Fourth of July Plans? - Page 3

Elsi · 06-30-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

oh, and the other thing I wanted to say was I can't believe they sell fireworks here! ... I don't know what I am doing

. haven't been here long enough to really have barbecue buddy friends. if the "kids" next door are home, we might do something, we've been sharing appetizers and wine and stuff a lot. nice kids!

(and they bought me a crab last Sunday night!)

Where is "here" these days?

desertgrandma · 06-30-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Not rude. Lutraphobic. Big difference...

Had to actually google that.

Sorry. I didn't realize.

GeoffC · 06-30-2009, 01:19 PM

interesting poll so far - the majority are not on holiday ....

BookishDreamer · 06-30-2009, 01:40 PM

I don't have any festive plans for the holiday. My plan is to stay inside, sew, maybe paint, and read.

Dreamer

Alphapheemail · 06-30-2009, 02:22 PM

I don't have plans as of yet. I was thinking in hitting the beach early since this is the first above 80 degrees and sunny day of the summer ( I know! mother nature is hating us right now... i think it has to do with the mutants in inhabiting the Hudson River... any way i digress)
but now with all of this talk of Hebrew nationals and such ( from the few US'ers, I think I am going to have to take some initiative....

Call some friend and persuade them in throwing a BBQ

slayda · 06-30-2009, 02:32 PM

Since 1) it's my Mother-in-Law's birthday that I have to attend every year, and 2) I just had back surgery and can't travel, I'll get to stay home for this 4th and check out Fry's deals.

Lady Blue · 06-30-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

Since 1) it's my Mother-in-Law's birthday that I have to attend every year, and 2) I just had back surgery and can't travel, I'll get to stay home for this 4th and check out Fry's deals.

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Hope your surgery went well and you'll be in tip-top shape real soon. We're glad you're back.

krisk · 06-30-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

Where is "here" these days?

sorry, mid California. as I do not know what qualifies as socal vs. nocal, I'll go with midcal (just south of San Francisco)

phenomshel · 06-30-2009, 03:15 PM

I have a four day weekend, due to asking for Friday off. This gives me Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off (assuming I don't answer the phone!)
Thursday I'm meeting Rebarnmom for MR Donut day. Friday is the carnival and the country concert, Saturday is the art show (and probably a second dose of carnival), and Sunday's the fireworks. Somewhere in there I'm going to grill hamburgers and hotdogs and make potato salad.

kazbates · 06-30-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I have a four day weekend, due to asking for Friday off. This gives me Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off (assuming I don't answer the phone!)
Thursday I'm meeting Rebarnmom for MR Donut day. Friday is the carnival and the country concert, Saturday is the art show (and probably a second dose of carnival), and Sunday's the fireworks. Somewhere in there I'm going to grill hamburgers and hotdogs and make potato salad.

How great for you!! It was so nice to meet the people at the NoVa meet-up. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I know you both will, too!

I wish I were back in IL and could join you.

GraceKrispy · 06-30-2009, 04:11 PM

I thought I'd barbecue some swedes for my sandwich!

whoops, wrong thread...

I didn't answer, none of the answers seemed to fit. Mostly because I'm not sure. We might grill, but we don't have a grill anymore. Or we might go to the beach, but we're going to the mainland on the red-eye that night, so probably we'll be frantically packing, passively-aggressively yelling at each other for not having packed sooner. Mostly I'll get the blame, as I don't have a workplace to head to each morning right now. But I'm always responsible for packing the kids' stuff anyway, otherwise they'd have like 7 shirts, 50 thousand toys and no pants (of either type- the under or the over) and certainly no toothbrush. And that's if my husband packs. Heck, we're all lucky if he remembers to pack underwear for himself.

kazbates · 06-30-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I thought I'd barbecue some swedes for my sandwich!

whoops, wrong thread...

I didn't answer, none of the answers seemed to fit. Mostly because I'm not sure. We might grill, but we don't have a grill anymore. Or we might go to the beach, but we're going to the mainland on the red-eye that night, so probably we'll be frantically packing, passively-aggressively yelling at each other for not having packed sooner. Mostly I'll get the blame, as I don't have a workplace to head to each morning right now. But I'm always responsible for packing the kids' stuff anyway, otherwise they'd have like 7 shirts, 50 thousand toys and no pants (of either type- the under or the over) and certainly no toothbrush. And that's if my husband packs. Heck, we're all lucky if he remembers to pack underwear for himself.

