Frank and the Flood

There has been so much that has happened in the last 48 hours, I am not sure where to start. Sunshine arrived early Saturday morning so he got to go with me on my Saturday morning errands. We went to the library to pick up The Natural Knitter by Barbara Albright, because I had put a hold request on it because all the new/good knitting and crocheting books are always checked out. Then we headed to the post office because I had one craftster swap to mail off, my final Secret Pal 10 package, a package for A-dolly and Baby K, and a box containing 37 hats I had made for the Dulaan Project.

We also stopped by wal-mart because there are the wasp-like creatures that have been driven from their old habitat and are now burrowing holes in my marigold planters and buzzing everyone that tries to walk in the front door. I forget what Sunshine said they were but they are a PAIN IN THE A**! Attempts to kill them all were mostly unsuccessful. we did get a couple but until this awful rain goes away, I have no hope on the bug front.

We also went to the Price Tower (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright) and I must say that was the most glorious hotel suite (we got the 2 story) that I have ever stayed in. The views outside on the balcony were just as impressive as the architecture detail on the inside. I bought a lot of postcards that I am going to frame in a floating picture frame at some point, when I have a non-rental establishment (i hate spackling holes in the walls). I have no idea really how many pictures I took, but I took pictures of damn near everything there. It was just so nice to be up on the 11th floor, away from my world and all the chaos surrounding it.

Speaking of chaos, I am home from work today because the town I work in has flooded on the east side of town and the roads getting into town are shut down, and half the town has been evacuated. So in light of all that, they closed the factory, so no accounting for me today and it looks like it will be closed on Tuesday too. I might not have to go back until after the 4th. Isn't that crazy. I feel for all my co-workers because most of the little neighboring towns are flooded too. My town is flooding but so far it is limited to the parts of town that typically flood anyways during big rains. I luckily live in a part of town that doesn't typically flood. My sister and I checked on that when we signed the lease because we are survivors of the Flood of '93 back in Iowa, so we refuse to live in flood plains.

Yesterday, Sunshine and I went shopping in Tulsa. we went to the new Apple store. I didn't buy an iphone because I refuse to pay that much for a phone and I refuse to switch my cell carriers. The iphone is really cool though. We also went to Barnes and Noble, but they didn't have any of the books on my list, so I made it out with just of couple of magazines. I did find a beautiful purple wrinkle-resistant shirt at eddie bauer that I bought for the clearance price of $20 dollars. These shirts are typically $49.50 but they are high quality and will last way longer that stuff you can buy at typical stores. I also got a princess cookie at Mrs Fields that had rainbow sprinkles inside and it was the best cookie I have eaten in ages.

I did crochet more on the scarf while at the Price Tower. It looks so pretty. I took pics for my Flickr site.

Anyways, stay dry folks. I stocked up on Mountain Dew and bought High School Musical on dvd last night for my entertainment for today. I am not used to having time off from work.

Thanks for making this weekend so awesome, Sunshine. I had a blast hanging out with you.