July has been a handful- but not in a bad way. It’s been pretty productive, actually, and it’s moved ridiculously fast. Take, for instance, the following rundown of our weekends:

July 5th-6th
We made it down to Scranton for the Bartley family gathering. It was great to see everyone again…these are always enjoyable because of the long stretch where we didn’t do a whole lot as an extended family, so being able to hang out with my aunts, uncles, and cousins for a couple of days again is a welcomed change to the summer routine. Thanks to Uncle Peter and Aunt Noreen for hosting us!

July 12th
Although the new iPhones came out on the 11th, we didn’t manage to get one until the 12th (we weren’t about to camp out). I’ve gotta say, though, that it’s a pretty remarkable device. The 2.0 firmware allows you to download applications from the iTunes store to extend the things you can do with the phone. Check your e-mail, play games, or even figure out what song is playing at the grocery store. Fantastic.

July 18th
The Mets were just finishing up a 10 game winning streak, during which they managed to catch and overtake the Phillies for first place in the NL East. Omar proved that he made the right move by firing Willie in mid-June - although this turnaround wasn’t all Manuel’s doing, Willie clearly showed time and time again that he wasn’t able to truly turn this team around. Jerry can thank Castillo’s bum knee for knocking him out indefinitely and Delgado for learning how to swing a bat again.

July 25th-26th
Harborfest in Oswego. As always it was great to catch up with everyone and see people that I might not otherwise see for another year. The Gongshow Golf Tournament course record was broken by my team - we won’t get any credit for it thanks to tourney rules, but I’m going to recommend that those get changed for next year. Check out the gallery for some more pictures of the day and the fireworks.

The Harborfest fireworks were nice as always, though I think they started about 10 minutes early which made us miss the very beginning. However, I was able to get some video of the grand finale anyway:

In August we’re heading out to Cape Cod with the usual Oswego+ crew. My hope is that no one will wander off into the ocean in the middle of the night, but we’ll see if we can’t contain the usual suspects from doing just that. Until next time!

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