How's your Fourth of July been so far?

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jujube

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We went to a Fourth of July parade this morning.

It was a typical small town parade, consisting of one motorcycle cop, a color guard from the local VFW, two firetrucks, one vintage Mustang, two vintage tractors, a plumber's truck, a real estate agent's car, a flatbed trailer with a Christmas tree and a wheelchair on it, what appeared to be every Republican in the county carrying signs, some guy in a convertible who's running for a very low-level office next year, an older lady wearing a Wonder Woman costume who shouldn't have been wearing a Wonder Woman costume, and bringing up the rear, one police car with half its lights working. The parade lasted exactly seven minutes and that's probably only because the lady in the Wonder Woman costume was wearing seven inch high sparkle boots and couldn't walk very fast.

I pray the fireworks don't get rained out tonight. I wish the parade had.
 

The parade lasted only 7 minutes?
Poor Wonder Woman with 7 inch heels. :laugh:

Heres to wishing you a better time with the fireworks.
Hey! You at least have a good sense of humour about it
 
jujube said:
We went to a Fourth of July parade this morning.

It was a typical small town parade, consisting of one motorcycle cop, a color guard from the local VFW, two firetrucks, one vintage Mustang, two vintage tractors, a plumber's truck, a real estate agent's car, a flatbed trailer with a Christmas tree and a wheelchair on it, what appeared to be every Republican in the county carrying signs, some guy in a convertible who's running for a very low-level office next year, an older lady wearing a Wonder Woman costume who shouldn't have been wearing a Wonder Woman costume, and bringing up the rear, one police car with half its lights working. The parade lasted exactly seven minutes and that's probably only because the lady in the Wonder Woman costume was wearing seven inch high sparkle boots and couldn't walk very fast.

I pray the fireworks don't get rained out tonight. I wish the parade had.
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OMG, that's funny! :)
 

Sounds like the small town parades that I grew up with.

A cheer always went up when the village hoe, similar to this one, passed by! :playful::eek:nthego:
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It was so hot,humid and sticky outside with showers on and off so we stayed inside the whole day. I made hamburgers but didn't even want to light the grill. I made them on my George Foreman grill inside,some corn that was tough,and baked beans out of the can. That was our 4th.
 
We usually don't do anything special on the 4th, but a few days ago I bought some lamb sirloins, so my hubby fired up the charcoal grill and we had grilled lamb with broccoli and cauliflower. Quiet so far today.....just as I typed 'today', I started hearing some fireworks across the street, pup gave out a bark. :D
 
The fireworks were a little late in starting....I thought we were going to have to light some farts. The evening would have been a bust, as we were out of beans and I didn't have any matches.

It went well, though. The rain held off. The fireworks were great and we got out before the traffic got bad. AND got home in time to see the end of the Washington DC celebration on TV. The 1812 Overture with the real cannons shooting off was spectacular. The Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffet should have stayed home and lit farts, unfortunately.

Altogether a fine Fourth!
 
The park where the festivities were going to be held here in Houston got 8 inches of rain and had to be cancelled. 167 vehicles were towed that were left in high water. Chris Young was supposed to perform. Fireworks went on and I watched on tv. I was not going downtown anyway to see it as I try to stay away from huge crowds especially in flooded areas. Here in Clear Lake, we got a lot of rain, thunder and lightening but it quickly moved out. A lot of us had fears of another Harvey and I am so glad it did not happen. I was still checking my front door way every 45 minutes to see if water was trying to come in. Hopefully better sleep tonight!
 
We invited a couple from upstate who were traveling our way.

Then invited the lonesome tale teller…turns out his wife was home from her mountain retreat…both came.

Then the couple two miles down the path that were staying at their cabin over the fourth.

Then the guy down the path the other way.

Meanwhile I managed to ‘totally ruin’ my lady’s brownies by switching propane tanks in the middle of their bake cycle.
Didn’t know she could break the handle of her large cast-iron skillet with one swing onto the picnic table.
Also didn’t know she could curse and swear so loud. Thought I had the corner on that.
Nor did I know the delicate process of making those brownies.

I know these things now.

Heh, she now knows the brownies were still to die for.
The get together was a huge success.
My chikin was to kill for.
The beans, tater salad, pie, other goodies are all gone…attesting to their goodness.

Folks have just left.

We’re pooped.
 
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We didn’t do a thing. I’m having gall bladder problem and spent most of the day and evening I’m bed. Never was a fireworks fan, so no great loss.
 
I watched the WashDC Fireworks on TV and there was one loud bang outside somewhere. My beagle Blu barely raised his head off the couch to look out the window, eyes at half mast, but when he saw nothing he was back in dreamland. Bella (pomapoo) never stirred. My daughter invited us over but it was so hot out that I just wanted to stay inside with the A/C.
 
I took 2 out of my 3 walks yesterday in the morning when it was cooler. I think some of the parades were cancelled because there was' heat advisory' around WNY.We hit a new record high 93
I read my book then started to watch one of my favorite movies on TCM,'1776' '72 starring William Daniels,Howard deSilva,Ken Howard Sue
 
Some people in my area like to set off REALLY loud fireworks (why do people think it's cool to explode things??) and they kept doing it until the wee hours of the morning. I spent my evening and well into the night trying to persuade my Bonnie(doggie) that the world was not ending and keeping her calm.

Pretty fireworks that go up into the sky are one thing, but I do not like fireworks that just explode to make noise. I privately keep hoping that my city will make fireworks on private property illegal in town, especially during drought like we are having -- I kept hearing firetruck sirens all night. Just seems supremely stupid to let drunks set things on fire and explode them for the fun of it when everything around here is dry as tinder.

AND it will go on for several nights -- they've already started tonight. GRRR!
 

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