“Today we celebrate our Independence Day!”
event, everyday glory, family and friends, geekery, history, house and home, movies and TV, science and technology, space, style and fashion, trains/model railroads July 4th, 2011
Monday – 04 July 2011
Happy Fourth of July to all!
Happy Fourth of July to all!
Please take some time to remember that the day isn’t just about sales and fireworks and barbecues. It’s a commemoration of the struggle that the colonists went through to win their freedom from England.
I don’t think that a five-day work week ever seemed quite as long as last week did, but this has been a good weekend. To hit the highlights:
- SaraRules! (and the kids) had another check-up. Everything’s five by five.
- SaraRules!’ sister, Melissa, came to town Friday because…
- Saturday was my mother-in-law’s birthday.
- We picked up the first crib. (Second one should follow this afternoon…)
- We took family pictures, courtesy of Amanda Nelson Photography & Design
- I played with my trains a bit.
- SaraRules! wanted to see Green Lantern and I was up for seeing it again… so we did. She liked it and didn’t grok why critics were so down on it. (Whew!)
- We hung out with the in-laws.
- We did some work around the house and lawn.
- Had lots of good food.
…and we still have nearly half the day left! I don’t consider that a bad weekend at all.
And, this week is an abbreviated work week, as I’m off today and Friday is my 9/80 day off.
Stray Toasters
- From National Geographic: 9 Fourth of July Myths Debunked
- And, as a semi-related aside: Spirit of 76 – Bicentennial Locomotives
(As if I’d pass up an opportunity to find/use a train tie-in…)
- And, as a semi-related aside: Spirit of 76 – Bicentennial Locomotives
- 10 Trends to Steal from Fashion Week… Right Now
- There is a bird that roosts somewhere outside our bedroom window. It chirps/sings/whatever LOUDLY in the mornings, usually before my alarm goes off. I’m ready for it to find a new place to sing.
- Whither the Astronauts Without a Shuttle?
- Make a Fire Tornado Out of Household Items
- Tools of Entry, No Need for a Key Chain
Namaste.
…and don’t forget to keep an eye out for The Fresh Prince and The Fly.
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