Birthday Parties

Tomorrow I am invited to a triple birthday party.  The people next door have 3 daughters.  Their birthdays are quite close together.  They used to have individual parties for each.  It seemed like there was a party every other week.  To make it easier and less expensive, too, they grouped them together and are going to have one big party tomorrow.  It will be at the new swimming pool and park in town.  They have rented the pool for an hour and a half after closing time so that the family can all swim after a picnic supper.  It is supposed to be a little cooler tomorrow, although still in lower 80's.  Hope it doesn't rain.  We need the rain but would be nice if it could hold off until after the party.

Hot, Muggy Day

Here we are, another hot muggy day that makes the corn grow and we shrink into the cool home, office or car to get away from it. The rain has been coming but probably not enough. So many sections of the country are in bad drought and the wells are beginning to pump sand. Not a good thing. Animals and people are dying of the heat and it is no wonder. The swimming pools are full to capacity and now I hear a lot of them are having problems with contamination of the water. Too many people I guess. They have to use so much chlorine to kill the germs that it just has to burn the kids' eyes. I don't know what the answer is. Every town is building these gigantic swimming pools now. They are really nice though.

Swimming Pool

We have a new swimming pool in town or I should say "aquatic center". The kids love it and want to go every day. The first day they had 516 kids and people there. It is running way ahead of expectations, but it is no wonder. It is a beautiful place for kids to play and swim in the water on these hot summer days.