A Year Without "Made in China"

I was reading a message board this morning and saw a thread about this subject. The title of my post is the title of a book by Sara Bongiorni and here is the link to it on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Year-Without-Made-China-Adventure/dp/0470116137/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7575417-0607239?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188225682&sr=1-1

The author is going through all the Christmas toys and it dawns on her how much stuff is made in China. So she decides that they will not buy anything "Made in China" for a year. All of this was done and the book published before the pet food, toothpaste and toy recalls that took place this year. I can't wait to get my hands on this book and I think this will be my New Year's Resolution.

Are you in on this with me?

Almost 9 Inches!

I'm talking about rain, Duh! :D

All last week we received almost 9 inches of rain, unbelievable! 4.5 of that came last Monday and different areas around us got dumped on different days. I think most of you read about the severe flooding in Findlay and Ottawa. Matt has a co-worker from Ottawa and he has said it is pretty bad there. Hopefully it will dry off soon, but with all the standing water, I'm sure the non-existent mosquitoes will be arriving soon.

Already 1/3 of August is over...

hard to believe. In 2 1/2 weeks school will start again. Once again the summer has flown by. Below is what we worked onlast weekend. Still have to put the fan and the raised floor in, but the biggest part is done! The first photo is Thursday night (Aug. 2). We put 2 rings on that night.

The next 3 pics were taken Friday Aug. 3. We put 6 rings and the door on in 8 hours, and we sure felt it the next day. Sad to think that we have to invest in some Ben-Gay now that we are older, LOL!

This was taken Saturday morning (Aug. 4). We started around 9am and finished around noon.