4th of July

Our 4th started off with me getting out of bed at 6:00 A.M. to get things started for everyone else! I baked cupcakes and brownies for the neighborhood parade/gathering at 10:00 A.M. I baked the potatoes for the salad, put the ribs in the crockpot, did two loads of laundry, got a shower, ran to the grocery store for a couple more items to make dinner work, and then we all rode the golfcart to the parade. A lot of people in the neighborhood participated and several neighbors have golfcarts and everyone had them decorated. After the parade function, we loaded up the coolers and headed to the pool for the afternoon. We stayed until about 4:00 when I had to leave to finish up dinner. Friends from the neighborhood joined us and we had a great time. I cooked ribs, hamburgers, boudin, beans, bread and Brandy made potato salad that is so simple and soooo good. One bag of new potatoes (quartered and baked until fork tender), 1/2 pound of bacon (cooked and crumbled), green onions, two boiled eggs, and 1/2 to 1/3 cup of mayonaise. Very easy and very good. She got the recipe from a friend of hers. My husband will even eat this, and he doesn't eat potato salad. Tonight the grands are back after being with their dad for almost two weeks! I can't wait!!! Today feels like Monday, but I am so glad it isn't!

Some people....

I ran to Old Navy at lunch today to purchase my annual t-shirt for the neighborhood 4th of July parade, and I didn't get in and out as quickly as I anticipated. There were not a lot of people in there so I thought I would be done in about 10 minutes... until I got up to the register. There were two cashiers and I was 1 of 2 people waiting in line. One lady had selected a LOT of items off the clearance rack and she was having the cashier do a price check on each item before she approved the purchase. And she probably had 40 or 50 articles of clothing. That was beyond RIDICULOUS! Then the other lady had opted to fill out a credit card application to get an additional 10 percent off her purchase. She didn't have many items, but filling out the application was a slow process. The cashier was apparently inexperienced in filling out applications on the computer, and the customer was slow providing the necessary information to complete the application. After FIFTEEN MINUTES, he informed her the application was declined. She did not seem even remotely surprised by this, and wanted to know if she could still got the 10 percent discount. He told her the application had to be accepted before that could happen. She told him that is not what the sign said. She said it simply said to fill out the application and you would get the discount. REALLY???!!