The bad news is no fireworks here. It rained a ton and I accidently left the window down on the van, so it is soaked. I’m not driving it tonight. Also, the ground is soaked and we’d have to stay standing the whole time. I know my kids would complain about that. I refuse to let them take their lawn chairs since I’d end up carrying 3 or 4 of them and my shoulder that I had surgery on last year has been bothering me a little yesterday and today. I think I carried Noelle a bit too long on Saturday.
The good thing is that we have sparklers. We did a few last night and will try to do some more tomorrow. That helps the kids overcome the disappointment of no big fireworks.
As for the rain… WOW! It was a horrible storm. Many trees were knocked down all over the town. After it was over (it only lasted about half an hour), I took a walk around our tiny village to see if I could find where the power outage originated. It was really neat. Neighbors were helping each other cut the downed branches. Families were out playing, grilling, or just taking a walk together. A bunch of people had met at the one open gas station to chat. The two nice older owners were doing business, except gas, with the wife figuring out everyone’s purchases in her head. She was really quick at it. I found the downed line being worked on. It was the main line into town and had a huge branch over it. It took them about 4 hours to get power back on. In the meantime, we got out “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl and started reading it. We bought it this weekend especially for a nice family time and this seemed like a good time to begin.