It seems as if the 4th of July is the halfway point in summer. The days start getting shorter and there seems to be less time to do all we planned to do "this year". I do like watching the fireworks displays, BUT I do wish the neighbors could be a little more considerate of those of us that get up at 6 am. In Nebraska fireworks can be sold and ignited for 10 days prior the 4th. In Norfolk they can be shot off until 11 pm those 10 days and midnight on the 4th. On my street they start every night at dark and go on way later than 11. Last night I got the best night's sleep I have had in 10 days. Norfolk has a REALLY BIG display on the Saturday before the 4th. It is called the Big Bang Boom and cost in the neighborhood of $30,000.00. (all donated). People come from miles around to watch the display. I have never battled the crowds and mosquitoes to see the display at the lake. There are a lot of places near the park that we can see most of the display. Donna had us to her house for Kabobs supper and we watched the display from the street in front of her house.
On the 4th we went to Wayne to play golf at one of our favorite courses with some of our favorite people. Then we stopped in Carroll for a cookout on the way home. Thanks, Bev & Hitch. Coming home from our outing, we could watch more fireworks. A lot of people were having their own Little Bang Booms. All in all it was great fun.
Playing golf is more than just a sport. It is a social outing. We have met a lot of people playing golf. Some of them have become really good friends. Golf is a sport that brings out the best and the worst in the players. Whatever your interests are, you usually find some really nice people with the same likings.
(there may be some you would like to avoid). I often wonder where we would have met new people if we did not play this silly game.
Hope 7/7/7 is lucky for all of you.
Sue
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4 comments:
You & Jerry are both friendly people - if you didn't golf, you'd make friends somewhere else.
That social thing is pretty important. In every magazine or newspaper I get and read an article about what keeps people going, having friends and social fun is always on the list. It is healthy. You are lucky to have found a niche.
There are no strangers in life...just "friends we haven't met, yet." :)
Gosh, I find it mildly depressing that we are halfway through summer. We spent the entire month of June in a downpour and only yesterda felt like summer. It's mid July and we are still May weather outside. Please bring on some warm temperatures!
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