Stepping out

Andy and I are stepping out this morning.  We are going to Carfagna's for supplies for the 4th.  Not a big day, but Matt and his little family are coming over for a swim and cookout. I don't actually like cooking out but I love the results.  Food tastes so much better from outdoors on the grill with briquettes and smoke and sizzle. YUM. I can usually find someone to do the grilling while I enjoy the results with pleasure. I look forward to seeing what Carfagna's have to offer this morning.

I am going to get one of those large Italian loaves of bread to do it up with pizza toppings. Then get the usual grilling meat.  Also, I want to get some ready-made items to make the day really easy for everyone...especially me since I am entertaining deficient now days it seems. I am totally out of practice.

There are items in that small Italian grocery that I can't find anyplace else, so it is a treat out for me today.  We have a couple of other places to go but those are stay in the car errands.

Note: Just returned; it was not as much fun as I thought it would be. crowded, restrictive, rushed

It's a lovely day today and Andy has watered the flowers and vegetables already.  Monica and her crew are coming so I am a happy woman. Having said that a new car lease is in the works.  It is time to select a new car and I loath the process.  I hate tramping around in the hot parking lots listening to the speel of the equally hot and tired salesperson. Now days a person has to be alert so as not to sign something that hurts at the end of the lease. Shoot.  I wish I had not thought of that fresh hell to come.