Can you just see the fireworks starting?

  SO...............  Karin and Keith (and Murphy) will be joining us for the 4th of July weekend - Mr. Hillary and Keith decided to get the womenfolk a little riled up before the games begin.... after you read this information that has been circulating around the men folk... any one know of a good 'Dog House' they could stay in - because Karin and I and Murphy.... are staying at the Grand America.... xoxox

MEN  ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE


NICKNAMES:

• If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.  
• If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.  

  
EATING  OUT:

• When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50.  None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change  back.  
• When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket  calculators.

  
MONEY:

• A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.  
• A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

  
BATHROOMS:

• A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .  
• The  average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.  A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

  
ARGUMENTS:

• A woman has the last word in any argument.  
• Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

  
FUTURE:

• A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.  
• A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.  

  
SUCCESS:

• A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.  
• A  successful woman is one who can find such a man.  

  
MARRIAGE:

• A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.  
• A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

  
DRESSING UP:

• A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.  
• A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

  
NATURAL:

• Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.  
• Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

  
OFFSPRING:

• Ah, children.  A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favourite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.  
• A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.