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Hi all,

Just a quick long weekend in review!

I had a lot of intense data entry work Monday-Wednesday at work, so I took off an extra day on Thursday to give myself an extra long weekend. I spent Wednesday night and all day Thursday and Friday at my in-laws' house, hanging out with the visiting Arizona family. My nephews are so cute, but are soooo difficult to keep up with! They went swimming three times a day! On Thursday, a family who have been friends with Ric's family for many years came to visit while on their vacation. We spent the evening talking and watching the kids play in the pool.

The 4th was an interesting day. I went with Angie and nephew Jack to the park, and befriended a stray dog. Since he didn't run away from me, I picked him up and took him to my parents' house. He's staying in the back yard while I put up posters around the area and post online. In the evening, the fireworks being set off on the in-laws' street were incredible. I don't think I need to go see actual shows anymore, since they've got the real deal in the neighborhoods now.

Saturday I slept in and then went on a useless drive, trying to return an audio book in a slot that was too small for it, and going to a library that wasn't open. Then I went with Ric to Lowe's to buy supplies for our continued work on the bathroom. We stopped by my folks' place to get photos of the stray:

In the evening we went with my sister to see Hancock, but the lines were long, so we ended up choosing Wanted instead. Review to come soon!

Sunday we didn't go to church, but we listened to Johnny Cash reading Mark on CD while working in the bathroom. I worked on resurfacing some of the patchwork areas on the walls, and Ric got started with painting one wall. We went out to eat at the Elephant Bar, ran some errands at Walmart and Target, and came home to watch Arrested Development and The Soup. One more AD show to go, and we'll be done with the series again. Our next DVD viewing will be Frisky Dingo (Adult Swim).

Up this week: grocery shopping, advertising a found dog, maybe Speed Racer at the cheap theater, maybe American Graffiti on the Fox, and maybe some work on the condo if there's time.