fireworks and middle earth

Happy fourth! (well, actually it's the fifth) Our fourth of July was full of fun. We went to the park with my family and cuddled on a blanket to watch the sky be dazzled with fire. Our first 4th of July was a success.

So...right now we have a dorky, mild obsession with "The Lord of the Rings." Ok, mild may be a little bit of an understatement. We're flat out obsessed. We have spent the last week watching all the extended versions and all "the making of." We then searched high and low for a copy of the book at our city library which, though it is a beautiful building, has nothing in it! What kind of a library doesn't have books?! (or at least the book I'm craving) To make a somewhat short story short, after two libraries, and searching at my parents house we ended up at a Barnes an Nobles at ten o'clock at night and purchased a beautiful, hard back fiftieth edition of the trilogy. What does this have to do with fireworks you may ask? well, nothing.