Day 71 (or so)

Somebody stole my Obama bumper sticker.

It might have been at the uber-Republican 4th of July Parade that we went to in Ralston. (Small town just south of Omaha.) Of course, the republican candidate for senate had plenty of supporters out trying to replace my bumper sticker with a "Johanns" sticker for my kids. "Just say no thank you." It was certainly a long way from the Evanston Parade.

Omaha does love fireworks though. There were more firework displays over the weekend than I've ever seen anywhere. On the 3rd, we could see them to the west from our deck. On the 4th we could see two other displays besides the one we were actually watching. And on the drive home there were fireworks all over the horizon.

By Sunday, the fireworks had stopped, so we went to the firecracker of a store - Nebraska Furniture Mart. Enormous would be an understatement. Though it didn't quite have the bells and whistles of Abt (no big bubble maker or free cookies).

Grandma is finishing up her visit here and will be leaving on Wednesday. She still seems interested in moving here and is planning on coming again for Thanksgiving to give the cold weather a try.

No cold weather today, 94 degrees. Now I have two reasons to sweat.

Smelling like Teen Spirit,

Kelly