7.22 - Park Ranger Chic

Shirt and Skirt: NY&Co
Shoe: Famous Footwear - Sherri
Necklace: Kohl's

It was so hot outside that as soon as I got out there to take my daily picture the lens fogged up.  Then I had to take them inside.  After I was ready to go I saw a necklace on the table and it seemed like it matched so I put it on.

I thought my outfit was not just park ranger but park ranger chic because I wore a skirt this time.  Then later Dave said I looked like park ranger hooker. I wonder what coworkers thought.

I had to go to work on my day off because of the audit.  I got home around 4:30. Seconds after getting home, the power went out. The neighbors got home a second after me. We both got in our garages but then the power went out before we got to close the garage doors. Talk about timing. Well it was 99 degrees out and felt like 105 so we weren't staying home.  I was already hungry for dinner. Dave was not because we had a late lunch.  We headed to Home Depot and then to the mall.  Dave bought a new macbook air (13" that just came out) so then I got his old 11" macbook air.

We also went to California Pizza for Dinner. It was very good. I kept reaching across the table and getting a bite of Dave's. He took a piece of my pizza too.  Then we headed to Lowe's.  We killed even more time because our neighbor told us the power was still out. We stopped at Sonic to get ice cream.  We got home shortly after the power went out. It was out a bit over 3 hours. 

Here's what the stepping stones look like and a little of the hillside.

6.8 - Park Ranger

Tuesday night I asked Dave if I should dress like a park ranger the following day. He said yes so I did.

Pants: Express - April 2007 or earlier
Shirt: Express - July 2007 or earlier
Tank: Sam's Club
Shoes: Payless
Necklace: Sears

Wow does my elbow look a little weird in that middle picture to anyone else?

Poly woke up with me. We hung out together before I headed to work. Now Wednesday is normally my telecommuting day but I had to go into the office to get my new laptop. My old one gave me such trouble that I didn't want to postpone getting it at all.  My files were being backed up in the morning so I couldn't even use my computer if I got to work at 7 like I had been the previous 2 days so I wasted some time cropping pictures at home in the morning before work.

I was just about to get my computer around 10:30. I had even shut down my old one to give it to the guy and the fire alarm goes off. It was a drill but still wasted 15 minutes.  Then setting up the new one wasted over an hour and I still didn't have everything how I wanted it. I worked through lunch and ate at my desk because of all the computer wasting time and also because I had to leave early to get an allergy shot. I could have had the full 9 hours in but since I couldn't use my computer starting at 7 I figured it was pointless to get to work that early.

I left work and headed for may allergy shot. I stopped at the rest stop on the turnpike for a nap. I fell asleep for what turned out to be 5 minutes.  Then traffic was so backed up that I arrived about 15 minutes later than I thought. I got my shot and had to wait 20 minutes. Then there was more traffic. I was late meeting Timmy and Art, but they didn't mind. I treated them as payment for them installing our hose bib last year. Too bad my pants got tight after my lunch, because they were already tight when I started dinner. It made me feel full too fast and I didn't eat all my food.

After dinner, the three of us headed to Sears to buy some Father's Day gifts.  Then I headed home. Timmy and Art headed home too but they made a pit stop on the way and didn't get home for a few hours.  I called my mom on the way home and talked to her while driving. There is no rest stop on the turnpike going west so I couldn't have napped if I wanted to.

 I had 2 similar khakis and the ones below might the other pair but look how similar. 4 years and still wearing the same stuff.  The packs were a big looser back then. 

July 2007