Memorial Day Weekend

How is every one's Memorial Day weekend? Did anyone do anything fun? I find it interesting that the blogs i read in South Africa would call this a 'holiday weekend'. Of course this is a holiday but I often refer to it as Memorial Day weekend, or 4th of July weekend, etc. Take for instance all the ads in the paper advertising 'Memorial Day Savings' in SA would the ads say 'Holiday Savings'? They would say 'we have a 3 day holiday', or we're going on a trip for the holiday. I'm not sure if their holidays have names!? Mel can you tell us more??

Yesterday DH and I had a divine day! My husbands cousins DAUGHTER (catch that all) is home on break b/w college classes. I called her up and asked if she'd come babysit! (i will just refer to her as my niece Em, b/c she refers to me as her Aunt) She had left me a message Friday night that she was home till the first of June. She is going to Wisconsin for 6 weeks to take college classes and THEN she's on her way to Budapest! She needs to buy her airline tickets so i traded computer time for babysitting! It worked out perfect.

We went to the city and did all sorts of errands. That included looking at new vans. We need to do something b/c our van needs new tires and it's just getting old. I REALLY want dual sliding doors. Our van has the two doors just that only one is automatic. We really like the Toyota Sienna and the Honda Odyssey but they cost so much, even used. I do NOT want to buy brand new b/c they loose so much value the minute you drive them off the lot. I think that is one of the biggest mistakes people make is buying new. Note I said i do not WANT to buy new. I started typing 'I will NEVER' but thought just about that time i type that I'll do a post saying we got a new van. LOL!! At any rate I'm strongly against it and hoping we can find a good used van.

After church today, which by the way went VERY well C'man sat with papa and we had Miss A, we brought in one of the kittens, the orange one. Well that didn't fly with Miss A so i had to go get another one. Look what these kittens put up with! Look how Mr C'man is shoving that kitten in his play microwave, or them loading it up in the Gator to take for a ride!! Cracks me up b/c the kittens just take it. The little shits have sharp claws tho and got miss A a couple of times. She'd say 'owieeeeee'

This evening and friends are coming over and will grill out. We wanted to go to a park but it is so humid out it would just be miserable. I'm wondering what kind of storms will get tonight. It feels like tornado weather!

Enjoy the rest of your Memorial Day weekend, the kick off to SUMMER!! YEAH!!