An old-fashioned barn raising.....

Okay, so it isn't really a barn, it's a storage shed.....Remember back in the olden days whenever someone needed a new barn the family came over to help? Well, that's what we had yesterday. Our storage shed was severely damaged by the hail storm last Spring and we have just now got around to replacing it. Paul's parents and grandparents came over yesterday to help us build a new shed. We worked from early morning until dusk in the Texas heat. Are we crazy or what??? Surely I sweated off a couple of pounds. :)


Here's Paul posing next to our new storage shed. The very first thing to go in it was his 4-wheeler!!! Gotta love how a man's mind works.


At work this week one of my co-workers asked me if we had plans for the weekend. I told her we were building a shed and she replied "That sounds so country!" Well Connie, we are what we are. Thank you Cliff, Sandra, Grammy and Daddy Sonny for sweating and working your little tushes off to help us. We really appreciate it.


On Thurday (before the big building day on Friday) Paul and I treated ourselves to massages. There is a new massage therapist at my hair salon and she has awesome prices so we decided to give her a try. We each had an hour long deep tissue massage. It was HEAVEN!!!! Afterwards when we were relaxed and feeling good she explained she had a frequent customer card, every 6 massage is free. Believe me, we will be taking advantage of that!!!!

Today we finished up the last few things on the shed and then visited Firework World. Big Mistake!!! Firework World is this big warehouse with every type of firework you can imagine. We should have know we were in trouble when we were greeted at the door with a shopping cart!!! We did a little damage with the ole checkbook but we will have an awesome show!!! Paul and I are hosting our annual "Around the 4th" cook-out, swim party, and firework show next Friday. Most of our friends are either in retail or healthcare so getting off on the actual holiday is a rarity. We have done this the last several years and it is always alot of fun. Since we live outside of town we can set off our own fireworks and the kids always enjoy doing their own sparklers.

Later this afternoon my mom and I floated around the pool (it's getting to be a Saturday ritual). Laundry and housework await me tonight and then tomorrow it's back to work.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Independence Day!!!!