I wasn't able to get here yesterday so I'll tell ya what I did.

Woke at 7am, on the sofa, with a hangover (had apple vodka the night before...YIKES!). Took 46 ibuprophen and 3 cups of coffee (I rarely drink that much coffee) and a banana and after 2 hours I figured that wasn't working so I had a beer. That worked like a charm!

Had company come over around noon. Cooked chicken and sausage on the grill. Used BBQ sauce on chicken (has anyone tried "Stubbs" brand? It's incredible!) and put half the sausage in a tray with peppers and onions and the other half of the sausage in a tray with marinara sauce. Had potato salad, deviled eggs, mac salad, tomato slices...pineapple upsidedown cake and watermelon (couldn't bring myself to spike it) for dessert. The weather was stupendous...real warm but a nice breeze blowing all day (so my mother-in-law didn't melt...lol!). At dusk...down in the valley...the show started. I can sit in my backyard and see three different towns and their firework displays. It's as if they are trying to out-do the other. It got even breezier after the fireworks were over. We thought a storm was coming but it never materialized. Went to bed around midnight and slept in today until 8am when the cat stuck his ass in my face to "wake mommy to feed him". Quite a rude awakening actually!

Yes, I have today off...and man do I need it!

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~Thomas Dewar~