The Fourth of July is a big holiday at our house. We can see the city fireworks display very well from our backyard since we’re so close. We invite everyone we know and everyone they know over for food and fun and blowing shit up. YAY!
My husband grilled various meat products and I made drinks. Because I am cooler! Ha HA! I used this recipe and it was a hit. (I didn’t use diet soda because aspartame wants to kill me.) For the second batch, we were out of frozen limeade, so I used lemonade instead. Totally worked, but my sister liked the limeade a smidgen better. I think half lemon half limeade would be perfect. We have renamed this “Cheater ‘Ritas” because that’s what it is and that’s a name you can slur and still understand!
I also made a punch that I’d taken for a test run a few weeks ago. The first time I made it, I used light rum, orange juice and pineapple juice and left out the banana liqueur. It was alright, but I didn’t think it was different enough from any orange juice and alcohol drink. It does make a good slush if you leave out some of the water. Scoop some into a glass, cover with Sprite and that’s mighty tasty. However, the second time I made it, I used orange juice, a pineapple/something/something (sorry) juice and half Bacardi, half Bacardi RAZZ. Also, I forgot the grenadine the second time. The second way was PERFECT. It was so good. If you make this recipe, it’s a good idea to use a pitcher like
this one. The punch separates and benefits from a little stir before pouring.
The day after the party, everyone slept in. My kids were like angels sleeping past 9am. Of course, Mommy was like the devil getting up anytime before Tuesday, so it balanced out to be about normal here that morning. My brother in-law and nephew spent the night in our living room and my son had had a friend spend the night because it was his birthday weekend. I thought it would be nice to have a nice big brunch to get us all going. I fried bacon and made pancakes. I made a baked omelet roll and burnt the bejeezus out of my thumb taking a pan out of the oven. We had juice and milk and coffee and a nice sit-down meal together, in shifts. Because I don’t have that many kitchen chairs. After cleaning up the kitchen a bit, I took my son and his friend to the store so my son could spend some birthday cash on a new Gameboy Advance game. It was a hot one and I wanted to spend the afternoon in the yard finishing the leftover party drinks. So I bought a pool for the kids to splash around in and we all did just that. Except, the kids didn’t drink alcohol and I didn’t mean to fall down in the pool in my shorts and tshirt. Oops.
Then, on Tuesday, I went to work. And it’s pretty much been major suckage from there.
The End.
