Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Valerie Bertinelli is more than ready to say goodbye to summer. On Sunday, the actress and former Food Network star took to social media to express her excitement for summer's end while sharing a poolside selfie.
"August 11. The last dog day of summer. I have spent 64 years not knowing what that actually meant, so I looked it up," Bertinelli wrote in the caption .
"It has nothing to do with dogs and everything [to] do with Sirius, the dog star. The dog days of summer are the 20 days before and the 20 days after Sirius has become visible in the east when the sky is still dark right before sunrise. VALERIE BERTINELLI EXPLAINS WHY SHE GAVE UP DRINKING: 'THERE WAS SO MUCH SADNESS IN MY LIFE' Valerie Bertinelli has continued to stay sober since initially participating in Dry January at the start of the year.
(Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images) "And it’s hot as f---," she continued. "Anyway, this is me waiting patiently for the fall equinox." APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST A post shared by Valerie Bertinelli (@wolfiesmom) Last month, Bertinelli celebrated a major milestone in her alcohol-free journey, becoming six months sober.
"I don't need anything to amplify my happiness right now," Bertinelli told People magazine in April of her decision to stop drinking. "I feel high just on life. I recently went out to dinner with a friend, and I had ginger ale in a wine glass.
And it felt like I was celebrating.