I’m not really feeling too much in the writing mood, so I’ll list some highlights of the weekend here:

• Cool, sunny 80° weather from Thursday to Sunday Sleeping in on Saturday (well, to 8:30 at least)
• Renting a chainsaw and taking the dead cherry tree out of the backyard
• Another successful trip to the pool with Herself, which resulted in a longer foray to the deeper end and a cut on her pinky toe
• Shiner Ruby Redbird Summer Brew 
• A mutual thumbs-up from an Early Bronco on the way back from a beer run in the Scout
• Watching Finding Nemo outdoors in Ellicott City with our neighbors. For the final 1/2 of the movie, Finn sat in my lap and giggled her way through the funny parts
• My Father’s Day present: a blanket, umbrella, beach pail, some shells, a grape, and a rocking chair arranged on the floor of the living room: Finn made me “the Beach”
• The Farmer’s Market for lunch: Big Bad Wolf pulled pork sandwiches, $.50 ears of corn, and cheap beets
• Successfully resurrecting the basement server, which took a dirt nap on Friday
• Dinner: grilled lemon chicken, beets, coleslaw, steamed corn on the cob, and for dessert: sour cherry clafouti
• Waking up to a smiling Finn this morning, after joining her at 4AM to ward off further bad dreams