Memorial Day

This morning I shook off the cobwebs left over from Sunday night and decided to start my own blog. We went to the Memorial Day parade to watch Alex march with the scouts and then onto the park for the ceremony. Most of the scouts were in full dress uniform, marched with some organization and looked pretty good. I hate it when they are all raggedy looking and shuffle along playing grab-ass. If you're going to pretend to be a para-military organization you should at least try and act like one. The aroma of the chicken Bar-B-Q made it hard to concentrate on the gravity of the rememberances but we made it through and decided to support out local fire hall and take some chicken home for lunch.

After lunch, I crawled up into the attic, leaned out the window and knocked a few wasp nests out of the peak of the gable . I also vacuumed up mounds of cluster fly carci from the attic floor - I hate those things. After mowing (my part of) the lawn, I took a power nap and then it was off with Alex and Max for our first bike ride of the year. Even on my new, gel-filled bike seat it was a bit painful but good to be out again. I finished up my chores by changing over my winter clothes for my summer clothes while watching Monster Quest on the History Channel (although I have no idea what it has to do with history). As I write this, our saurcraut and pork chops is almost ready so I will, mercifully, end my first blog post.

If I can get this much done on a holiday, think how productive I will be on a regular day!