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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 2:07 pm
My town has fireworks and a celebration on the 3rd of July...don't know why, just another little oddity about being here. (Another oddity was the 500 pound BEAR walking down one of the residential streets and the university! YIKES!!!!) On the 4th, I will play the organ at church and then come home to pack more boxes and clean my office and hopefully write a Fulbright grant. BLEAH! I'm going to NYC on the 6th-8th and having my LAST yard sale on the 9th and 10th. I will need the 4th to rest and get ready!
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 3:54 pm
#1, Congratulations, Cindori, on the coming new addition to your family! That shirt is a cute way to deliver the news. #2, An early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Staceyinpa! How nice that everyone shoots off all those fireworks for you every year! #3, I'd like to be doing what Pamy is doing, but it's really better with two and I'm just one, so... That brings me to #4 - What I'll be doing. I had a few options this year. Our local PT Cruiser club will be doing a parade in Seaside, Oregon, so I could go there. or Another branch of the club is having a big barbeque on Saturday and doing a parade on Sunday down in Roseburg, Oregon. or There are two parades on Saturday that yet another branch of the club is doing in Keiser and Salem. But the invitation that I actually accepted is to come spend the weekend at the home of a couple of PT Cruiser buddies in Mossyrock, Washington. They have acreage and throw a BIG bash every forth of July. There will be about 100 people for a barbeque and then they'll be firing off a canon (yes, a REAL canon) out on the back forty with things like melons loaded into the barrel. I'm going up on Saturday because they've invited me to come ride their horses and just hang out. Couldn't pass that up! Plus, they told me to bring my products (I sell a variety of novelty stuff, mostly things that blink) because they think their friends will want to buy a bunch. Wow! I feel like it's Christmas or something! Now, I need to make them something to take as a nice thank-you gift. 
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 4:40 pm
Probaby nothing but try to avoid the fumes from the neighbor's barbeque.. I might go to the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach, but I might be smart and go a bit later in the season. But it looks like a good weekend.. lunch with Eggie one day and looks like lunch with Pamy and Sirbill another, when they come to pick up some puppy pens left over from my dog showing/breeding days for their adorable foster pups.. Woo hoo!!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 4:46 pm
I'm just going to take it as it comes & enjoy my 3 day wk-end. Will bbq of course but other than that, nothing is planned - Yeah!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 4:51 pm
I'll probably get drunk and play with firecrackers and blow off a couple of fingers before accidentally setting fire to the house and puking on the cops while being arrested. (please understand that I am just kidding!)

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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 4:52 pm
It will be like any other day around my house. But, I suppose that's better than two years ago. Two years ago about 4:30 am July 3 is when Mom had her stroke. I can still remember driving home from the hospital on the evening of the 4th, and seeing all these people who had parked, and were walking to a clear viewing area near the Fairgrounds. They were toting coolers, lawn chairs, and various other creature comforts as they headed over to claim a spot. It was maybe an hour before dusk. And it was just so surreal and wierd, like watching a slow motion movie or something. Of course, I probably hadn't had much sleep at that point, so I'm betting pretty much everything looked surreal by then. I do know that we will be calling my Aunt Betty, who will be celebrating her 81st birthday on the 4th. She grew up thinking the fireworks were for her birthday.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 5:46 pm
Same as SanFranJoshFan.
Well, okay, barbeque with the next door neighbors, then probably play some parlor games, maybe dominoes, then fireworks at 10:30 if us old fogeys can stay awake until then. Can you believe we don't have fireworks until 10:30 PM because it stays light so late up here???????
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 6:52 pm
On the lake watching fireworks and eating BBQ. I hope everyone has a great time! 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 10:07 pm
Juju, I was in Montana this time last year and I know what you're talking about!! It was amazing to realize that the sun set around 10pm!! My family hasn't made any plans just yet, but I see a BBQ happening. Then a trip to the beach to watch the fireworks from the pier. We can't light fireworks in our little city. Have a fun 4th everyone!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 10:57 am
DH and I have no plans. All of our friends are headed out of town, sis it too preggers to do anything fun, We aren't bar hoppers, but maybe we will this weekend. Any suggestions? Our DD will be with her Grammas this weekend.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 9:16 am

