Dear Friends,

I hope you had a great Independence Day! As usual I helped to push the Prickly Mountain float in the Warren parade. This year it was a gigantic (and beautiful) 32 ft tall Statue of Liberty that folded down into a giant collapsible box with a “repossessed” label. It was handy that it folded down as this was our tallest float ever and we had to maneuver under the power lines. I was pushing the box which had our 10 or 12 coolers of liquid refreshments as well as tools, backpacks, etc. Since the temp was almost 90°, it got quite hot when we collapsed the box and about 20 people had to fill the small space. It was a spectacular float! We even had a kid’s float following behind with a giant crane to help disassemble the statue. We had four generations of float helpers this year! After our float got to the end of the line, we were able to see the myriad of other floats passing by. Turns out we have a very creative community. The Warren parade is truly amazing.

We had a great party at my house afterwards. My favorite part of the 4th is the time in between the parade and the start of my annual party — also known as nap time. I may have set a new record for the number of strawberry adult beverages served. A lot of people showed up and since all the strawberries and the food got eaten, Grace and I declared it a success. It was so good to see all our friends and neighbors together.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive features the Apple Certified Refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. It is the 2.8GHz i7 with 16GB of ram and 256GB SSD drive and 2GB of video ram. It is silver and comes with an Apple 1-Year warranty. We are bundling it this week with AppleCare + which extends that warranty to 3-years and extensors the 90-days of free Apple technical support also to 3—years. I only have 5 available so it is first come, first served. This is our lowest price yet on this bundle at $1999.99!