Happy 4th everyone!
I'm just hanging out this morning at the ole internet club. It's a hot one here in Crimea today. And, with the heat comes lack of appetite and lots of exercise. yep, we've been working out at the property quite frequently these days. And, for some reason I decided to join my friend, Elzara in a mad rush of slimming down. She just had a baby four months ago and wants to lose weight before her husband comes to visit from Siberia, so she joined a health club and does aerobics every other day. Remember Jane Fonda and all her crazy unhealthy moves before she was checked, well that's kinda like Ukraine is today. The instructor just moves around crazily for an hour and you just hope you don't pull something in the process. It's a dance / aerobics class so it's a little difficult to keep up. Last time they made us put these huge rubber bands around our legs and jump around, I thought I was going to trip all over myself and the poor lady next to me.
I'll have to get a photo the next time I go, it's quite a site.
Anyways, I told Elzara (she's only in town for another 6 weeks) that I'd go faithfully with her for those 6 sixs, since we won't be going on any trips this summer, so that she'd have an excercise buddy. Now, I'm wondering what I just committed to.
Well, tonight we're going to shoot off fireworks for the holiday! It'll be a small celebration, since there's only 7 Americans and one Australian coming to our party, but that's okay we're still going to eat fried chicken and watermelon, (I hope to make some baked beans too, I got some molasses not too long ago!)
Anyhoo, we're glad that we're independent, even though the Crimeans around us have no idea why we're celebrating. Hey, the good news, is here we can shoot off huge fireworks ourselves, and they're really cheap (I guess it's because China is so close by).??
Happy 4th everyone! Much love,
Tammy
3 comments:
We talked about our 4th celebration when I was pregnant with Jonah!! We went to see fireworks last night but they got rained out. Were thinking about how Jonah will be 4 Friday and talking about that fun day with the Grinns of swimming, badmitton, shish-kabobs (spelling?) and whatever else we did to try and make a baby come. :) Love & miss you guys!!
How fun...sorry about the heat, that it wouldn't be the fourth without it! Thanks for my mommy book, I'll be using it. I miss you more than ever.
Mabe next year you can celebrate the 4th at your new house! We missed you guys. We are looking forward to your vist.
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