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Hey everybody! Well, the house stuff is going well. Alex has the inspection today and if all goes well, escrow will close on August 17th! We've had a busy week. Last week we went to Zern's.....talk about hickville. They sell everything from camoflauge to fake purses. Its the place to be seen in Gilbertsville and if you are overweight and missing teeth you won't stand out. Alex was especially interested in the car auction.....the whole thing was priceless.

Less you think we were only doing hick stuff.....Madison and I spent the day in the city. We took the train in and had lunch at the Reading Terminal Market. Its like the farmers market in LA but bigger and inside. LOTS of great food. Madison and I found the best pizza and cannoli's in the world. The lady at Termini Bros (the cannoli store) was by the book Italian with a thick accent....her name was even Carmela! There was an ice cream festival a the market and Madison participated in all the craft making. The Reading Terminal Market has been there since 1893 and the ice cream stand Bassetts just as long. Apparently they are the oldest ice cream maker in the USA. We had lots of fun checking out all the food stands and other stores. They had a cookbook store that had the coolest books. There was even a cookbook on how to cook exotic animals such as Armadillo's or insects.

After that we took a trolley all over the city. We had a great time but it was SOOOOOOO hot that day. I think we drank 8 bottles of water EACH. At one point Madison took her shoes and socks off and paddled in Logan Circle fountain. Its a HUGE fountain and all the kids were in it.

After our venture into the city, we came home and went to the Polish Festival at my parents church......more food and HEAT. We filled ourselves on pirogi, kielbasa, and funnel cake.

On Sunday, just another relaxing day at my Uncle Carl's pool. We had a great grilled dinner and volleyball after. Overall.....we are loving life right now. It will probably be different after we go back to school and work.