For almost all of my life we have always spent the 4th in McDonald, Ohio.  No matter where we all lived my family would gather at my parents’ house to celebrate the 4th. My dad loved BBQ’s and fireworks!  He kept a refrigerator in his garage filled with sparkliers and fireworks...really big fireworks!  Den and … Continue reading What It Used To Be…

Seriously?  We sat outside on the BLAZING deck for about 10 minutes...at minute 11 we couldn’t take it any more...we couldn’t breathe...the air was thick...the air was heavy...but...we made the three treacherous steps back into the house and into the  chilling  cooling AC!  Whew!  Safety! Lemonade!  TV! But seriously I finished 2 books and almost … Continue reading Excessive Heat Warning…Southeastern PA!

We have just entered into days and days of really hot weather.  The weatherman says mid 90’s that will feel like triple digits.  Yikes!  Plus East Coast weather is humid...so humid that being outside is unbearable.  Of course we did not get up and moving early enough to walk outside. Lucy had fluids today...so that … Continue reading It’s Kind Of Hot Here!