I know I’m the master of the obvious….
Fireworks!
It’s the beginning of the acquisition of the “stash” for the Fourth of July!
Grandma Marilyn!
The kids were surprised to learn that Grandma Marilyn was in town today! I hadn’t told them that she was coming to town mostly as a surprise, but really because I couldn’t remember exactly which day she was coming. 🙂 We got home from work and she was waiting for us. They were so excited to see her! She’s in town to help my stepsister, Tiffany, while her husband David has surgery. We had a very nice night and the kids got some much-needed Grandma time. Every thing is always better when Grandma is in town!
Speedy Internet
We got a new Internet Service Provider today. We switched back to Charter Communications for both our Internet and telephone (our phone number is still the same). We have had CenturyLink for years now, but the most we could get was 10 Mbps. In truth, we could never seem to get more than 7 Mbps and we were paying for 10 Mbps. That, coupled with the rising costs, prompted Andy to contact Charter. As of today, we are getting 30 Mbps Internet bundled with our telephone and we’ll be saving approximately $28/month. As a test, I uploaded a couple of pictures to Shutterfly and realized it took only 10 seconds to do what would normally take 30 seconds to a minute… Ahhhhh… Faster Internet…
Our First Harvest!
Our garden is really doing well! Of course, we are watering it every day because it is so horribly dry here.
Even so, it looks great and we are starting to get some produce! I picked a Roma tomato, a jalapeno pepper, and enough green beans for a meal today! We have at least 50 other tomatoes growing in various stages on the plants and I’ll have to pick the green beans again on Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. Yay for fresh produce!
Friends!
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
My shutterbug habit can produce some really interesting pictures… Sometimes, I get lucky and catch some really funny ones.
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! Actually Bobby’s pants are *not* on fire, but it sure looks like it! We were hanging out with some of our great neighbor friends, the Kinsleys, when the men decided that we needed some “preparations” for Independence Day. This included an impromptu trip to Bob’s Fireworks stand to purchase Sky Lanterns and the loudest bang-producing fireworks that they have. While launching the first Sky Lantern, a piece of the tissue paper caught fire and fell to the ground. Courtesy of where I was standing, it produced *that* picture. The fact that Bobby’s pants appear to be on fire is hilarious enough, but standing in the back of the picture is his daughter, Chloe, who has her hand covering her mouth in stunned surprise! Not to worry though…the Sky Lantern launched without anymore glitches. The kids all waved goodbye and watched as it floated out of sight.