Full Agenda

Another busy day. But this one got started a little late. We were supposed to have the car in for an oil change at 8. But when I heard hubby get out of bed, the clock said 8:07. Whoops. Somebody's alarm didn't go off. Oh well, that wasn't the worst thing to happen...

After the oil change, he picked up the brats and burgers we'd ordered. Then somewhere in town, he ran over something sharp and popped a hole in the tire. He was able to get home and I encouraged him to drive it over to the garage where we got the oil changed. If they're not busy, let them do it. We don't have time for this.


I had running around to do, too, buying the things that had to wait until today. Then Carter and I stopped at his sitter's to give her a thank-you gift and then the neighbor down the road to pick up a big ol' coffee pot.


The big item on our "to do" list today was getting the tent erected in the front yard...

Sounds like a joke, but how many guys does it take to put up a 20-by-40 tent? The guy at the rental place said 2 guys should be enough. We had 6. And that worked.

Ta-Da! We realize the colors aren't ideal (it was all they had left) but it should serve its purpose of offering shade and/or a dry place to sit. Let's hope it's shade we need!

Our first guests arrived! My sister Romey and husband Rick got into town this afternoon. We took her out to eat for her birthday and then went to the races.

I told our nephew Colin the other night that he better win for my sister's birthday. At least he was the fast qualifier and got to hoist the flag during the opening ceremonies and Star Spangled Banner. His heat race and feature didn't go as well as we'd hoped. He sort of got boxed in behind some slow cars, with no opportunity for passing. Considering this was his first loss in 3 weeks, he was in good spirits in the Pits afterwards.

Romey and Rick were excited to meet Colin and frankly were impressed that a 15-year-old is driving such a fast car -- not to mention giving autographs. We didn't hang around too long afterwards because it started to rain and Romey and I started melting...

And the winner of the "You might be a redneck if..." award... Father and son matching hairdos! Romey did not opt for such a wild hair 'do for her birthday but was thrilled to get another tattoo... a nice number 87 with Colin Reffner's name.

You're never too old to start having fun!