So far we've had a pretty busy summer. Lisa and I attended a disco party a couple weeks ago with Jill and Todd and we had a pretty good time. I can't stand disco music but after a few adult beverages and a whole lot of people watching, I actually started enjoying myself which included a lot of dancing. The place was packed; I heard there were around 2000 people in attendance. A ton of drunks and middle-aged individuals, including myself, acting like teenagers. The best was the guy who was on the dance floor all night in his disco garb totally playing the part. There was also all kinds of debauchery going on near the port-a-potties so I've been told.

The following week Lisa had a garage sale at her Mom's house. She finally unloaded all the boys clothes Shawn had outgrown and the rest of the garbage that we moved from Toledo to Grand Rapids and back to Toledo. Lisa's BFF Jill also joined in the fun and between Lisa, her Mom and Jill, they pulled in over $1100 in a little over 2 days! I guess it's true that one person's garbage is someone's treasure. Who sell $1100 worth of stuff at a garage sale?

On the 3rd, our community had their 4th of July fireworks display which we were able to watch from our driveway. Lisa's Mom and Dad came over for a cook out and a sleep over. We started a fire in the fire pit, mixed a few summer beverages and watched the fireworks and then all the neighbors put on their own displays. Sat outside waiting for the fire pit inferno to burn itself out until 1:30 am and got sick of waiting. I ended up using a fire extinguisher to put out the fire and it failed! That fire was still smoldering at 10am.

Went to the Mud Hens game on the 4th as well as walked around downtown before the game. The cities festivities during the day along the river were really bad. Not only was there really not much of anything going on but the people the event attracts what you would call nasty! I bet most of them hadn't taken showers for several days. I wish I remembered my camera so I could have posted some of the half dozen plumbers cracks that I saw in the half hour we were down there. There were 4th of July fireworks at the ball park as well as the display that Toledo puts on so driving home that night was an adventure.

This past weekend Lisa and I spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Columbus walking around campus and Easton Town Center. We drove by where Lisa lived after graduation from OSU and it has turned into the hood. She was a bit shocked to see what the area has turned into and was totally surprised to see the mall that she worked at for awhile to have been totally torn down. We ended up eating at Easton on Saturday at a place called Cafe Istanbul which is a Turkish/Mediterranean restaurant. The food was great; particularly the pita bread which is much thicker than the stuff you get at the grocery and the tabbouleh which was more bulgar wheat than parsley. This place was outstanding and I would suggest it to anyone that likes Mediterranean food. Sunday we headed back to Easton to finish browsing the stores we missed on Saturday and ended up eating at Fado's Irish Pub, the food was good here too but not anywhere as good at Cafe Istanbul.

Shawn's tee ball season is finally winding down. Only two more games this week and the great tee ball experiment will finally be over. I think Shawn really likes the games and seeing all of his friends but he has absolutely no interest at all in improving or paying attention for that matter. Next week starts two weeks of swim lessons....I sure hope he enjoys this activity.

This week centers around the Women's professional golf tournament here in Toledo. I have grounds passes and clubhouse passes so I will end up walking around the golf course for a day or two this week. I also scored tickets to the tournament dinner gala that takes place on Tuesday night. The event consists of dinner, drinks, auctions and live entertainment. This year's entertainment is K.C. and the Sunshine Band...I just can't get away from the disco! Other than that, not much happening.

One other item of note: does anyone want to or knows someone that wants to buy a 2003 GMC Envoy with about 47,000 miles on it? My gasoline bill for last month was nearly $400; the car is milking me dry of all my beer money. I need to buy a moped.....