Happy 4th of July!

Friday, July 4, 2014


Well, I hope it's been a good day for all of you, because it's just been a regular ol' day - mostly - for me.  Ron had to work today, only a half day, though (yeah, right - I told him I'd see him around 3), so it was nothing different for us.

Because of my shopping yesterday, though, I got up and got started on making my goodies for the cookout we are going to tomorrow.  I am making a corn salad and some red-white-and-blue marshmallows, and these take a little bit of time to get done.  The corn salad must sit overnight, and the marshmallows must sit after each color to set, and so...

Ron got home about quarter til 4, and I talked him into taking a nap, so that we would be able to sit outside and enjoy a fire tonight after dark.  Usually he's asleep by then, and that would make this a special night for us!  I couldn't believe it when he agreed to my 'plan.'  I had also made a new dish for supper tonight - orange chicken - which is chicken breasts in the crockpot, then add orange marmalade, BBQ sauce, and soy sauce for the last hour, and I was making macaroni & cheese and green beans to round out the meal when the electricity went out (again!) at 6:10!  Great!  Happy holiday to you from Duke...sigh.  Luckily, everything was done enough that it finished cooking without the heat.  Ron and I sat outside at the picnic table to eat our supper, and it was quite enjoyable.  Usually the 4th of July is way too hot, but there was a nice breeze blowing and it was almost chilly.
I came back in and went back to bed while he mowed a little, then at 9:30 he started the fire, and I went back out for that.  We were out for half an hour or so, then came in for the night.

He turned on the TV, and I got on the pute, and here we are.

WhooHoo!
We will celebrate later.
BIG fireworks...