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Monday – 04 July 2011
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…)
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• 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?
  • With the Shuttle Program Ending, Fears of Decline at NASA
• 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.