If there were no golf balls how would we measure hail?

This morning I installed the cornices I made a couple of weeks ago. She needed time to cover them with fabric and called to say she was ready. The job that should have taken 1/2 hour took two. Unfortunately, my plan to screw them through the ceiling into joists failed because I couldn't locate the joists. So off to Home Depot to buy brackets and attach them to the wall.
Trust me, that description doesn't come close to describe the hassle and small disaster of those two hours. See, I thought I had located the joists.
Gravity: it's the law.

Because that job went long I drove right into town for Saturday lunch with the kids instead of coming home and doing a couple of things around the house and riding in on the motorcycle. And from lunch I went over to J & A's to watch the grandkids while Mom & Dad went out for a few hours. Pam worked today, so I was on my own.
Observations:

1. The movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" is four hours long if it's a minute.
2. A 5-year old girl can talk about anything, or nothing, for hours. Someone listening to her is not essential to the activity. "loquor, ergo sum"
3. a 2-year old has short legs, thus requiring a lot more steps to cover the same distance as a 6'2" adult. So how can he walk 1/2 mile to the park and back and still have all that energy?
4. This particular 2-year old has absolutely no fear. He will climb up and slide down anything.
5. Worst, both the 5-year old girl and her 2-year old brother can skip. The younger one does it accidentally as a spontaneous burst of energy, but the little imp skips. IT'S NOT FAIR!

There's a very good reason that young adults have families and people who live in Sun City don't. It went great, and we had fun. But I'm whooped!
So it's time for supper and then BED. I want to be rested for services tomorrow at Pathway Bible Church!

Minnesota: 10,000 lakes and 10,000,000 mosquitoes.