Friends Report on July 13, 2009

Not many people reported on their 4th of July activities. But here's a few we know about:

SCOT, TRASE, PAT W and BUD - spent the evening on her family's boat on the Saginaw River watching the terrific fireworks at Bay City.

ALICE -

I got up at 6:30 a.m. and fed the dog and cat. Let the dog out and sat out on the porch in the beautiful morning atmosphere. Got some breakfast took a handful of meds and then caught up on my sleep after a heavy agenda. Watched the Wimbleton (always do when the Williams sisters are playing). They were born in Saginaw but moved at a fairly early age. I was disappointed because all day the announcers hyped the sisters' doubles game to be played right after the mens' doubles. The mens' doubles was televised and then programing went to golf. Sometimes I love tv and sometimes it so frustrates me. I'm sure noone else has that experience. The dog and I stayed here for the day and I protected him from the bombs; then I caught up on some more sleep after that heavy job. Talked to numerous friends around the country. All in all it was a pleasent day.

SKUZZA and HERPE - spent the day at home not bothering anyone.

BILL from WNNCO - made a trip to Ann Arbor.

MIKE C - "at the camp" up North.

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Some Notes about friends

SANDY - is leaving for California and the birth of her grandson. She will be looking after daughter and child when the big day comes. She reports that the baby's sonograms are terrific and that he's going to be tall!

SPARTY and GIIGI - have returned from the annually scheduled family camping week up North.

BRENDA and STEVE - are holding an open house at their home in the woods, and we plan to be there and taking pictures.

IRISH MIKE and AMY - have returned from a week on the beach in North Carolina.

LIAM - is thriving. He is the best natured baby we've ever met and smiles broadly at every possible chance. He is in the reaching-grabbing stage of life and keeps his parents and grandparents very busy. Next: Crawling.

ALICE - among a raft of unfortunate events in her life-space over the last two years, she has now had her cat die. Condolences. Birches is definitely cat friendly.

FELIX - from Indiana is marrying Pilot from Massachusetts, "under the trees" in North Carolina in September. He has sent an invitation to BIRCHES and we are definitely planning to be there.

MARSHA- Went to see Public Enemies and notes that Melvin Purvis, the guy who tracked down Dillinger and many other bad guys, was a graduate of University of South Carolina.

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Some Humor from friends

DASHMANN forwarded this:



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JERRY sent this political cartoon:


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GIGI sent this joke:

The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his office puzzled by the question.

As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up. He then understood his assistant's question about his 'garage door.'

He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by her desk to ask, 'When my garage door was open, did you see my Hummer parked in there?'

She smiled and said, 'No, I didn't. All I saw was an old mini van with two flat tires..

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Some Snapshots

Bill's House

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Marsha's House

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From Felix's Porch

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On Pat W's deck