did every one have a good 4th?

Well, so far, no one has shot off any fireworks in our neighborhood. So that's good. Of course, fireworks have been banned because of the fire danger, and anyone caught shooting them would be arrested. However, that doesn't guarantee that fools won't do it anyway.

But as of now, hubby, I and all of our critters are still safe and sound. YAY!

I had a great 4th with my wife! We tried to see fireworks but there weren't any big shows around us. Some locals shot some from the street, though.

Mine was okay, mostly non eventful. I've had this horrible headache half the day and that is really making it not as good as it could be. Didn't really do much though. We didn't even make dinner.

No. Not until tonight when all the fireworks started, lol. Some mean lady ruined my kids day, and there is nothing more heartbreaking than hear your toddler say he's sad all freakin day because of what some old lady did. My day was spent trying to cheer him up, and we didn't achieve that until all the big booms started going.

Apart from (anticipated) parking lot exit stupidity after a ball game, I had a fabulous day.

We had a great day cooking out, drinking, and watching fireworks with friends!

Aside from an accident involving my husband's work boots and my big toenail, I had a very safe 4th. Saw 3 fireworks displays, 1 parade, and got to hang out with a lot of great friends.

Went to a decent BBQ/LARP get together on Sat. I lost the ring Cyn gave me a couple years ago. There was a HUGE power outage in Detroit metro and I almost got into 3 accidents because the lights were out at night.

There was a huge dumpster fire at my apartment complex (3 trucks) and my roomie had a load of clothes stolen out of the dryer in the laundry room.

All in all, this weekend kinda sucked!

We had a BBQ with some friends, and took off to watch the fireworks from the lawn of the church near the meadow where they have the local "Fair." Going into the Fair, and sitting on the banks of the pond where they shoot the fireworks is something we always used to do. But, the crowds have got so big, it takes forever to get out of there and, honestly, since they allow this horrible band to play all DURING the fireworks (crappy renditions of old Journey songs and Bruce Springsteen stuff, with some Boston thrown in for bad measure) I can't sit too close any more.

So, we sit on the lawn of the church about 1 or 2 blocks from the meadow. We get in and out quickly. The show was a little shorter than usual, but as most of the villages are out of money, they did a GREAT job. It was a beautiful firework show. This town always puts on a great one.

Sadly, again, the people we were going to go with "couldn't&quo t; because their 3 year old "didn't get a nap." I mean, WTF? These people don't do ANYTHING that might interrupt this kid's nap or sleep schedule, and it irritates the crap outta me. Kids miss naps! The Fourth of July and good fireworks are something every child should experience and he has NEVER seen fireworks, with one exception in his life, because "It's late, he'll get crabby." UG, there are ways to deal with crabby toddlers other than to MISS exciting opportunities for FUN!

We took our kids to see fireworks every single year, even when our oldest was only 3 weeks old. If toddlers are "getting crabby" (and really, usually the fireworks are so interesting they will be distracted by them) you sit the kid in your lap or in the stroller, tell them they may NOT cry and whine and....they do what you say. Or they go to sleep. At least that's how its always worked in our house. We've NEVER missed a social event because one of my kids had a written-in-stone bedtime or because "she missed her nap and will be crabby." *SIGH* My kids were not angels by a long shot, but we had some basic control over them. I'd no sooner let one of them ruin someone's holiday than I'd....change a diaper in the dining room...during dinner. I'm gonna shut up now.

Off soap box.

Saturday I went to see Bitch play at a music festival. Sunday I took a great nap. Yesterday I went shopping for a new computer (that I will HOPEFULLY get this weekend) and then we went to a wienie roast at a friend's.

Other than my mind playing a mindfuck on me last night, overall it was a good weekend.

I spent the day playing a zombie board/card game with a friend, had lots of food, and drank a little bit, then finished the day with video games.

my fam watched Gene Simmons Family Jewels all day. no fireworks b/c of rain.

Meh, it was kinda lonely and depressing but my friends kept me busy for the rest of the weekend so it wasn't a total loss.

Another dreadful 4th for us, doing whatever we could to calm our very scared dog from all the loud bangs.

I was really sick. I think I had food poisoning because I spent my 4th puking. The entire day was a miserable one. I did get to hear the fireworks going on at night in between vomiting.

I spent most of the day and night on call for work, so I read a bunch of old political speeches and essays, spent a lot of time on a very empty Eden (kind of like when everyone else went home from the dorms for Thanksgiving freshman year, so I went rollerskiing naked down the hallways), and watched a few episodes of Gunsmoke on Netflix.

While I was on duty at work, I dug an 8 foot deep hole. So I guess I gained some valuable shovel skills, too.