Fourth of July, fireworks, grilling out and spectacular summer food, friends and family, games, swimming, perhaps, red-white-and blue, parades, celebrations, parties, a day to have a blast..one way or another.
Not this year, or the past two..
This is when I miss Wisconsin and even Illinois...all the towns put on fireworks, In Cudahy, we could walk. It could be hot and humid or cool and breezy. If you forgot to use bug spray, the mosquitoes would eat you alive. Me and the kids have a lot of fond memories, I would take them every year. I love fireworks, they all look like huge flowers to me. I love the burnt smell after, and oohing and ahhing. I love watching the people running around lighting them..lol.
My husband doesn't care about fireworks and hates crowds. We learned to leave him at home or really not mind when he'd be out of town. I did, after about 11 years of going on the Mississippi with his family finally saw fireworks on a houseboat. That part was cool. The rest of the trip was a disaster, lol.
I was supposed to see fireworks on Lake Michigan once, but the boat broke and the van overheated. We went to Lake Geneva the next night. It was sweet, though the people I was with..OMG! we were all beyond trashed. The boat owners didn't have a clue about boat safety or maintenance.I was not surprised their other boat broke. They didn't even carry flashlights. Looking at a stalled gas engine, stoned and drunk with a lighter, and the back boat light was out. We were lucky we didn't drown, blow up or get hit. LOL
When we were kids, my Aunt Laverne, who was my neighbor, not my aunt, would insist on going to the fireworks. My dad would be grumpy and unhappy , but we always went. It was always spectacular to me. I saw fireworks inside of Soldier's Fields after our final high school marching band field show that we won. Incredible. The fireworks at Lake Michigan were amazing, after the Taste of Chicago...the crowds..were insane.
So many good memories and a few that weren't. Fourth of July is to celebrate Independence Day, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. When a few brave white guys decided that "enough is enough" we can do this ourselves better and changed the world forever. Thanks, I love America.
I got hit with depression today, didn't make sense as I was having a very good day. I could analyze good and bad reasons as to why..but I am mellowing out now. I really don't want to either, the anti-anxiety medication is starting to work. I am getting very tired. My day is done, Jack has finally wore himself out...and it is raining in the desert. TTYAL thanks for listening.
Next year, I hope to see some real fireworks, the lightening and thunder finally took over here tonight. YEY! I love thunderstorms..g'night.
Not this year, or the past two..
Arizona is hot this time of year, and by hot I mean triple digit temperatures for months. In the town I live next to, their is only one place to go for fireworks and you have to drive there and pay. It is packed, people's and cars and heat. I'd rather not.
This is when I miss Wisconsin and even Illinois...all the towns put on fireworks, In Cudahy, we could walk. It could be hot and humid or cool and breezy. If you forgot to use bug spray, the mosquitoes would eat you alive. Me and the kids have a lot of fond memories, I would take them every year. I love fireworks, they all look like huge flowers to me. I love the burnt smell after, and oohing and ahhing. I love watching the people running around lighting them..lol.
My husband doesn't care about fireworks and hates crowds. We learned to leave him at home or really not mind when he'd be out of town. I did, after about 11 years of going on the Mississippi with his family finally saw fireworks on a houseboat. That part was cool. The rest of the trip was a disaster, lol.
I was supposed to see fireworks on Lake Michigan once, but the boat broke and the van overheated. We went to Lake Geneva the next night. It was sweet, though the people I was with..OMG! we were all beyond trashed. The boat owners didn't have a clue about boat safety or maintenance.I was not surprised their other boat broke. They didn't even carry flashlights. Looking at a stalled gas engine, stoned and drunk with a lighter, and the back boat light was out. We were lucky we didn't drown, blow up or get hit. LOL
When we were kids, my Aunt Laverne, who was my neighbor, not my aunt, would insist on going to the fireworks. My dad would be grumpy and unhappy , but we always went. It was always spectacular to me. I saw fireworks inside of Soldier's Fields after our final high school marching band field show that we won. Incredible. The fireworks at Lake Michigan were amazing, after the Taste of Chicago...the crowds..were insane.
So many good memories and a few that weren't. Fourth of July is to celebrate Independence Day, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. When a few brave white guys decided that "enough is enough" we can do this ourselves better and changed the world forever. Thanks, I love America.
I got hit with depression today, didn't make sense as I was having a very good day. I could analyze good and bad reasons as to why..but I am mellowing out now. I really don't want to either, the anti-anxiety medication is starting to work. I am getting very tired. My day is done, Jack has finally wore himself out...and it is raining in the desert. TTYAL thanks for listening.
Next year, I hope to see some real fireworks, the lightening and thunder finally took over here tonight. YEY! I love thunderstorms..g'night.
