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Labor Day Weekend is upon us. The local news stations all have lots of information about the big Harley Davidson celebration. Jenelle has to work on Saturday to help cover it, which is a bit of a bummer, since one of Jenelle’s friends is coming to visit.

I’d usually be a bit more excited about having an extra day off of work, but it hasn’t set in yet — perhaps I’ll be more jubilant about it when I don’t have to wake up early on Monday. 🙂

I’ve added a “Fun” section to the links listing on the right. The first link might be unfamilar to you — it’s a site with cartoons and other neat stuff. I’ve been spending a decent amount of time browsing it lately.

Party on!

We’re slowly but surely adjusting to Jenelle’s new work schedule. The most important thing is that she really enjoys what she does, and I know that she does a great jorb at Fox 6.

We’re finding that we have to a bit more disciplined in keeping the place clean now that we’re both working full-time. I’m sure that the place will be spic-and-span by the time Jenelle’s friend Amanda and her boyfriend Dave come to visit this weekend.

Finally, I’m adding a fourth walk to the three that I’m already doing. I’m in the process of updating the web page. You blog readers will be the first to know once it’s ready.

I’m leaving for work at my usual time tomorrow (around 7:15 a.m.), and yet I’m not the first to leave! That seems so strange to me. I better get used to it!

Jenelle and I usually shop at Jewel, but we sometimes go to Wal*Mart because their selection of frozen pizza is much better. So, we went there tonight. What surprised me is the number of food items now available in unnatural colors. We’re used to green ketchup by now, but how about green syrup? I’m talking the color of Ecto Cooler. We also saw pringles in a whole bunch of different colors — orange, red, blue… weird. Jenelle says, “All that artificial color can’t be good for you.”

This weekend should be a nice combination of relaxation and partying. My cousin Laura will be coming in tomorrow evening, so we’ll be going out to dinner with her, my cousin Todd, and perhaps some other people.

Somebody deserves a mention because she turns 21 on the 21st. Happy birthday, Gina!

I have received six messages of encouragement from the Three Walks page. I’m very thankful for those!

You’ll notice that the weather is no longer functioning properly. There’s supposed to be an image that displays the forecast for the next five days. It was showing up blank. Apparently, my mom clicked on it and a pop-up ad for a “free trip” came up. This is NOT the kind of thing I want family and friends to deal with, so I’m making it out of order until I can find a weather sticker that works.

Finally, there’s some exciting news on the horizon. I can’t give you more specifics for another day or so, but I assure you that it is something that Jenelle and I are very happy about. Sorry, it has nothing to do with babies. Stay tuned to the blog! 🙂

Tomorrow is my parents’ 30th anniversary as well as Andrew & Holly’s 2nd anniversary. Congrats to you both!

This weekend was a lot calmer than previous weekends. I spent most of Saturday hanging around and catching up a few house-related things, specifically cleaning up the guest room. We have guests coming at the end of August, so I’m planning to have the room much more organized by then.

Today, I cleaned up the music area at church, which had papers distributed all over the place. I now have all of the contemporary music neatly organized and alphabetized in one binder. If we ever have a guest musician, things will be easy to find for sure!

Finally, Jenelle and I just got back from Grandma & Grandpa’s condo, where we had pizza to celebrate my parents’ anniversary. That was a great time — I even had the chance to help Grandma with some computer things, which I really enjoy doing.

That’s about all for now — before I close up this entry, check out a picture of my parents and me that sometimes appears on the SCJ intranet site. SC Johnson is truly a family company!