Highlight of your day?

Having a chat with my hubby and kids while they are camping. On the other end of that, I was shopping ALONE. Hee hee

Hearing that my DD finally got a job! It is the perfect job for her and she is pretty excited. Now I can help her find her first place and she can move out!!

My best friend rescued a tiny puppy from the side of the road a couple of days ago - it needs to be bottle fed every couple of hours, so she brought it with her today. Our girl cat fell in love and has spent the whole day snuggling with the puppy, grooming it, and supervising the bottle feedings. They are piled up in her kitty basket sound asleep despite the noise of the fireworks. There may be a puppy adoption in our future.

A phone call from my daughter! She is away dancing for 8 weeks. This is the second phone call in 2 weeks. Some days, I get a few texts or IMs, but nothing on other days, so this was nice.

Most of DH's family came over for lunch and swimming, and my 15 yo DD called from Germany to chat with everyone. It was a good day!

I spent 13 hours of my day at work caring for a great group of orthopedic patients. Despite broken bones and scheduled surgeries today, my patients were positive, comfortable, and a joy to be with while away from loved ones on this special day. The icing on the cake was coming home to my family and spending some time outside enjoying sparklers, pop-its, and the neighborhood fireworks despite the muggy weather (our city fireworks show was cancelled due to severe rainstorms).

For my run today, I put on my patriotic running skirt (stars and stripes), red,white and blue knee high compression socks, and a navy blue running t-shirt. I run 4 miles through my neighborhood, and I had more people cheering me on today than any time outside of a race. People cheering out of car windows or from their yards. It was a blast! I bought the skirt to wear in Marine Corps Marathon sponsored races, but I got my money's worth today alone.

That was the highlight, but it was followed closely by dinner with my family - grilled rib eyes, homemade macaroni and potato salads, and corn on the cob. YUM!

Watching numerous showings of Independence Day on Encore! :-)

I sprained my ankle almost two weeks ago and it's still a little swollen and sore, so I passed on festivities today to stay off of it.

Watching the chickens. I had a horrible gallbladder flare up last night and was in bed all day. I went outside to watch dh feed them just to get some air and he got me a chair to sit next to them for a bit. They crack me up.

oh please post a pic!!

My dad and db came over today and hung two long floating shelves above my couch. I found the Pottery Barn shelves, NIB, for $20 years ago at a thrift store. (just looked and PB still carries them - 4' espresso crown molding shelves) They were never used in my old home and came with me to my condo. It took almost three years to decide where I wanted them and have screws drilled into the walls, but they look great. I'm thankful they offered to help, because it became a four person job. Now to frame some photos and gather some favorite things to put on them.

DS17 came to the grocery store with me today.  It doesn't sound like much, but he hates grocery shopping.  I know he did it just to be nice since I've been in a bit of a funk because my exH (the deadbeat) got married yesterday in a huge extravaganza while I'm working my butt off to raise our kids.  Sometimes teenagers can be completely self absorbed so DS's offer to come with me just made me grin.

I have a garden that has been a work in progress for the past 10 years. About 8 years ago, I planted 4 beds of perrenial herbs with the intent of never having to buy the spices again. The plan was to grow, to harvest, to dry, and to cook the herbs in the garden, but i never did. For 8 years I've been saying i need to go pick some of the herbs to dry, but i never did.

Until this year.

This spring we fenced the garden, laid down a weed barrier and mulch, and filled the remaining beds. As soon as the plants put on the appropriate growth, i havested, cleaned, and dried enough of each to not only last me a lifetime, but to also share with family and friends.

Today I grilled out for my family, something we haven't done on the 4th in years. One of the dishes I made was grilled yellow zucchini basted with olive oil, Oregano, Rosemary, Balsamic Vinegar, salt and pepper. I grew and dried the Oregano and Rosemary, and I planted and grew the squash. I felt so happy, so accomplished, to have finally completed something I had wanted and planned to do for years.

It was a very good day.

Marcy