B and I watched "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS. It's a great way to watch good performances and the fireworks without worrying about bathrooms, bugs and parking not to mention the traffic jam to leave at the end.
B and I enjoyed a nice quiet holiday weekend. We grilled on Saturday because it was too hot to turn on a stove or oven. Burgers and potato salad with ice cream for desert made for a lovely 4th of July dinner on the back deck.
Our youngest son and dil came over on Sunday with dil's parents - surprise! The inlaws have bought a house in the UP. It is located only about 9 minutes from the kids and they are excited to move. They have talked about it for a long time and went ahead and did it. They are thinking they will be moved to the UP by the end of the year. We also talked about how a move is a great time to do some purging so you don't have to move so much stuff. It was very good news. No more traveling for the kids downstate over the Mackinac Bridge especially in not so nice winter weather.
Monday, B and I went to the post office to mail in some bills, the library to do a jigsaw puzzle swap, picked up a few groceries, dropped off absentee ballots at the township hall, picked up B's prescriptions and donated a number of items to UPAWS (the local animal shelter). In order to save on gas, we try to incorporate all our errands into one trip.
What with the heat wave and two days of thunderstorms B and I decided to run away to Escanaba and the Island Casino for 2 days. Escanaba is only an hour from us and the casino is another 30 minutes from there. We got a room which was quite inexpensive compared to some hotels we've been to. After registering for our casino cards (everytime you put the card in a machine, you earn points which can be used in the restaurants in the casino), we went to play. Amazing how much time passes when you are sitting in front of one of those game machines. B and I did pretty good with both of us racking up a little over $100 apiece. We ate dinner at one of the restaurants and with points got a discount of 50% on the bill. Friday morning, we had a quiet, relaxing breakfast in another of their restaurants and then we were off for home. Needless to say, it was an inexpensive runaway that we both enjoyed.
The weekend will be quiet. Our only project will be on Sunday as we have to replace our mailbox which got damaged in a snowstorm by a county plow this past winter. B put it right temporarily with rocks and braces but now that the warm weather is here, we will be putting it more permanently with cement. The weather will be in the 80s and sunny so it should set fairly quickly before the mailman comes Monday.
All in all, not a bad week in July for B and me.
I love reading about your days and the stuff you do, Ellen. I never tire of it and it never gets dull. Simple duties, simple fun. A lived carefully yet so full of love.
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