Our holiday weekend

Not much to say really. Didn't get to see any "expert" fireworks displays in person, though we did watch the one from Boston that was televised. We saw a few strays that people were shooting from their yards that were pretty, albeit small, as we drove passed. Thought about shooting some bottle-rockets off but didn't because it's been SO dry lately.   Today we went to Springfield to buy a piece of equipment for our daughter. Swung by the mall for a bite to eat. Then we stopped by the "Eko" apartments to see if we could take a look at a 2-bedroom that was for rent. Unfortunately the office manager was out of the office and we didn't feel like waiting 45 minutes for someone to come to the office. They looked nice enough. Will be looking at others that're similar but less expensive for when we sell the house and land. No hurry as of yet though.   Oh, and I changed the look of my home blog page. Added a banner picture and changed the background. Check it out and let me know what you think.   http://ramblemans.blogspot.com

Gettin' things done!

Ordinarily I'm a procrastinator. For the last few days anyway, that hasn't been the case. Oh, I'm not getting tons of things done, just the things that would eventually need to be done during that day. For instance, when we get home after delivering Daughter to school, I get my Wii Body Test done first thing. If it's shave and/or shower day, both get done first thing... Before getting on the computer. Today I was motivated, so after the aforementioned stuff was done, I did the dishes so Wife (and I) wouldn't have to look at dirty dishes and worry about when they would get done. Besides, it's almost the 4th of July so I figured that was as good of a reason as any to be extra nice since she does the dishes 98.5% of the time. Before you yell at me for not doing them more often, I am generally the one that does the laundry, vacuuming, litter box cleaning & refilling. Granted, the refilling only gets done once a month, but still. Today I even got a couple of plants watered and tended, so there. *smile* Since the weather hasn't been very rainy, that means the grass isn't getting watered very much (we've had short sprinkles), thus it doesn't need mowing. Though it has been a couple of weeks and there are a few areas that the grass is higher than others, it's not 'overgrown' enough to run and jump on the riding mower any time soon. Probably next week sometime I'll do some grass cutting... If I feel like it. Which I most likely will. I like mowing. - The last few days, and probably a few more this week, have been absolutely gorgeous. Temperatures in the 80's (F), slightly breezy so cooling off happens pretty quickly if you start sweating for whatever reason. - Speaking of 'The Fourth', we'll more than likely be going to The Long Lane Fireworks show on Sunday evening to watch pretty exploding things in the sky. May do some people watching as well. If we meet anyone we know, we'll probably talk to them even. *smile* - Good morning! And I sincerely hope the rest of your day is AWESOME!  - http://ramblemans.blogspot.com