Miscellaneous Monday
A few random thoughts floating around the old brain this morning...
The next person who hears me say "nah, I don't need sunscreen yet" on a really sunny day has my permission to hit me. Was out on a friend's boat yesterday afternoon and as you might imagine based on me mentioning it, I'm a bit pink/red today. Ouch. This is compounded by my arms/back being sore from hanging on for dear life to the inner tube's handles as I was being flung around the lake - which, despite it sounding like I didn't enjoy it, is incredibly fun. They were telling me that wakeboarding is even better but my arms were too sore to give it a go yesterday... Have to save something for next time, eh? ;-)
The dishwasher is scheduled to be reconnected on Friday. This may actually be the highlight of August for me. There's a couple questions we aren't sure of - like will he have the end-panel for the cabinet above the microwave, but all-in-all the dishwasher is by far the most important thing to finally get done... I'll declare the kitchen finished at that point even if a couple of other fit-n-finish things remain!
The Eastlake Shake was this past weekend. It's basically like a neighborhood party thing - there's a few (in the most literal sense of the words "a few") booths, a couple places doing food, a beer garden, and some live bands. And the coolest part? A kickball tournament amongst area businesses that culminates during the shake. The first year we went Clodagh was making fun of how small it was. I just figured that it *was* the first annual shake and that was why. Now that this was the third annual shake, it's pretty clear that it's not going to grow much, if any. I'm not sure that it needs to though - the current size is pretty representative of the neighborhood. If it grew a lot, it would need big crowds coming in from across the city to sustain it. Not to mention that I have no idea where they would put it...