Happy Fourth 🇺🇸--Good, Bad & Ugly

GOOD

• Got to 7 a.m. support group. Helpful.
• Made the Nutty Granola recipe from delightful Bergdorf Goodman Cookbook.
• Town parade! Cute & comforting for the most part [some political messages hard to grasp]. Our friends host brunch on their lawn, along route. Carol makes her special buttery pecan Challah French toast every year. I brought strawberries, granola and vanilla yogurt.
• Spending time w freckled Figgy and her friends.
• Dan booked nice cabin by Delaware River for me, him, Punch, Anne, Michael and Nikki one night, this Saturday. Affordable.
• Catching up w neighbors at BBQ.
• Racks of meaty, tender ribs--a rare treat.
• Flowers in garden holding their own.

BAD

• I thought bringing sweet fresh cherries 🍒 🍒 would be good for neighborhood BBQ, but I don’t think anyone, including the four people in our family and Punchy’s friend, ate a single orb. They paled next to huge watermelon platter, blueberry pie, cookies and Paige’s smore layered brownies.
• Regret not having a piece of that homemade pie with a scoop of frosty vanilla. Was trying to sidestep sweets. Had small bites.

UGLY

• My big toenail is coming off and it makes a baby like me squirm. I stubbed my toe and also had a sketchy pedicure. Horror story.
• Stiff neck. Not sure why but off to the races with thoughts that infection in toe is linked to meningitis. Took a Motrin.
• Hot as hell.
• When buying granola ingredients and other groceries at Whole Foods this morning, I was that customer who had $60 cash cap and had to put many groceries back, as I overchose. Older lady behind me, purchasing expensive cheese and other things, was not amused.

Good night to you.