Quite an enjoyable Independence Day Weekend for us.. made even longer by most everyone having Monday off, as well! Sunday, I work from 8-noon… four hours at time-and-a-half, pretty quick and the extra will come in handy. After work, I came home to see the All-Star picks for the game on July 13: Captain Jeter and Robinson Cano will be starting for the Bombers. After the selections, we watched a thrilling 6-7 Yanks win over the Blue Jays with Marcus Thames (just of the DL) driving the winning run in during the bottom of the 10th. Ace catcher Jorge Posada is day-by-day as he received a finger sprain as the result of a foul tip.
Later on the 4th, we commented that we were all hungry for some hot dogs cooked over a fire but no where to build the fire. So, my oldest brother ran to WalMart to pick up a firepit. That night, we enjoyed hot dogs, toasted marshmallows nearly falling off the stick, and s’mores. Then the kids enjoyed throwing some poppers (ok, I did too) and sparklers that must have been duds because most of them would not light. And we were entertained by the approach of a bullfrog that some thought was a bird. Have we never heard the sound of a bullfrog? There was another sound that can only be described as a laughing monkey or some crazed woman laughing hysterically.
To conclude the evening, I returned home and watched a few episodes of The Greatest American Hero on Syfy’s (yes, the SciFi channel changed its identity about a year ago. I believe, Derek pointed that out) day long marathon. An interesting tidbit about the name of the high school teacher turned questionable superhero. Click the link above to discover the link between Ralph and a would-be presidential assassin.
Monday afternoon to beat the heat, two of my siblings and their families and I went to the area pool. Jeff has a pool at home but decided against opening it this year. The public pool was very fun especially watching Chad jump off the diving board and getting stuck coming down the water slide. He did, eventually manage to boost himself along.
Monday night, I watched RV starring Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, and Kristin Chenoweth. I thought Vacation in recreation vehicles. Suburban dysfunctional family takes a summer vacation to “become closer.” May have been cliched but it still had lots of laughs.
I hope all my fellow tangenteers had a fun holiday weekend!
Sounds like a couple of good days. I was a part of the minority in your world- I worked a full day Monday since car dealers didn’t have the decency to remain closed the extra day. 😉
You’ll hear something about water slides on one of my next couple of posts- no one got stuck though!
Had a good 4th – haven’t stopped for a breath since, but such is life sometimes.
Glad you liked RV; we really enjoy it as a family comedy. Jeff Daniels and Kristen Chenowith are hilarious in that; I especially like his line, “I am filled with chagrin”. Reading it is not very funny; it’s the delivery that is priceless!!