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Well, the weather has been uncooperative for camping this summer... sunny and warm all week and rainy and cool every weekend. And since we have so many home improvement projects on the go, we opted to stay home this weekend. That doesn't mean we didn't appreciate the fact that it was, indeed, the weekend. We ordered pizza with friends, drank some beer and in between rain showers, played bocce in the park. I am so thankful we didn't rent a movie because Saturday night was Road Block Sobriety Checkpoint Night. Right out front of my house.

You must remember how much I love Roadblock Night.

Is it wrong of me? Maybe.

Do I care? Nope.

Not a bit. It's better than cable.

(This is not my photo, but the photo information was unavailable...so whoever took this, if you find your picture here on my site, thank you. I tried to give you credit but your page seems to have "expired.")

Sunday night, Michael and I piled pillows and blankets into the car and headed up to "the Wastelands," a spot up out of town a bit where the dirtbike riders like to go race around. No city lights, no traffic, nobody around but two other cars of stargazers. We stretched out on the cold ground, listened to one very talkative owl, and watched the Perseids meteor showers. It was chilly, the dog was anxious and we were giddy and giggley. I am sure I saw a UFO. It was a very fun time.

Now it's Tuesday, the shopping for the week is done, laundry is washing while we speak. The walk-in closet is replastered, the baseboard and trim scraped and refinished, the new brick patio in the backyard is laid.

Tomorrow, I guess, I can start stripping the baseboards and trim in the bedroom once I can put everything back into the closet!