Don't laugh! When the older two kids got to the point that I thought I could trust them to pack their own suitcases (they assured me they could handle it and to quit bugging them

), we arrived in FL to realize that Shannon had, indeed, forgotten to pack any underwear! Thankfully we were going to Grandma's house and since my mother is a card carrying member of Super Shoppers of America, we were at the mall replenishing the missing items in no time!! Needless to say since that time, Shannon has been asked at least once before we leave for a trip by every member of the family if she has packed her unmentionables. She is non-too-pleased by this, let me tell you.

krisk · 06-30-2009, 04:26 PM

hey it's easy to do! my senior of high school was, as I've said at a boardding school. our winter break was 5 weeks because there were so many students that had intense traveling to do. my break was going home to Colorado for 3 days, then to Florida for 2 weeks, then back to Colorado for a cross country ski trip, and then home home to Boulder for the duration. that's a LOT of different types of clothes to remember and nary a pair of undies in the bunch! I remembered everything else AND two pair of skis!

kazbates · 06-30-2009, 04:35 PM

With all you had to contend with it would be easy to forget something. Unfortunately for Shannon, all she had to do was pack in her own room to fly down to Grandma's.

There really was no excuse other than she wasn't paying attention to what she was doing! And that was typical behavior for Shannon during her teen years.

Thank goodness we all got through that phase in one piece!

YGG- · 06-30-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

mobileread meetup in paris saturday night !!! much rejoicing and festivity is planned. we may even have cake : it's the one-year anniversary of the first-ever meetup !

no fireworks are planned, sadly. i love fireworks. (not firecrackers, all noise, no lights. i hate those.)

hmm... giving me an idea there... :mischievousgrin:

View Poll Results: What are you doing for the 4th of July?
I"m staying home, bbq'ing, watching games, racing, being with family	10	22.22%
Taking the family to watch fireworks somewhere else	2	4.44%
Fireworks are legal where I live....we set our own off!	1	2.22%
Its not a holiday where I live.	27	60.00%
Its a holiday where I live, but I don't "celebrate" it.	5	11.11%
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Alphapheemail .a ribbon around a bomb. Posts: 639 Karma: 4334 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sigh... ny Device: PRS700	I don't have plans as of yet. I was thinking in hitting the beach early since this is the first above 80 degrees and sunny day of the summer ( I know! mother nature is hating us right now... i think it has to do with the mutants in inhabiting the Hudson River... any way i digress) but now with all of this talk of Hebrew nationals and such ( from the few US'ers, I think I am going to have to take some initiative.... Call some friend and persuade them in throwing a BBQ

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slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Since 1) it's my Mother-in-Law's birthday that I have to attend every year, and 2) I just had back surgery and can't travel, I'll get to stay home for this 4th and check out Fry's deals.

06-30-2009, 03:15 PM	#39
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I have a four day weekend, due to asking for Friday off. This gives me Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off (assuming I don't answer the phone!) Thursday I'm meeting Rebarnmom for MR Donut day. Friday is the carnival and the country concert, Saturday is the art show (and probably a second dose of carnival), and Sunday's the fireworks. Somewhere in there I'm going to grill hamburgers and hotdogs and make potato salad.

06-30-2009, 04:11 PM	#41
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	I thought I'd barbecue some swedes for my sandwich! whoops, wrong thread... I didn't answer, none of the answers seemed to fit. Mostly because I'm not sure. We might grill, but we don't have a grill anymore. Or we might go to the beach, but we're going to the mainland on the red-eye that night, so probably we'll be frantically packing, passively-aggressively yelling at each other for not having packed sooner. Mostly I'll get the blame, as I don't have a workplace to head to each morning right now. But I'm always responsible for packing the kids' stuff anyway, otherwise they'd have like 7 shirts, 50 thousand toys and no pants (of either type- the under or the over) and certainly no toothbrush. And that's if my husband packs. Heck, we're all lucky if he remembers to pack underwear for himself.

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kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	With all you had to contend with it would be easy to forget something. Unfortunately for Shannon, all she had to do was pack in her own room to fly down to Grandma's. There really was no excuse other than she wasn't paying attention to what she was doing! And that was typical behavior for Shannon during her teen years. Thank goodness we all got through that phase in one piece!