Happy Fourth!

If you know me at all, you know that I love baked beans almost more than anything (mashed potatoes and chocolate pudding are right up there with them).

Note to self: Anytime you really need to clean your house after a rennovation, host a party.

Although the kitchen isn't 100% finished, it's close; close enough to have people over for brats, beer and beans. Beans, glorious beans.

And I cleaned like a banshee (do banshees clean?). I started to "reclaim" the rest of my house--finally. Things are going back to their right place. And I vacuumed. Oh did I vacuum. And as a courtesy to my guests, in the kitchen, I even vacuumed the cardboard. Yes, I'm that classy.