Despite the fact that a little behind has always been one of my goals...

I'm a week out right now. So, quickie update. Still knitting the cotton string bag... and the Dale Sweater. That Svale yarn is so lovely, and the green is so pleasant. Our SnB was small last night, just Valerie, Erin, Steph, Barb, and me. Sometimes there are up to 20 of us. For any of my non-SnB friends who read this, stop by the Jitterbug Coffee Hop on 7th east and 1855 South one of these days. Bruce is a total sweetheart and the chicken sandwiches are wicked good. (Though next week I'm trying the California melt.)

I have an truly obscene number of books checked out right now... 20 to be exact, and that's just from the library where I work. I'm having a hard time getting into the books on tape I've been checking out. It's just hard to give them enough attention while driving. (Suggestions anyone?)

Thing is it's just so incredibly easy to pull any interesting books while I'm checking them in or covering them and just "take it home for the evening." Like I read. I watch the Simpsons, make some dinner, hopefully talk to a friend or two, catch up on blogs, and exercise on a good night. (Already I'm up too late.)

Anyway, my goal was the tell about my 4th of July weekend. I know that many found the Utah-specific splitting of the 4th of July this year to the two days around the 4th instead of on the day to be upsetting, but I rather enjoyed it, being that it meant two nights of fireworks for one holiday, and to me that's about as good as it gets. (I am such a fireworks girl.) Saturday night I just watched them from the back porch and enjoyed the Murray to Riverton panorama, and Monday night we went down to Thanksgiving Point and enjoyed the display there. That was actually great, the fireworks were quite low in the sky but we were just across the freeway so we still had a great view.

Oh, because someone asked, to leave me a comment on my blog you can click on the link at the bottom of each post that says how many comments I have and that will take you to a page where you'll have a link to do so.

An a side note, I'm desperately homesick for France. it wasn't so bad today until I made a baked apple and then I mentally flashed to the wonderful compotes (pureed fruits like applesauce) that I would eat there. And I don't have any new yarn from the Droguerie. I love my LYS's (local yarn shops), but there's nothing like buying yarn in Paris.