Memorial Day... Red, White, and Blues...

So we finally had a day off!

Much needed sleep happened almost all day today!  It was wonderful to not wake up and  remember I have to work EVERY day.  Today even the courthouse was closed.  I think the Recorder's Office ladies just wanted to actually have their BBQ.  They have all been talking about different things they are doing for the day.  I am pretty sure the boss man, and everyone living down at Shadow Lake ate pretty good this weekend.  They were saying something in the office about cooking some more chicken when we left work yesterday, and probably some steaks tonight if we wanted to drop in.

We did nothing.  It was so nice! Woke up at 2:30 PM, and decided we should have some Breakfast.  So I made the girls, and myself, some Amish Scrambled Eggs, Croissants, Bacon, Fried Ham, and some melted Cheese atop their Ham.  Then later on in the afternoon I made a Cake with some Chocolate Icing. Then when the Hamburger meat had finally thawed we ate some Hamburgers made from meat that was butchered by our landlords. Laura cooked on the grill outside on the patio for the first time.  Well we had already cooked steaks, but that was much more collaborative than tonight.  She made them a special way, and still second guessed them after they were done.  We have never cooked with such fresh meat that we were just a little nervous.

Laura has been talking more and more about the "Ohio Blues".  I don't know if have them, but I do know that I miss home with a fierceness.  I don;t even really know if it has sunk in yet that I am so far from Texas. I got to see Brandon, Lillian, and Jaxon at the annual "Pool Memorial Day Pool Party" on a Skype call.  They looked like they were having so much fun!  I am jealous that I don't get to spend this time with them, though on a second thought I was thinking that the kids having to deal with this much work would just bore them anyway.  It's good that they have this time to play while I set things up here.  If nothing else putting food on the table is as good of an excuse as I need.

It was a wonderfully lazy day!  We watched the rest of an Amish show today, all about Rumspringa.  It was pretty cool to see the differences in what they think. I have such a respect for their way of life.  Even though I enjoy the way I live with modern technology, they live outside the box without it. I do love hearing their horse drawn carriages going down the street. It reminds me of those old pioneer days when that is what they had to live with.

Tomorrow will be painful having to return to work.  We hear on Facebook all about how people have enjoyed a three day weekend when all we have had is one day off.  Sad for us, but we enjoyed the little taste of not having to work. I am tired now and hope I will be more entertaining later.

For now we just sleep!