Diary of a Much Needed Vacation - Day Eight

I had to get up early today to get my car out to the dealers for a courtesy visit......boo!  and I discovered that I left my favorite to-go coffee mug at Dianne's yesterday, so since I was going to be out that way anyway, I killed too birds with one stone.....got my car serviced and picked up my mug.

I also had to stop at Hobby Lobby for adhesive.  You certainly can't scrapbook without something to put pictures on paper with.....

I did a tiny bit of weeding today and harvested some more squash and grape tomatoes from our garden.  I have to keep everything watered in this kind of weather.  The Rose of Sharon that I planted in honor of my mom has already bloomed, I usually don't see it bloom until August.  It really is quite beautiful until a strong thunderstorm comes in and blows the blossoms to pieces.  :(

I love that my newly planted day lily is doing so well....it's had at least 4-5 flowers on it already......I love the color...

Spent the rest of the day catching up on some DVRed shows I wanted to watch and dusting the main floor of the house.....black furniture and black surfaces = big time dust.
 
The other day I stopped at a farm stand and bought some Iowa grown tomatoes (our heirlooms won't be ready to harvest until late August) and they were wonderful!  We had BLT's for dinner with some excellent homemade macaroni and cheese.

A couple months ago, my sister and her family moved to a house that is very close to two different venues that do amazing fireworks displays, so we went over to their house after dark to have an up close and personal fireworks display......the local horse track and casino did theirs Tuesday night and the local amusement park is doing theirs on the 4th.  My sister live close to both of them.

Stayed up way too late putting the finishing touches on one of the mini albums I made last weekend.....it's really cute......summer inspired......I'll share later!