We're back home again. Did you miss us? We spent the past few days in Danville with Dad and Barb. And we had a really nice holiday. Friday was a big cook out at the country club. Saturday was spent shopping with Barb in all of Danville's hot spots. We hit the Gingerbread House, Fox Glove, and Rippe's, just to name a few. I think I bought something at every single place that we went. The Gingerbread House has a HUGE selection of Yankee Candles. You know I am addicted to those. I found a new scent called "Greek Fig and Black Currant". Hubby swears it smells like grape kool-aid. It does have a sort of grapey scent, but its much nicer than grape kool-aid. Seriously!
We made our way downtown around dark to see the fireworks. There was a nice cool breeze, and not terribly humid. Thats always good news. Somehow we lucked up with the perfect parking spot just about 2 minutes before the show began. We had an excellent view. I think that maybe the crowd was expecting the fireworks show to be coming from a different direction than they actually were. Everybody seemed to be really focused to our left. We were, too, staring up at the sky in the general location that everybody else was looking. But then they ended up going off right in front of us. How convenient. It worked out to our advantage in so far as we were able to get out of town really quickly afterwards before the traffic got all snarled up, too. Yay! It was an excellent end to our 4th of July celebration.
Saturday night we had yet another cookout at the house. Barb whipped up some babyback ribs on the grill, corn on the cob, fresh squash...and of course a loaf of her homemade bread. It was really good. I think I ate waaaayyy too much this weekend. Oh and don't let me forget to mention that we also made Mojitos with fresh mint from her garden. Last night, I had at least 3 glasses of wine and a couple of Mojito's. And for me, a relative lightweight when it comes to alcohol, that was one heck of a LOT. Monday begins a serious health kick for me and hubby. Healthier food, exercise...you know...all of those things that aren't as much fun as junk food and partying. Haha. Oh well, it has to be done. The holiday is over and the business of real life must begin......
ETA: Apparently, the dogs behaved for Stephen. They were all alive and well when we got home, and they were much more relaxed. Not nearly as traumatized as they are when we go away and leave them outside for the dog sitter to come and feed them. Stephen came back and forth to the house enough that they could stay in, in the cool house, and go out for bathroom breaks periodically. The dog sitter only comes twice a day to feed them, and that makes leaving them inside virtually impossible. I honestly think they barely noticed we were gone this time around. Oh, and Barb.....the dogs all say a HUGE THANK YOU for the bag of rib bones that you sent for them. They were in heaven with that little bag of treasures. hahahahaha
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