Holiday Weekend

Usually we spend the Independence Day holiday up in Stockholm, Maine but with our trip out west scheduled for departure later this week we've forgone the extra trip for time around the house. So no 4th of July parade pictures this year. We've been working out final preparations and keeping the yard work up. By the time we return I expect the weeds to have taken over the lawn and the cat to be selling catnip out of the garage to support her lifestyle. The dogs get to spend the time in the kennel, hopefully they won't be terribly traumatized by the experience, may be hard to tell. Tomorrow is the workday holiday but I'll go in to the office to save using a day off from my accrued vacation time. Since we didn't go away for the holiday I really don't need a day off, better spent on the vacation itself. Today Carol and I spoke over the phone with her brother Greg and his wife, Bev, about the trip that we'll be spending the time with so we were able to get a little coordination done. Now it's a matter of catching up with each other at the condo we'll be sharing with them, their son Jonny and Ian.