Holidays are sort of null and void over here. Being unemployed puts a damper on things much like Alzheimer’s. Just like Thanksgiving ends up just being a regular thursday with gravy, the Fourth of July ends up being a saturday with more traffic. Well that and all of the rednecks come out in style. And your dog has to go on xanax because your fucking neighbors decide to do fireworks all night, every night, starting on July 2nd. Wanks.
(remind me to never again live in a state where fireworks can be purchased in the grocery store as an impulse buy)
Before you get the idea that if Mother had a job we would be out running around town with sparklers in our fists and patriotic potato salad in our bellies- we wouldn’t be. But it sure is nice to use it as an excuse for wanting to stay inside and shut the world out.
We will spend the day keeping cool (or trying to) and visiting with GM. Although come to think of it we may need to map out our visit as I think downtown is going to be jam packed and traffic logged.
For your enjoyment here is a (taken in advance) holiday photo of some people you may know. Once of us is planning world domination. heh
Now tell me what you are doing this weekend. & yes, you may select more than one answer.
Loading ...p.s. want to read something briliant? You must check out this post from Bri’s Unwellness. You can thank me later.
We are doing the annual Younce Farm 4th. There are about 45 people and tons o food (most of which I have prepared : chicken/sausage gumbo, garlic cheese grits, tater salad) and then the fireworks begin. They live waaaaay out in the country and we always purchase several hundred dollars woth of artillery shell and fountains and tanks and parachutes. It’s a lot of fun, and then this year to add to the festivities even more – Hell City Kitty is gonna grace the cement in front of the garage! WoopWoop!! I wish you were here, because well…. it’s a good time. I’ll probably even go gopher shooting! Can you believe that shit?!? I looooove you and I hope you can find some way to keep cool. And this may be a stupid question, but why can’t you sleep in your Gm’s bed?? XOXOXOXOX
ps – I see the total world domination is eminent!! He’s so damn cute! And you are pretty darn cute too!
The two of you are way cute. I will be watching your 4th of July celebrations from the comfort of my living room. I like the fireworks.
I demand to know who the other Barry fan is!
We are going to go to Cinci on Sunday with my parents. We will visit Ikea and a very cool grocery store. I will also be washing my hair and hoping that my neighbors who have been escalating their fireworks for weeks (to be fair, some of it may be gunfire) do not burn my house down.
I’m the only American in my household and I’m a vegetarian but I still insisted on hot dogs and baked beans and chips.
My big weekend event was today. Lunch with my mother and my BFF and her 8 mo old. Dropped the bombshell on my mother that her single, mid-40s daughter is pregnant from a donated embryo.
I suppose I should post about this.
Other than that, keeping cool indoors and staying off my ouchie feet.
i will be working and earning time-and-a-half pay, which is much needed in these parts. madre is baking a cake tonight which i was going to decorate all spiffily (word?) but have since decided a spritz of red and blue sprinkles on top of the vanilla icing is plenty of an effort.
will spend the rest of tonight napping (honestly, i am such a lump on fridays) and perhaps a huge chuck on time on sunday doing homework ~ thats my super secret fill-in.
love the photo of you and little world dominator! he is so cute. and you two look perfect together!
We’ll be hanging out on a pontoon boat in the middle of a lake all day. Then we’re eating a yummy Beaufort Boil followed by my perfect homemade Banana Pudding as we watch fireworks smuggled in from a state with much more liberal fireworks laws.
Can you tell I’m from the South?
What a great picture.
Me, I’ll be working and worrying about my pooch. All the fireworks are just awful for her. Fourth of July isn’t really a holiday I get into, especially being on my own so I don’t really mind working, I just hate leaving the dog alone.
You don’t really have me in there. Hub is starving for hot dogs since I don’t eat them myself. I will go out and get some along with chips and soda. Then we’ll have a blanket picnic in our yard and watch the hotel fireworks we can see from our driveway (maybe with some sparklers thrown in) since he missed Canada Day (Jul 1st). Just can’t handle the big stuff today.
Love the picture. We grilled last night with my brother and his girlfriend if that counts… but it wasn’t really for the 4th it was just because we were hungry and brats sounded good, ha! We had a nice time though. But, otherwise the fireworks make my dogs a nervous wreck and they have been on edge for 2 days now, ugh. I feel so bad for them. We are working around our pool, etc this weekend trying to get it ready since it was just installed last Monday. We may try to get a family photo today in our patriotic gear! Have a good weekend Cal. That boy is a cutie for sure.
Gettin’ my grill on with the fam. Tequila lime ribs are marinating now. Yum.
W is plotting – you can see it in his eyes.
I get to eat some of those tasty ribs Kym is talking about very soon. Drool….
Working. So all y’all need to keep your fingers and other appendages attached and don’t drink and drive, because I don’t want to see your ass in my ER.
Our plans changed 3 times this past week.
First we were going to the fireworks with our nieces and their parents. It would’ve been potluck and parking was only $7. Then we kinda bowed out because we didn’t have any money for parking or the beer they wanted us to bring. It turned out potluck was off the table (they were going to McDonald’s and we’re on a diet AND poor) and they had invited a person who has been a proven gay-hater in the past as well as a pig (he hit on me a lot and declared I was only gay because I’d never had a man, he had no problem offering to rectify that…)
Our second plan was to go out to my grandparents house, swim, grill and chill. But it turned out that the party got canceled.
Our third plan was the only thing that panned out. My parents invited us over to watch a funny movie, eat and maybe see the fireworks later that evening. They’d just gotten a grill so they made pounds of meat for themselves and our son. We had a ton of grilled veggies (corn, red peppers, mushrooms). Before the fireworks we played Wii and watched Hot Rod and some comedy central shows. The fireworks were okay, but I was pretty anxious to get home since the boy was starting to fall apart and go to cranks-ville.
Hi, do you remember me? We’ve had some good times, but I’ve been mostly dead to the blog world in recent months. Nice to see you again.
I can’t believe how big he’s getting! So, so beautiful.
World domination. That’s super cute.