Independence Day

We had an exciting Independence Day vacation. I took off work Thursday, 7/3 and Monday, 7/7 for vacation. Let's see..... Thursday I did yard work, Friday I did yard work, Saturday I did yard work, Sunday we went to church and today, Monday, I'm washing the vehicles. I love a good vacation. Trimming shrubs, cutting grass, pressure washing the house, taking yard waste to the landfill... all exciting. Sorry, forgot to take pictures of our vacation. These vacations can save money on gym memberships.
Manchie and I are going to the bank today to take inventory of the safe deposit box. I have a couple of gold coins and we want to find out what they are worth, either as collector's items or as raw gold. After our visit with Joyce and Bill, Manchie has collected all our old gold jewelery: high school and college class rings, my gold chain (yeah, I had one back in the day), old watches that may have some gold, etc. She's trying to find the place that offers the best price per gram.
Tomorrow we go back to the real world of work in Charlotte.

Pics

New pictures of swim meet, the grands at camp and our time at the lake with Aunt Joyce and Uncle Bill.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14683446@N02/

Know where I stand

Jim Demint, Senator from South Carolina, sent out an email that contained a link to a website that I would like everyone to visit.

http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/default.aspx?guid=54ec6e43-75a8-445b-aa7b-346a1e096659

Guess Sarah and crowd are at the lake with Joyce & Bill this week. Bet they miss us and wish we were there with them so they could have some fun. Hope the weather holds out for them.

Hannah had a swim meet that started this past Friday night and finished up Sunday afternoon. Of course they let the swimmers go home for the nights, but they pretty much had to stick around most of the time. Manchie and I neither one got over there to see her swim. Manchie had gone to the neighborhood swim team meet Thursday night to watch Hannah, Katy, Knox and Macon swim. Don't think Silverleaf would have enough for a team without that crowd.

Griffin and his two keepers got home Saturday from a week at the beach. Griffin has been sick all week with what they found out was an ear infection in both ears and Jonathan had a cold all week. Great time at the beach...!! Manchie and I went by there to see them Saturday night after we left a wedding (not ours). Griffin wanted to kiss. Jonathan didn't. Ugh..!! Yuck..!! Sickness.