It is def movie weather here. Mac and I are planning on going on thursday. I think I have convinced him that we need to skip avatar:airbender, so we'll probably try for despicable me or karate kid, I'm not sure what opens when.

Dylan's first fireworks was a HUGE success! We decided the Ellipse would provide the best combination of crowd-avoision and fireworks viewing, and it turned out to be just perfect. It was hot, but not humid, so after the sun went down the temperature was great.

Dylan was getting *really* antsy from being up so late past his bedtime and having not much to do, but as soon as the fireworks actually started, he was entranced. He was laughing and shouting for the whole show and had great fun shouting "BOOM!" every time one went off. It was awesome.

awesome. I love fireworks, but mac tends to not like loud noises, so we have yet to try being close.

We have retrieved his friend for the playdate and now I need to recover again from the heat. I still need to find building staff to get the moving stuff up in the elevator. They all seem to be hiding when I go downstairs to find them.

I hope everyone had a happy 4th. Ours was busy, hence the lack of posting on my part. Went to Del Mar. House sitting family for the win!

Today I think will involve the county fair. yay?

Kids are being ornery so I should go soon.

Oh goodness- I was just re-watching Dr. Horrible-- and his name is BILLY! I never noticed. Joss needs a William intervention.

Trudy and I once made-up a Buffy-verse/Doctor Who cross-over Marty Stu. His name was William Smith-Jones. William for Joss's favorite, and Smith-Jones for the 2 most common Who-verse surnames.

The end of the world is nigh, my brother has joined Facebook. Maybe now I won't have to learn everything from my sister-in-law.

Also, this vertigo is kicking my ass. I hate contemplating whether I will regret attempting to go to the grocery store.

The Armoire IS GONE!!! WHEW! That is a load off. Also I just got busy putting lunch together, making a dent in the food today:

finished the frozen chicken fingers, one bag of frozen fries, jar of pasta sauce, dried oregano, lemonade mix.

used up more of dried basil, lasagna noodles, and some perishables.

boys had chips and crackers for snack making a dent in each of those.

I think I will have salad for lunch since the veggies will go bad soon, but will also use up sunflower seeds and maybe finish off one bottle of salad dressing.

msbelle,

Is your kitchen some sort of Mary Poppins bag or wizard tent? The quantity of food you seem to have stored is truly mind boggling. Of course, I would kill for that right now.

it's not, I swear. I had pantry stuff in a bottom 2-door cabinet and then the pink fridge. Spices all on a shelf above the sink. I just had a lot in there. In the cabinets I had those coated metal extra shelves that give you double the stacking space. So under one of those would fit maybe 8-10 cans of soup and that only filled up half the depth of the cabinet.