Tony Brewer

I don’t usually watch The Weather Channel. If I want the weather I go online and have it in less than a minute for any place of my choosing. But The Weather Channel has a lot more to offer, they have some pretty cool stories and videos that are worth watching in between all of the weather forecasts.

Do you realize that Christmas is only 4 months away? Summer is almost over, most kids are getting ready to go back to school. The outdoor swimming pools are looking to close up soon and the life guards will be looking for a new job soon or going back to school.

Fall is a great season, but it never lasts long enough and it’s a constant reminder that winter is looming.

We seem to have an overabundance of stink bugs around our house this summer. I remember last years reading some articles in the newspaper about how many there were, but I saw darn few of them last year. Now it seems that every time I am looking out a window I am seeing a stink bug attached to the screen of it! And we’ve seen a few in the house, as well. That makes Teri very unhappy because she does not want to have to deal with any bug that is reputed to give off a bad odor if you kill it. I have been tryng to pick them up with a tissue and escort them outside, so as to eliminate any possible stench in the house. I wonder why they are so abundant this year! And I wonder what kind of animal eats them!

I love this time of year when all of the people are starting to harvest their back yard gardens. They always over plant and then start giving away all of the over flow to friends, family and co workers. Today I came home with a couple of tomatoes, a green pepper and some wonderful yellow squash that I can’t wait to cook up and enjoy some time this week.

My parents are holding a huge picnic on July 31st for an expected crowd of almost 75 people. There is so much to be done around the place and have asked us kids to come over and lend them a hand. My mother found a good deal on a few fiberglass planters online and really wants these new decorative fiber glass planters ready to be put on display by the time the party starts. It’s funny with all that needs to be done for the big event that my mother is more concerned with a fiberglass planter issue than all the other things that need to be dealt with.

They have a wonderful home, with a fabulous yard that will certainly hold that many people and they have done some outside entertaining in the past, but not for this many people. My Dad is responsible for most of the work around the yard and really has his hands full without much time left to take care of it all. So this weekend will be a busy one for us all. I’m hoping that the weather will not be as extremely hot and humid as it has been for the past month. We really need a good rain storm but we are hoping that it won’t happen over this weekend or the next for that matter. Although my mom’s new fiber glass planter won’t be in harms way one way or another, LOL!

At least we kids are all invited to the big event, it should be a hoot!