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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 9:41 am
I hope you are all having a merry 4th of July with lots of sunshine and happiness everywhere 
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Cooki
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 10:12 am
Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July !!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 10:27 am
I left to go to Arizona late Friday night because L.A. was making me crazy,but I got tired by the time I got to Needles, CA so I decided to get a hotel room and spent the night there. And then I spent another night because I didn't feel like driving in Arizona because the signs warning about elks drive me crazy. And let me tell you, Needles CA is no great shakes either. It's where Woodstock from the Peanuts cartoon comes from IIRC. So I left Needles early this morning and sped all the way back to LA. This afternoon, it's a BBQ and maybe a late movie if I don't have too many beverages at the BBQ. Happy July 4, everyone.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 11:10 am
It's just another day here too, however I have the Stars and Stripes flying out front. Pop's going to make a run for the Border and we're having tacos and quesadeas for dinner. Yippy!
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 12:34 pm
Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope everyone has a great time today. I have two pool parties and BBQ's to go to later today. My dishes to take are potato salad, skeen burgers(yum yum), squash cass, corn on the cob, deviled eggs. These are all my idea because I love to cook and no one in my family can and if they do you can't eat it.LOL ps Anyone ever had skeenburgers? I will be glad to post the recipe. They are the best burgers I have ever eaten. They have onion soup mix, garlic, applesauce, ritz crackers, MSG, etc.
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Cassie
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 12:42 pm
Oh yes, please post the recipe Kristy. Sounds great!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 1:37 pm
Everyone's talk of a BBQ make me wanting to have one. We haven't done a BBQ in ages. Hope everyone has a VERY safe and happy holiday!
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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 1:44 pm
We have family and neighbors join us for a backyard BBQ. Took a break from the backyard fun where all of the kids are swimming and the BBQ is a going have a couple casseroles in the oven and Little Ducky helped me bake a pie and cookies this morning. We have fireworks to last us until sunrise although we will not shoot them all off tonight. We have a pond out back and shoot of fire works over it. Between us and the neighbors we lite up the sky so they can see the show from in town which is three miles away. Everyone have a fun and safe Fourth of July.

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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 8:20 pm
Happy 4th of July TVCHer's. I tried very hard not to have any plans. Then I realized how much planning went into not having plans. So I gave in and met friends for some drinks, dinner and lots of talking. Then rushed to the fireworks stand and made it home in time to entertain my neighbors 4th of July party with some great fireworks. I hope Josh is still counting to ten on July 5th with all fingers in tack. 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 05, 2004 - 1:04 am
Well, I spent most of the evening comforting my poor doggies, since the neighbors were doing all kinds of noisy smelly fireworks right in their driveway. So close it sounded like it was in our front yard. Then when the fairgrounds did their professional display, Mom and I went into the driveway, Mom sat on my car's tailgate, and we watched for about 15 minutes. Came back inside and comforted our totally panicked doggies, who took up their "we're being abandoned forever" howl as soon as we stepped out the front door. Poor babies.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, July 05, 2004 - 9:14 am
After not planning anything specific for the weekend we ended up heading to Fredricksburg thinking we should get some of the FBG peaches that are so yummy and in abundance this time of the year. We packed a hamburger, potato salad, pinto bean, chips and apple pie lunch with soda pop, juice and beer. As we wended our way through the back roads we saw some fruit stands specializing in FBG peaches and stopped. Our trek took us down some divine country roads near several rivers including the Guadalupe, and we enjoyed a lot of wildlife very near the roadway. There were several kinds of deer and fawns, wild turkeys, possums (grrrr), a roadrunner, lots of buzzards, a raccoon, scissortails, and a falcon. We never made it to Fredricksburg but saw several delightful little towns that we had never been to before. After picnicking we drove back to our town park and found our usual spot for gazing into the night sky for fireworks. There were 175,000 people in town that day! Our radio station plays patriotic music to complement the fireworks display, and it was very much fun. Of course it took a long time in the bumper to bumper traffic to make it back home the three miles, but it is all worth it! When we got home we watched part of a Flip Wilson marathon!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 05, 2004 - 9:40 am
I want some peaches!!! They are still selling CA peaches here!!!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, July 05, 2004 - 1:50 pm
Oh Annie, just put your pedal to the metal and mosey on up here, or email me your addy and I'll send you some (although I'd prefer you come visit me.)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 05, 2004 - 3:43 pm
Grace, I would love to come that way. They aren't doing any harvesting or anything that my kids could try to pick them or has that passed? Nothing is better than Fredricksburg peaches!!
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