Tuesday

DonnaM - I definately wish they would make more books in regular size.  Truthfully, I feel that Tradesize is just another way to charge more for the book.  However, I am more willing to do tradesize than hardcover.  Glad you had fun at your parade.

Amanda - that is great that you get the week of the Fourth of July off.  With it being a Wednesday, I would love to take Thursday/Friday off, but since we are on vacation the week prior, I will be working those days, but might try and get out early.  :)  As for old cars, Mike's brother has a '49 Nash that he totally restored.  His dad also gave Mike an old convertible that is basically restored.  However, it needs some work to make it road worthy and truthfully, it is the ugliest gold color I have ever seen.  I have recommended painting it black as then I think it would be so cool, but no go.

Margie - I actually don't have a Kindle, my office just bought me an Ipad so I could take it to meetings - otherwise I have to hand do my notes and then transcript everything.  Several of the board members have one and thought it would be a good thing to have for the office and since we have the budget, I was allowed to get it.  Since I am the only user, I have downloaded a couple of books on it.  I had been debating buying one, but the cost was just too much.  However, I must admit I love it.  I hope you were able to have your bbq and your day of nothing on Monday.

Mary - I did enjoy the Kingdom, I had heard some mixed reviews as the hero from book 1 is not in this book at all.  However, since I didn't have a big attachment to him, that didn't bother me.  Truthfully, I really liked the new love interest hinted at in this book, but again there are major obstacles, so I don't know that it will go anywhere, but I enjoyed learning more of Amelia's past.  I am with you on restaurants, I enjoy going somewhere where I don't have to worry about dishes or cooking.  Glad you had fun at Outback.

Trudy - I am glad that you found the bookmark that works for you.  I have one for the site and it makes it a lot easier to get here.  I am sorry to hear about your AC.  We had to replace one at the old house, definately not fun.  I am hoping the one here will last a while. 

Sandi - I can't believe that Mike doesn't BBQ - isn't that illegal in Texas?  :)  Does he cook at all?  My Mike only does BBQ or breakfast.  We bbq a ton once the weather is warm enough. 

We had a busy and fun weekend.  The kids were off school on Friday, so I took a day of vacation and we went to the Children's Museum.  We hadn't been in years as when we went last, it wasn't very nice and was a bit expensive.  They have added a ton of stuff, so the kids enjoyed it.  However, it is really a two hour thing, so it is still a bit expensive.  Then since we were downtown, we went to the Lake to eat at a beach shack that just opened for the season, unfortunately, the wind was off the lake, so after lunch, the kids ate their ice creams in the car.  Brrrr.  Rainy day on Saturday, so we didn't do much, had some friends in for dinner and did some landscaping.  We had someone come in and create some shade gardens in the front of the house and ground out some shrubs, so we needed to add some plants.  Then over to a friends on Sunday as it was suppose to be hot and he had a pool.  The weather was nice, but definately not hot, but it was fun, the kids swam and played sports.  Then yesterday, we hit the zoo and it was way hot.  We had planned on doing some errands in the afternoon, but ended up just relaxing.  As such, I hardly did any reading.  I am reading the next Amelia Peabody book - Deeds of the Disturber.  However, both kids have dentist appointments tonight, so that should give me 30 to 45 minutes of solid reading.  Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

Cady