Adventures of a Country Mama: Hot Weather, No Rain and the 4th of July

It's been hot here in southern Wisconsin. We also haven't had any rain in weeks. Everything looks sad and brown. We've been watering the garden every night but we've lost the Roma tomatoes :(.
We have window AC units in our home and we've been limping along our living room unit to hopefully make it through another summer. Well J attempted to "fix" it to make it work better and ended up breaking it completely. Oops! So we were down an AC unit on some of the hottest days on record! Luckily a good friend of mine had a unit that she wasn't using anymore so we bought it from her and it's great to be cool again!
The 4th of July was great for us we hung out with friends on the 3rd, and laid low in the house to escape the heat on the 4th. I finished the crib bumpers I was making for B's crib. I was getting cabin fever though towards the end of the day so we went over to my mom and dad's for a little swim. The water was WARM! B loves the water, she loves to float around in her life- jacket and she likes to just chill in your arms. She definitely takes after her momma!
We were treated to a rude evening though as some of our neighbors decided to light off fireworks! J went outside to spray down the house because we were afraid of fire. It is so dry one little spark could of set off a grass fire!