July 4th

Blogger is suddenly requiring a title on my posts? *sigh* You're drunk, Blogger. Go home.

Anyway! Happy Independence Day. NOW it's all summer, alla time. It's going to be a lovely day, and not nearly as blecchy hot as last year, so we'll actually be able to go sit by the lake and watch fireworks.

When I was a kid, the whole neighborhood walked up to "the top of hill" (AKA one block over and two blocks up, and not really a big hill at all) to watch the fireworks. Every family always sat in the same place, like we had assigned seats. We were nothing if not creatures of habit. It's one of the few childhood memories I have, though, that isn't full of fighting and general not-getting-along. Maybe because there were a lot of other distractions going on.

BUT! I digress. Before the fireworks there's much to be done.. I need to find some cushions for our new front stoop chairs, I have to go ride the bike at the gym, and if I'm feeling REALLY motivated I might run the vacuum. No. Not that. It's a holiday, and I declare my freedom from housework!