"...Sniff..."

Well, I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I actually needed a kleenex. I'm sad the series is finished, but it all ended very satisfyingly and neatly. No complaints here!

Next up for my summer of fun reading...the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Rediscovering an old favorite

I recently encountered a TV channel in my area that shows reruns of the sitcom Designing Women. I forgot how much I love this show!

There's No Place Like Home

"To us, our house was not unsentient matter - it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with, and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction. We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up and speak out its eloquent welcome - and we could not enter it unmoved."
Mark Twain, 1896

Congratulations, Carla and Brian, on your first house! May it be a truly happy home!

HP-Day

In case you didn't notice, the ticker on my page is now down to hours, not days!!!!!!! That's right! Tonight at midnight the new and final installment in the Harry Potter series will be released. I'm so excited!

Kudos to Amazon.com. I pre-ordered my copy months ago and selected the Super-Saver Shipping option (I'm such a cheapskate when it comes to shipping). They've been hassling me for days to upgrade my shipping, so I would have it on the release date, which is July 21. However, I got an e-mail last night that it had been shipped, on the 19th. Who knows maybe I'll have it sooner than I thought.

Happy reading!

Pickin' and Grinnin'

This past Saturday I went to one of the biggest events of the year in Murfreesboro...Uncle Dave Macon Days. Uncle Dave Macon lived outside Murfreesboro in the community of Kittrell.

From Wikipedia:
Every July the town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee celebrates Uncle Dave Macon Days. This celebration hosts the national competitions for old time clogging, buckdancing, fiddling, and old time singing. In 2007 they will be celebrating their 30th year of the festival. It was named in honor of Uncle Dave Macon and his work to keep old time music and dancing in front of the world.

Anyway, I like to go for the food and the booths of people selling things. I went with my family, including Grandaddy and Mom Glenda, Carla and Brian, and the Drokes. It was really fun (but hot), and here are some pictures.







Also, for all of AbiLyn's adoring fans, here is video of her in a bouncy-thing. I love that you can hear her giggle at the end even though the generator was really loud.

Bend it like who?

I think this is the first sports-related post in the history of Meddlesome Musings, but here goes!

In case you didn't know, David Beckham, probably the most famous athlete in the world, is moving to L.A. and has signed with L.A.'s MLS team the Galaxy. Will his arrival in America change our stubborn attitude about soccer? Click here.

Also, here's a commercial airing on ESPN...pretty funny. If you can't get it to play, click anywhere on the image and it will take you directly to YouTube, and you should be able to watch it there.

Don't read if feet gross you out!

When I was small my dad worked in a shoe store on the square in Murfreesboro. They sold very nice shoes, and it was the kind of place where they measured your foot for you and the salespeople would actually put the shoes on your feet. A far cry from the way I buy most of my shoes now...digging through boxes at Off Broadway or hopping like a flamingo in the aisles of Marti and Liz. Anyway, because of his shoe expertise, Dad was always concerned that my sisters and I had quality shoes that fit, no matter how much we protested. When the jelly shoe craze hit the first time...none for us. We were wearing Buster Brown sandals, thankyouverymuch. Well, I love shoes, and sometimes make shoe decisions that my dad heartily disapproves of. Well, Dad, I think I learned my lesson, at least for the next few days.

Yesterday I wore my adorable red peep toe flats. The day before that I wore these amazing linen espadrilles. Both bad for my feet because they tend to rub blisters on the back of my heel. Today I made what I thought was a sensible shoe choice...black pumps with a modest heel (2" at the most). What I didn't realize was that they would rub the blisters that have formed over the past two days. I was walking, well practically limping to the restroom a minute ago, and thought I felt one of the blisters pop. No, it wasn't blister goo in my shoe...it was BLOOD...seriously, I had to wipe off my heel with a paper towel! So, now the back of my left heel has a huge band aid on it because my heel looks like ground beef. Eew! But, it feels so much better with a band-aid on it.

Tomorrow I'll definitely be in my sensible, earthy Birkenstocks...yay!