change of opinion

so, after the arrival of two cases of cheerwine on my doorstep (hooray for meredith!), followed soon by a six-pack of it straight from hickory, nc (yay for my sister!), i feel the need to amend my previous statement re. the taste of cheerwine. it's not really cherry-flavored ginger ale. it's actually much more like cherry flavored dr. pepper.

but it's still amazing.

where does she come up with this stuff?

in reference to the loud booming and popping sounds coming from the field next door:

mom: "what is that?"
mary: "i think it's fireworks...or the chinese army."