The almost crime.... plus our update

Hello all! Well, again I have tried to be diligent with my blogging and have fallen behind. Things are going well for us here. We are quickly approaching the 4th of July weekend and are happy to be getting together with some friends. Maybe if all goes well, this will be the first time we actually see (as in closer than a few miles) the fireworks here in Virginia! Hopefully the girls will last that long and have a blast! I am very excited. Other than that - an update on my weight loss. I've lost 2 1/2 lbs as of last week sometime. I will have to weigh in again before too long to see if I'm still on track! I've been burning over 700 calories during each workout and I've been to the gym every day other than saturday and sunday. I am doing my best!!

We had kind of a funny thing happen to us on Monday. I bought a few movies from ebay last week and was waiting on one more to arrive. The mail carrier brought our mail Monday and told me that he accidentally put my envelope (no doubt containing the dvd) in my neighbors mail slot. He said he knocked on the door but was unable to get anyone to answer the door. After he left, I checked to see if I thought anyone was home. Anyway, I ended up knocking on the door and catching them home. They told me the mail man didn't put an envelope in their mail slot, nor did he knock on the door. (A mother's intuition told me they were lying). So, I chased after the mail carrier to find out my course of action (I mean - this movie cost me 4 dollars!! plus it was the movie cast away - awesome movie). He called his supervisor and they said they would stop by the next day and try to get the movie back for me. I returned home fuming about it and about an hour later the lady next door brings over my OPENED envelope saying "sorry, my son had it". Her son looks like he is six and it was one of those hard to open envelopes. I'm pretty sure they were trying to steal my movie until they found out that it was Cast Away. (These particular neighbors didn't seem the type to like the movie Cast Away). I felt that if it were any other movie more appealing to them - that they would have kept it and not bothered to give it back. So, needless to say - I had to be like my dad for a bit and figure out how to get my movie back. So, I went through all of that for Cast Away. It's a great movie - what can I say??