Happy 4th (yesterday though -- how very like me to be a day late)!!!  I stayed up to watch the fireworks last night on TV.  I started with the ones in Jacksonville, FL because those were the ones my grandchildren were watching with their Dad but there were so many commercials I switched to something else until the Boston Pops came on and watched that instead.  I love the orchestra.  I used to play the clarinet in my high school band and I took piano lessons when I was a child.  Listening to music is one of the great joys of my life and I still peck around on the piano when I have the chance and when my hands don't hurt too bad.  I have RA.

I worked on my latest quilt while I watched the show with my Mom.  It was a quiet evening which for me was just right.  My cousin and her son came over to visit for a little while and we cut one of the watermelons we bought earlier.  It was really good. 

I took her (Mom) out earlier in the day to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and we both loved it!  I highly recommend it to everyone, no matter what your age.  The cast members were all veteran performers and the writing was great.  I laughed and cried in all the right parts and left the theater wishing it had been a longer movie.  See it if you get the chance and let me know how you liked it.  A movie now and then is good for your sanity.