Beautiful Friday

Finally the weather has cooled off to the point of being able to sit outside for a while and not dive back into the air conditioned house.
Ron is off this morning to requalify at the Sheriff's Range.  He has to do it once a year in order to carry.  AND he gets to meet up with people he used to work with and enjoy swapping a bit of news.  Men don't gossip.  I had thought of going with him too but decided there really wasn't anyone I wanted to see. It's been 11 years since I retired.  Figure if I haven't kept in contact with them this far, I probably didn't want to in the first place.
We're having a slight family problem.  My children's birth father is in bad health and since he has no one to care for him he's refusing to have the needed surgery.  My children have to deal with what they are going to do.  I feel sorry for them having to go thru this and wish I could make it all go away as when they were little children.  But they are not and all I can do is be prepared to help them deal with their decisions.
I am pretty excited about this weekend, it's the first of many summer parties we're committed to.  Brown Deer, WI to stay with one of Ron's brothers and SIL.  She's planned a tour of a bottling company where her brother works.  I don't know much about the brand but I'm really looking forward to seeing and tasting.
Then a cookout at their house with another brother and sister and their families.  Haven't seen them in a year so really looking forward to that.
Sunday is probably going to be shopping day for SIL, Pat, and I.  She needs a dress for her nephew's wedding and I just bought three dresses for our weddings this summer.  So I guess that makes me an expert.  LOL