Balloons

Early yesterday morning the hot air balloons were out, performing their own ballet over the mountains.

Last night when my husband arrived home, he eagerly opened two packages that came in the mail. Five hundred balloons and two air pumps. The book on balloon twisting will arrive next week but he started out with three dogs and a monkey climbing a palm tree with video instructions playing on his iPhone. No, it’s a 3GS, not a 4 until they fix the issues they’re denying.

The girls that have been visiting for a major softball tourney were the recipients of the first attempts. The remainder will be split between home and his office, where he intends to entertain visiting children of colleagues rather than giving them candy. After an hour, he still needs more practice!

I was working a few feet from Jim last night, quietly hitting my muffled keyboard while listening to instructions for the monkey and palm tree and listening to a lot of squeaks. The dog was pretty cool with the new sounds but I made sure to tell Jim that every piece of burst balloon must be picked up immediately lest she ingest them and have some really serious stomach problems.

Today is another day and our nephew called to comment on our weather. It’s hot and humid where he is, with no rain. It’s warm and a very high (for us) humidity indoors of 38% and will get up to 81 degrees. People here are complaining about the heat. It’s nowhere near Texas heat! J learned to use the Dashboard facility on his grandmother’s refurb MacBook Pro so he could see the weather at his home, their home and our home. Yes, when he called this morning I made sure to give him the hygrometer reading as well. After all, these scientists begin young and need all the information at hand. Have a great day! Cheers, Dee