Lately the weather man has been wrong three times this past week about rain. My poor flowers and shrubs are dying. With the price of our city water, I am trying to water every other night before dusk. It is so sad to see my beautiful hydrangea looking so pitiful.

My next door neighbor loves her yard looks well manicured that she has it cut twice a week. The man who mow her lawn has the mower set too low. The lawn is drying up and turning brown as if it was scalped. We are mowing only every 1 1/2 weeks. The grass had only gotten up about an inch or so, that is not very much for that time frame.

I got my electric bill in and I was shocked that it had risen by $45 from the previous month. We do not have central air and use box fans and small window air conditioners. With the ever increasing heat and humid, the temperatures seem almost unbearable in my house without the small units. I am having a hard time balancing the finances since one of my family members has not worked one of his full time job since the middle of May and another family member moved out. I should be thankful that we do have roof over our head and I have managed to pay all our bills each month. Also, that should stop complaining when we get 3 or 4 days straight of rain like in the past months. I do have small window air conditioners that I can sit in front of to cool off. Thank you Lord!

Praying for relief from the heat.