This has been a trying week. But, it could have been worse, so won't complain...too much!

We had a gullywasher Saturday. For those of you who haven't heard that term before, that means it rained so hard that the runoff created a river. In other words, torrential rain. And, when I walked into the kitchen to do something, I heard dripping where I shouldn't hear dripping! So, it appears that we have sprung yet another leak in the roof. We're going to have to break down and put another new roof on. We both hate to spend the money, but it would cost more in the long run if we don't do it.

Most of the neighborhood enjoyed the 4th. The firecrackers started in the morning and lasted until well after midnight. There was so much smoke hanging around that you couldn't breathe if you went out. We found lots of bottle rocket debris in our front yard and driveway. The festivities continued most of the week...until all of the firework stands sold out.

We came out of church Sunday and had a window broken in the car. I think it was just a rock kicked up by a passing car. It didn't break completely through, and we wouldn't have even noticed it if I hadn't looked through the car as I was walking up to it. So, $300 later we have a new rear quarter panel window. Of course, since we had to keep at least 1 window cracked for 24 hours, it rained. But, I put towels down over the seat and over the window. It was a good thing I did. The carpet got a little wet, even through 2 towels, but it could have been much worse.

Our daughter-in-law's father was put in the hospital with congestive heart failure, so they were here from Wednesday until yesterday. We took them out to eat Wednesday night and they had to go home (they live 45 minutes away) to pick up Ryan's dad's dog. They were dogsitting for him as they were out of town. So, by default, we were dogsitting until late yesterday afternoon. She's a good little dog, a long haired weinie dog. I think she may have a little terrier mixed in. She let all the neighbors know that there was a new dog in town, and they better think twice about coming into the yard. She also chased all the cars away! They went home yesterday so that Ryan could work last night. Buddy was not too happy that someone else was in "his" house and played with his toys!

Bill had leg cramps again a couple of nights this week. I'm going to have to pay closer attention to his fluids and make sure he drinks more.

We leave Wednesday for Georgia for 2 weddings, a granddaughter on Thursday and then her father on Saturday. Bill really doesn't want to go, but John really wants him there so we are going. They are going to be really informal events and we'll probably spend most of our time at our hotel instead of visiting.

That's about it, lots of things going on, but nothing very earth shattering, just life. Have a good week. There may not be a post until late Sunday or Monday. I haven't decided if I am taking the laptop or not. So, don't worry if there's nothing Saturday. I'll get you caught up at some point.