happy 4th

I worked today. That means double time and a half. Yay! After work I stopped off at the grocery to buy steaks for a grill out this evening with my family. I ran inot my middle son on my way home. He was skipping the grill out for a date with some chick named "Sabrina." Oldest son backed out of the grill out to go to the motorcycle show at the Levee. Daughter decided to grill out with her friend/our neighbor.............and boyfriend wasn't feeling well so he backed out.

I'm a little relieved. I'm tired. Sitting back and just relaxing with We-Ping sounds good to me.
The 4th of July used to be a big deal at our house. When I was married we'd spend a small fortune on fireworks. We always took our vacation the last week of June and the first week of July. We'd stop in Tenn. on our way home from the ocean to buy the fireworks. Our favorite thing to buy was the roll of 100,000 firecrackers. Or maybe it was 500,000. We'd start unrolling it at the bottom of our street and it covered the whole length of our street. We'd light it for the finale, the firecracker roll........and it was after the firecracker roll that the police would show up. They were always nice though... All of our neighbors, friends and family would come to our house on the 4th. We didn't send out invitations. Everyone just knew to come, and each year more and more people would show up. We'd grill, have drinks, listen to great music..........and then at dark we'd do the fireworks. It was fun.