Ever since moving to our fair little hamlet I have enjoyed Independence Day/July 4th, mostly because of the Doo Dah Parade. Click on the Doo Dah Parade tag below this post for more info and posts. Last year's July 4th was disappointing as the weather threatened rain all day. I made the executive decision not to drive Big Ella in the parade due to the weather, and sure enough it began to rain as the parade started.
This year the weather was nearly the same. Steven & Thad had invited a bunch of friends to their house for a cookout which overlapped the timing of the Doo Dah parade so I decided not to drive Big Ella again and we forewent the parade to be at our friends' cookout. Within minutes of everyone's arrival at the cookout it began to rain so we all went inside. Poor Steven stood outside with an umbrella to finish cooking the hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken. But despite having to move the party inside, we all had a good time and the food was delicious. Spouse made his signature potato salad which everyone loves.
Side note: for the 2 weeks or so leading up to the cookout I kept referring to it as a "good old fashioned 4th of July BBQ". In conversation, in texts, in emails, I kept repeating the same exact phrase "good old fashioned 4th of July BBQ". I felt like a Republican, repeating something over and over again until it becomes recognized!
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