the 5th of July

What did you do on the 4th of July?

It's was a beautiful day, if you like hot. The temperature hit 90, warm enough to heat up the ice-cold mountain water in the wading pool.

The dog had a half an hour in the wading pool, with water up to his chest. He found out that when he walked across the pool he would get a treat. He ate a lot of treats yesterday.

Under the "My Husband Can Do Anything" category, mine worked on building the garden shed. The kit comes with cedar shingles in strips, which makes shingling infinitely faster. It looks charming nestled in the woods. His dad, who was a master carpenter, would be proud of him.

A lot of time has been spent playing the "Ghostbusters" game for Wii, and using WiiFit.

Last evening we watched "1776" on TCM, even though we have it on DVD. But DVD doesn't have Robert Osbourne. Watching it reminds us that, in politics, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

In explicably the headline all day on Huffington Post was Sarah Palin's resignation announcement. Wouldn't she be the headliner on FOX News instead?

My favorite quote of the day was a tweet from Robb Corddry: "I'm working today. Guess who else worked on the 4th of July? The Founding Fathers!"

Meanwhile, the White House held a picnic for members of the military and their family that finished with the fireworks over The Mall, and all of it was livestreamed on the White House website.

On the 4th we celebrate our independence, and remind ourselves of what a miracle our free society is. Then on the 5th we go back to living our lives, thankfully without the pop, boom and crack of fireworks. But there lingers a spirit of cameraderie, as people rememisce about how they spent their day.

Happy 5th of July, everybody.