Thunderstorms overnight and into this morning canceled our morning walk. When the storms passed through, the humidity and temps were on the rise. We are forecast to have a heat wave over the next several days with temps in the high 90's with high humidity--summer has finally arrived in northern Minnesota. I'm sure everyone will soon be complaining about the heat even though they were complaining about the cold a few weeks ago.

Our plan was to head to Bemidji nice and early to pick out paint and to make the final choice of counter top for the kitchen. We got delayed as Matt and Hanna dropped by and after they left, JD and Joanne stopped in to see the completed floor. They're thinking about redoing their kitchen floor, too. After they left, we headed off on our errands.

First stop was the local bank to pick up a couple of premium books for this year's fair and then across the street to the post office to mail birthday cards. When we reached Bemidji it was time for lunch, so we made a stop at our usual place--Burger King. From there it was on to Home Depot where it seems we spent hours getting the counter top ordered and picking out a new faucet. We also bought paint and a few painting supplies. Wal Mart was our final stop before heading home.

This evening John hauled all the old carpeting to the dump and I got the wall partially ready for painting. We then watched a little TV and decided to head to bed as we have a busy day tomorrow.