Sue Woolfe

Have you heard about the free music online from a company called Spotify? It is like your own personal jukebox – you create playlists of your favorite songs and then listen to them on your PC or even your smartphone. That would be so cool! But when I went to their web site to sign up, I found out that it is not available to people who live in the U.S. Boo!

I think they mean it! Do you think they have actually heard all these excuses? Or do they just have teenagers in the house and are used to arguing?

When it gets so hot that your legs stick to the car seat on the drive home, you know its pool time. That’s the best thing bout living in an apartment or a condo – you have a pool waiting for you every night and on the weekends. I spend so much time at the pool that I had to buy a third bathing suit – and it was worth it.

Actually it was a dark, desert highway that begins the lyrics for the hit classic by the Eagles, “Hotel California.”

While listening to it, the next part makes sense, “cool wind in my hair.” But then the line, “warm smell of colitas . . .” and now I’m realizing I have no idea what are colitas?

So I looked it up, and it is a Mexican word that means “little tail,” which makes no sense. So, digging deeper, I finally found out that colitas is Mexican slang for pot, specifically the plant buds. So now I’ve been educated today.

The best of every month is payday. But the second best part is the holiday. Every month has at least one holiday that we either celebrate with family and friends or that means a day off work. All the months except August.

I wish there was a holiday in August – any reason at all would mean a day off from work and extra time to hang out at the beach or at least the pool.