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4th of July

I learned that I'm remote control challenged. It was dark and I didn't have my glasses on anyway, so I started punching random buttons, trying to figure out which button was the one that flipped through the channels. I saw menus and more menus and just toggled out of them. I finally gave up, got up, went into the office, turned on the light, found my glasses and looked at the darned thing.

I guess in the process of button pushing, I set an alarm clock on the TV because early this morning, it turned itself on, loudly blaring a spanish language cartoon. What a shock that was!

Our assignment for the 4th of July gathering at Tom's folks was to bring dip and chips. Thinking that Tom was going to do his usual stop-at-the-grocery-store-on-the-way thing, I got out the recipe books and started looking for interesting dip recipes.

I found a few that would work, but when I asked Tom about them, he pulled out his little recipe box and had several recipes of his own that looked much simpler and much tastier than the ones I had, so off we went to the store.

Our kitchen was a whirlwind of activity for awhile, as we had waited until it was nearly time to leave to start the dip making, but Tom managed to whip together both bowls in record time and we headed off to Ft. Worth.

And a good time was had by all. I enjoy being around Tom's family. There are five siblings, although Ellen (who lives in Holland) was unable to make it to this gathering. A largish family that is so closely knit is something I've never been exposed to before. It feels warm and loving and I love basking in it.

I did get my feelings hurt, though, when Pop chastened me for doing the dishes.

Mom gave us lots of food and beer to take home, some old movies for Tom's entertainment and an audio book, The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter, read by Peter Coyote.

The neighborhood was decorated with little American flags in front of every house out by the curb. As we were leaving, I swiped the flag out of their neighbor's yard. Pop felt a bit squirmy about it, I guess. He asked me to not wave it around until I was out of their neighborhood.

On the way home, we listened to the audio book that Mom had given us. I've never had an audio book before, but may start getting them at the library to listen to when we are out and about in the car. This story is delightful and quite captivating. We were less than half way through the book when we got home, so Daniel brought it in so he could finish listening.