Happy Independence Day!
July 2, 2009
Yes, I know I’m two days early, but Sun Healthcare let me me have a few extra enjoys to celebrate the birth of our nation. Or, more correctly, the celebration of the Declaration of Independence (of the 13 existing colonies of Great Britain), as the Constitution that serves at the foundation of our country wasn’t signed until September 17th, 1787. Yes, I’m a huge fan of random facts.
SKB and I are currently entertaining our two young nieces, J and G, who are visiting from Taiwan and leave on the 12th. So far we’ve swam in the pool, cooked Malaysian-style satay (SKB vouches for the authenticity, though she says the peanut sauce was comfortably mild in comparison), baked Texas Sheet Cake (in two round pans instead of the Jelly Roll pan we don’t have) and put on a small concert with the guitar from my last post. Right now it’s Merlot (for me, not the girls), The Velveteen Rabbit movie (for the young girls) and cleaning (for SKB, can’t figure out what she’s cleaning at 11:15pm for Edit: SKB says she was folding laundry. Yay! Clean clothes!). Tomorrow has a few surprises we haven’t quite planned, but it will include Texas Sheet Cake cupcake samples!
It’s looking like a busy weekend for us- A BBQ tomorrow with friends, hanging out with family after that. We’re thinking about squeezing in some shopping somewhere in the middle (see below), possibly a Sedro Woolley Rodeo, more BBQ, and who knows what else! Sunday is a day of rest (Thank you God! And I mean that), but we’re heading down to Lisa’s to check out her new place. And Monday, back to the grind! We were planning on a hike and camping from Saturday to Sunday, but in the interest of our sanity, we decided to postone, hopefully until the weekend of the 18th. We need to get in a practice hike before Long’s Peak, CO, the first week of August. And on the 11th, I got suckered (ok, that’s an exaggeration) into running a 5k in Mill Creek. I’m actually looking forward to that, but don’t tell anyone!
Oh, for the shopping: SKB and I have a curious dilemma; she just finished a 35 day Nutrisystem diet and I’m in the final week or so. And I’ve lost about 17 pounds (make that 14 after the 4th of July BBQs) and SKB is down about 16. And here’s the dilemma, neither of our pants fit! So, we need to get some shopping in sooner or later. And on that note, good night!
-JMB
