Record setters

On Sunday, June 3, 1,683 guitar players came together to play Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" simultaneously in an attempt to set a world record.

Our own Lance Jungmeyer was joined by my parents (and 1,680 other people) for the event. We're still waiting to hear that the Guiness Book has officially recognized the event as a record-setter, but it looks good.

Check out video of the event here.

Summer slow down

I survived a frenzied travel schedule in May, and now I can relax a little for the next few weeks. Lance and I had one of the best Saturdays since we've been married last weekend.

We were both home, which is rare. And we didn't have a wedding, family get together, house guest or some other obligation. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I think that's the first such Saturday we've had in our married life.

I went for a run in the morning -- trying to get into shape for the half marathon I promised Tyler I would run. Then Lance and I took a leisurely drive to Waldo -- stopping at a few garage sales along the way. We ate Waldo pizza for lunch and checked out It's Only Natural -- my new favorite shop.

Then we went to Loose Park and walked around -- checking out the turtles and ducks and acting our ages on the swings. We then went home, grabbed the beach bag and went to the pool. We capped off the evening with BLTs and a movie on the couch. It's too bad such Saturday's are so rare.