Excuse me but have you seen my lawn chair?

It may well be laying in your backyard.

We had an absolutely torrential storm last night. Rain so thick you could have cut it with a knife and as an extra bonus, it was raining sideways. It was one of few times I was actually concerned about damage to the house or yard but looks like the worst thing that happened was a very large limb coming down off one of the big black walnuts. Of course it chose to land right on top of the viburnum I planted three days ago but it could have been much worse. I talked to Kev on the phone a little bit ago and he was showing the boys how to use a hand saw and pruners. On the upside, it brought a lovely cool spell through so the temp is hanging around in the high 70s and it's supposed to be _gorgeous_ for the 4th.

We haven't decided what to do for the 4th yet. The boys are at that odd age where they're old enough they want bigger entertainment but they're still young enough they get bored pretty quickly. Kevin took them up yesterday to buy fireworks and returned with two huge bags of various things that go boom. We may just go picnic at the park and then do fireworks at home.