batman!

All the Preppy Ponies

You've likely seen them before, if not, let me introduce you to the 'monogrammed pony-o' or whatever you prefer to call them! I've been dying to make them for some time but didn't sit down to do it until yesterday - I think they are super cute. I also did some 3-letter ones for my daughter. I prefer them on fabric than ribbon, and I am currently doing them on seersucker. Now that we are moving into the fall and the holidays will be here before we know it, watch for some preppy icon ones - i have plans for these ponytails, just you wait and see! I think they make a great small gift - and my daughter is currently wearing one on her wrist!

7:30 am - Yeah, its a quiet rainy day

So, other than losing power intermittently, we seem to be fairing quite well. The hurricane watch has been discontinued, but we're under a tornado watch until 4pm today. The rain is quite impressive - and of course can be very damaging - but even though we're expected to get a whopping 10 inches of rain there isn't too much concern because we are a out 3-5 inches low anyway. Dr. Daddy is home from work today so we'll spend the day enjoying the kiddos and making cookies! Our only problem right now? Baron refuses to go outside and he's a biiiig dog! Yikes!

Can't say I blame him, this is what it looks like out our front door!

11 PM Update

We're getting ready for bed now, just finished watching 'Nim's Island' which is one of the best movies (except for the quick ending) I've watched in a while. Just walked outside and its raining lightly, but steadily and the trees are swaying gently - might be the 'calm before the storm' and what we are really watching for right now is tornadoes - no way to predict them and the come up very quickly! The kiddos are camping out on our floor and having a blast. Alex is fascinated by the storm updates and she is such an amazing reader that there is no hope of keeping anything from her! She says it sounds like its heading for us, but she's not worried, she's SCARED! Apparently there is a subtle difference! More tomorrow! Fay should be here in the morning!


AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.9 WEST OR ABOUT 60MILES...95 KM...SOUTH OF NAPLES FLORIDA.FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND ASLIGHTLY EAST OF NORTH MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDATUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INLAND OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA LATER ONTUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. FAY COULD STILL APPROACH HURRICANE STRENGTH PRIOR TOLANDFALL. WEAKENING IS LIKELY WHILE FAY MOVES OVER THE FLORIDAPENINSULA.TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KMFROM THE CENTER. A WIND GUST OF 59 MPH...94 KM/HR...WAS RECENTLYREPORTED AT AN ELEVATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SITE AT FLAMINGO.

8PM Update

Well, it looks pretty good for us so far, of course we know better than to expect accurate predictions . . . oh well, we'll just appreciate Jim Cantore's cuteness on the Weather Channel!


AT 800 PM EDT......THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.9 WEST OR ABOUT 105MILES...170 KM...SOUTH OF NAPLES FLORIDA.FAY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. THIS GENERALMOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ON THEFORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF FAY WILL CROSS THE SOUTHWESTERNCOAST OF FLORIDA ON TUESDAY.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND FAY ISFORECAST TO BE AT OR NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES THESOUTHWESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA.TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KMFROM THE CENTER.