Fireworks on a Friday

Fourth of July weekend. Already!?! It seems hard to believe that 2014 is halfway over. It’s not that we feel that we haven’t done anything but that it has barely begun. Shantelle and Rick have been married over a year, our year is coming up….maybe because it took summer forever to get here, it feels like it should only be May, not July!

Summer finally did get here and the temps came with. We had 90 degree days for the weekend and despite the sun and sweat, I’ll take them. We started off the holiday weekend with a meal.

I took Matt to Humpback Sally’s, a local restaurant known for their cocktails and small plates/appetizer-like entrees. It was a really nice meal. They have a variety of things from caramel-bacon popcorn to rabbit ravioli to street tacos to tatertot hotdish to bruschetta, they have about 26 items on their menu and we tried half of them. We had a few favorites but I think we both can agree that we’ll probably have the bread pudding again! So good! We did manage to catch evidence of a “regular” in the check holder. Brought out a laugh!

On the Fourth, we relaxed a bit. Strolled around Art in the Park a bit, did some light shopping in town, Matt bought some fireworks to let off, met Jayme and his new corvette in town, and then finalized the night with fireworks at the capitol and our own private show too! Was a nice day. Was good to take it all in!

On the Fifth, we headed up to Wolf Creek to spend some time with Michele and Randy and slay some fish. What a nice day! It was hotter than heck but it was great to see the fishing in action. Matt held his own with three walleyes and a bigfat norwern…but Michele wasn’t going to let him win without a fight. She didn’t waste any time before she caught a bass! All in all they cleaned quite a few fish that day. I didn’t ever manage to catch anything. Only Remynse not to reel a fish in. Good thing they still let me enjoy the catch!

Sunday was the hardest working day of the weekend. Matt helped with the progression of the garage. This past week, windows came in, big doors came in, and the roof was put on. Add to Sunday’s work of putting all the electrical in…it’s really coming along. Nothing has been parked in there yet…but there was some math done for calculating the apron last night.



We also enjoyed the kitties that were born on the farm. They are a pretty cute little batch. Five total, 2 boys, three girls. Three white-ish, one orange, and one that looked surprisingly similar to another cat that I know. I've decided if she continues to make it, she will be called Nike Jr or Adidas. They are pretty cute and I hope they stay tame.
Had to laugh at their attempt at hissing and or spitting. Hard to take them too serious with their little mews.

 Best meal...so hard. We had Humpback Sally's, which was great. We had pork chops with asparagus, and bacon wrapped peppers. We had fried fresh fish with salad and spinach dip. AND we had salmon, halibut, potatoes, with broccolette. I don't think I had a bad meal the ENTIRE weekend.

ALR: You have a budget of $100 for fireworks and don't get any of those silly Boom ones that just make noise.
After shopping, they walk to the till. The register begins to empty the basket, ringing it up.
ALR: AHHHHHHH, I said you can't get any of those!
MJR: (Sheepish grin)

Cash register girl: Your total is $101.92
ALR: If you wouldn't have gotten those, you would have been within your budget.
MJR: (shrugs shoulders - grin)

Later that night...
MJR lights off first firework it goes above the garage and you hear a boom, like something fell on the roof.
DMM: YOU DENTED MY NEW ROOF.
Age of roof: approximately 8 hours.