Sunday, July 22, 2007

It's that time of year!


It's time to start building our float for the annual Canoe Carnival. Usually we start in May, but this year our float is of a simpler design and we haven't had to put in as much detail work. The elements of the float are being built at different houses, but this weekend we got together to get the canoes on the water and build the platform. Every year it is our tradition to do a "float around" where we all sit on the platform, bring a cooler of beer and float around the lake to make sure the platform will hold the weight of the float. Of course, at this point we know it will...it's just fun to do it! It's one of my favorite parts. So, tonight was the night and since someone stole my camera to take a picture of me, I figured I'd post it...it was a glorious night to be on the water and the picture isn't too bad...
Of course, I couldn't have considered going out on the lake unless I had finished reading the new Harry Potter book! I started reading at 8 last night, read until 11:30pm, got up and started reading at 8 this morning and finished by 11:30am. It was incredible! Now I need to read it again to find all the little details I missed!

3 comments:

Laurie Ann said...

That float sounds great. DH and I have always wanted a pontoon boat so we could just float around with the dogs and drink beer and maybe fish a little. Perfect! :)

atet said...

What a great tradition! Wasn't HP great? I can't wait to read it again myself -- but I have to wait until dh is done!

Gail said...

have fun with your float. So.....how did HP end?