WARNING: These thoughts are somewhat tempered by the fact that my grandson, Zach, is visiting my blogging launch pad, and sitting right next to me and my computer, while playing his PSP and shooting an annoying question or two when bored...!!!  

Zach is my oldest grandchild, son of my oldest child, Kelly Ann, and her husband Gil, who is our director of operations...!!!  

You can tell Zach is the son of our director of operations by his desire to know everything about everything in fifteen minutes or less...!!!  

Patience is a virtue, but rarely found in the Gaspari family...we all seem to have a 'need to know' everything...and pronto...!!!  

Anyhow, back to the weekend...  

In line with our President's constant call for 'transparency', and feeling the need to act rather than provide mere 'lip service', here's what we are looking forward to this fourth of July weekend...  

***The Holley family (Zach, Madison, Mikaela, and the crew) are going to the National Aquarium in Baltimore...  

***The rest of the Gaspari family will be mowing grass, felling a large but dead tree, burning our huge twig and debris pile, cooking out, flag flying, catching some fireworks, and assorted other fourth of July freedom celerbrating activities...  

***Hopefully we'll all spend at least a few minutes in solidarity with the many tea parties occurring throughout our nation by engaging in prayers of thanksgiving for the great nation that God has bestowed upon us...!!!  

Happy Fourth of July Weekend to all...left, right, liberal, conservative, democrat, republican, and any other true blooded patriotic American or freedom loving citizen...!!!