Monday, July 4, 2011

a day of independence

that's right. happy birthday america! you don't look a day over bicentennial! this is a time for cookouts and fireworks going off all over the neighborhood. it is also upwards of 80 degrees, which is as it should be in the summer!

we're having a nice little family reunion at my house all week :) my grandparents drove aaaalllllll the way from south carolina to come see all of us and they're staying with my family all week. this is awesome :D they have this wonderful stuff in south carolina that they don't have here in wisconsin. it's called okra. it's this funny little vegetable that tastes delicious when deep fried. does it still count as a vegetable if it's deep fried? probably not but it's my favorite vegetable :) so we fried up a bunch of that last night along with squash and green tomatoes.

tonight we're having a cookout at my brother's house (he has his own house now!! he bought it :) so that should be fun.

i'm still planning all this college stuff and i have come to a conclusion: simply preparing for college is going to cost me a small fortune! i certainly hope it doesn't cost this much every year. most things i won't have to keep buying because once i have them i have them and they'll last all 4 years (hopefully). other things won't though. i guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it though.

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