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Hi, Zzyyggy. Sweetie made potato leek soup for dinner. Yum 😋 Delicious. The temperature dropped into the mid 80’s so it wasn’t too hot for soup. No, Sweetie just wanted to make soup. I ordered a berry ice cream trifle for dessert—layered with vanilla ice cream, mixed fresh berries, and fudge sauce. Oh, yes. I can sprinkle some M&M’s on top. Might need more M&M’s here.

Huh, check it out, even the M&M’s are red, white, and blue. Now my trifle matches the decorations around the cyberpool. You know, it’s taken all this time to realize that the liner on the pool is computerized and they can put any digital image on it. Nice flag.

I think I might need a nice hot cafe mocha. I’m feeling a little chilled.

Well, Zzyyggy, Sweetie is cooking again tonight. He’s making our version of refried beans—actually not refried, but cooked in the microwave until so tender that the beans can be mashed. And he’s making beef fajitas. He’ll have tortillas with his dinner, I won’t. I love when he cooks, although he’ll ask how to make something and then makes things entirely different sometimes. Most of the time it works out well—that happens to me, too.

I can see Igor setting up the fire pits for later this evening. I hope Viktor remembers to stock the freezers with ice cream for s’mores sundaes. I’m thinking coffee ice cream would taste great, although vanilla and chocolate are always good. Chocolate chip mint ice cream would taste great, too.

A midnight swim with skinny dipping? What happens at the cybercafe stays at the cybercafe.

Zzyyggy the grilled steaks were delicious. I had the grilled vegetables and potato salad with mine. Francois was shaking things up with grilled peaches and nectarines served with his homemade granola and homemade peach cobbler ice cream for dessert. I couldn’t pass that up. He promised to keep the barbecue going through Sunday evening. Thank goodness. A five day holiday sounds amazing with good food, lots of swimming, boating, and hiking and a five night stay at the Inn at the Cybercafe. WOW!

You are so lucky to be able to enjoy the fireworks without having to leave home with the added bonus of avoiding the loud noise., Zzyyggy. We can’t see fireworks from our house, although sometimes we can hear them off in the distance.

Hi, Zzyyggy. Whew, it’s been so hot in the real world I had to visit the cybercafe to cool off. I ordered the barbecue chicken with tomato salad and baked potato for dinner. Right now an iced tea would be great I asked Viktor to ice it with mini scoops of lemon sorbet.

Our neighbors set off lots of fireworks last night. I’m sure we’ll be hearing them over the next couple of nights, too. We have a couple of neighbors that light up fireworks for just about every occasion, although not as much lately. Apparently, fireworks have gotten more expensive—almost triple the cost.

Zzyyggy! We didn’t have home internet for 24 hours. The node got a direct lightening hit. Of course, we still had our phones, although even the cell service wasn’t great last night. I wasn’t too concerned, but Sweetie was really annoyed. He used to be more easygoing.

Today is World Chocolate Day. Here’s Harry and David’s take on it:


Oh, yes, please! I’m ordering this for dessert tonight.

Barbecue is always good. Maybe the crab and clam bake will get pushed to next weekend.

Looks like we’re in for another round of thunderstorms right now. Yesterday the high was 100 degrees. Today was cooler at 91 degrees, but it was still horribly humid. Our forecast shows thunderstorms/rain every day for the next 14 days. Oh, joy.

Hi, Zzyyggy. Well, another Monday and another humid day with lots of sun and heat. I checked our forecast and it looks like we’ll be getting more sunny days than yesterday’s forecast showed. It will still be hot and humid, though. Francois made my favorite chicken salad and I ordered that on a croissant for dinner. Here’s Viktor now with our sandwiches and drinks. Mmm, iced tea for me. I’m definitely having more of the chocolate dessert tonight. The chocolate cake sure looks good. I know you’re not a fan of cherries so I’ll gladly eat the chocolate covered cherries. I love those things. If they weren’t so expensive I’d have a monthly order (or weekly order) for a bag of chocolate covered cherries. I wonder how many come in a bag. 🤔

Vikto, Zzyyggy’s late! I’ll go ahead and order and make my way out to the terrace. Francois is cooking sun dried tomato chicken and roasted vegetables, a favorite of mine. I’ll have the stone fruit tart with vanilla ice cream for dessert. And would you please send a pitcher of iced tea to the table? Thanks, Viktor.

Oh Lordy! James...Sweet James, please bring me a large...No! two hefty slices of tiramisu with all the fixins'. Gawd, this will go right to my thighs..sigh". Where the hell is James? Help is so hard to find.."sipping a Cosmo".

It’s National Mac and Cheese Day! This is so exciting. Who gets to decide these things anyway? How strange that they picked Bastille Day. I’m fairly certain they’re not eating mac and cheese in France today, although I think it’s a great way to celebrate. 😉 Francois will be celebrating the day for sure. Well, I’m not entirely sure which one he’s celebrating since he is a French chef, but he always has mac and cheese for me (even though he might have fussy names for it).

Perhaps Francois will make my very favorite cold pasta salad with lots of fresh vegetables, plus ham, pepperoni, and salami, and, of course, cheese. It qualifies as mac and cheese because, while the original salad had provolone and mozzarella cheeses, you can add anything you want. Add a simple dressing of olive oil, vinegar, oregano, and salt and pepper. I always made it the night before serving because then the salad has time to marinate. I’m definitely ordering this for dinner tonight, especially because I can only eat this at the cybercafe since I’m allergic to some of the ingredients. By the way, do you know how difficult it is to live in the South when you’re allergic to pork? Picnics are particularly torturous. I’m uncomfortable asking a host about who made/what’s in everything that’s being served. I tend to stick with raw fruits and vegetables.

Somehow I’ve managed to get off on a tangent here. I think I’ll have an early lunch. I can order traditional mac and cheese and Viktor will make my favorite iced tea with mini scoops of lemon sorbet and all will be right with the world. Ha, now there’s a wish I wish were true.

Zzyyggy, here’s some more brownies. Francois iced some, too. Mmm, delicious.

Okay, Zzyyggy, I’m ready for the snow. It’s been hot and humid. Today it went up to 96 degrees until, at 3:00 pm. a passing storm blew some wind and a tiny bit of rain in and then the temperature dropped 20 degrees. That doesn’t happen often, usually it gets hotter and even more humid and horrible when it rains in the summer. Of course now, at 7:00 pm it’s almost 86 degrees, but it feels like 99 degrees.

Pizza with lots of vegetables for me, please. Mm, garlic knots. Oh, good, here’s Viktor with more iced tea. I think I’ll have a s’mores sundae for dessert later this evening.