This year we spent the holiday at home here in Monroe at the Thousand Trails park with good friends "The Singers"!  We had great weather, good food and great company.. what more could  you ask for and - AND we had a free fireworks show across the river from some locals who put on quite a show.  It was all done before us old people retire for the evening so worked out well.  And we all watched our old time favorite - Yankee Doodle Dandy with Jimmy Cagney! It was made in 1942 and still a favorite of mine (even if it is in black and white) - ha!  A great 4th of July movie as far as we are concerned anyway. (Of course we think the younger generations are missing out...)   Just hoping this nice weather will hang around for a while and give us a good dose of vit D. ha!

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Peggy Holloway said…
Okay, I was in bed by 10 myself...but....you sound like you are 80..and you aren't even eligible to access your 401K !

Grow Down !!
July 8, 2012 at 8:53 AM
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