Belated Independence Day Celebrations

Hope y'all all had nice Mondays! 

I don't know what the weather was like where you were this weekend but it was beyond hot here!

I did my best to stay inside all weekend, parked in front of Netflix, watching Jericho. If you've never seen that show you should definitely give it a chance. 

As I mentioned in my Fourth of July post, fireworks in Colonial Heights were postponed until Saturday night. I've been going to see fireworks there since I was little bitty. It was my niece's first time out seeing the fireworks and she wasn't scared at all!

It was still pretty hot Saturday night while watching the fireworks show, so you better believe I only had one thing in mind when I got home: Italian Ice.

Yum!

Netflix and Italian Ice.

What I am really excited about though is the weather this week! Take a look! 

You may recall that I have no AC in my car and my new job requires that I do a bit of commuting. Weather in the 80s and 90s means that I'm not completely soaking wet with sweat when I get home (attractive, I know).

What are you excited about this week?

Current Events and such...

Happy Monday all! 

I hope no one is having a manic Monday and that y'all are all staying cool because it is HOT HOT HOT! 

Which brings me to my first current event!

This heatwave! Summer started 12 days ago and we have had crazy record-breaking temperatures. Stay in the AC...which would be easy except...

There are thousands of people without power due to the crazy storms that came through on Friday night and then Saturday. Fourteen people on the East Coast have lost their lives as a result of these storms. There is a threat for storms almost every day this week!

A friend of mine who lives in Lynchburg has not had power since Friday and the power company has told her not to expect power until July 7th. 

The great Verizon outage. If you were on Facebook on Sunday, I'm sure you saw everyone's complaints about not being able to make phone calls or send text messages. Personally, it didn't affect me much; the Internet, Facebook, Twitter and iMessaging were all working on my iPhone. So I couldn't complain, especially when there were people who don't even have AC or electricity.  

On a positive note, gas prices in my county and other place in VA have dipped below $3 a gallon! Makes planning weekend road trips a lot better. 

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On a more personal note related to a current event in my life. As you all read this, I will be  at work - at my new job. A full time, big girl, 40 hours a week job! I'm super excited and super nervous!