Happy 4th

It's the 4th of July and we decided to stay home this year and hang out. John worked really hard this week and needed some down time. That's fine with me. We are both reading the Mitch Rapp series of books by Vince Flynn and I'm happy to have a day to just read on the couch. It is hot and smoky outside so it's a good day to stay in and stay cool. Thank God for air conditioning. John finished the table that he made to go over one of the dog crates in the RV. I think he did a great job. The color is greyish brown and not something you'll find in a store. I decided I wanted a crate/table combo, but since we already had the crate John suggested making a table to go over ours. I'm very happy with it. There will be plenty of room for a lamp, coffee cup, my Kindle and even a plant. It's going to go next to the chair I have yet to purchase. I've about decided on a power recliner in the same color leather as the loveseat. I found one at Macy's that is a wall hugger, is only 32" wide and is really comfortable. Here's a picture of the table in the RV.

After taking the table over to the RV, we brought the two dining room chairs home to sand and paint. John started standing them and then I heard him call me out to the porch. Well, some dog, probably Spike, had chewed the legs on one chair and the cross frame support on the other. They were really bad so we decided to just get new chairs. These were unfinished ones we bought in Phoenix in 2004 so we got plenty of use out of them. I put them in front of the house with a FREE sign on them and they were gone in an hour. We did some looking on Amazon and found these chairs. We ordered two and I hope they look as good as they do in the picture. I noticed they have a table that matches...well...I might just have to get that to replace the current drop leaf table we have.

We have no special plans for tonight. Neither one of us is into fireworks. John is making fried rice and I'm going to go get a couple of entrees from Panda Express. I don't like their fried rice because it's got peas and carrots in it and the rice John makes is 100% better. Hope you have a safe and sane holiday.