4th of July!

[Colliemom]

Happy 4th of July everyone. Going to be a big day of Celebrations, parades, fireworks and everything else thrown in. Neighbors next door shot off some fireworks for a bit yesterday evening and I think there were some last night, but was too tired to care and went to bed. Otherwise it was quiet around here. Our local fireworks show was at the coubty park last night. I don’t go as it’s really late when they start and after midnight when I get back home. I remember years ago, the 4th was celebrated on the 4th, now they seem to do it in the 3rd. So today being the 4th, nothing going on around here But a lot of small communities are having celebrations today up here.

Cloudy here this morning, but we are having a mini heat wave for a couple of days. Was in upper 80’s yesterday, but low humidity and a nice breeze. Sun was hot, but it was nice in the shade. Today Thry say more humidity, but tomorrow we are supposed to get rain and storms and thrn going back to our normal 70 degree weather . The sun has been muted these past few days, due to smoke in the atmosphere from Canadian wildfires coming down on the northerly winds.

I have three quarters of my deck painted, but have stopped for a couple days due to the hotter Weather. Need to replace a board in the step on the deck before I continue. Decided yesterday to take a ride to a small town about an hour NE of here. Figured there wouldn’t be much traffic or people around as they weren’t doing their 4th celebrations till today. Had lunch at my favorite place. Was crowded when I got there, but cleared out not very long after. Went to the smaller State park and walked with the dogs for a bit. It’s one of the original State parks, established in 1921. Small campground, some level and some not so level sites, dirt roads type of park. Back in the early days, people camped in tents, not the RV’s we have today, so the some solder parks still reflect that. Not on my list of want to camp parks. But it was full.

Got to wash my hair and get a move on, so I can get to mass. Not sure what I am doing today, but if forecast pans out, won’t be much of nothing. Probably just little craft painting on my porch table.

Have a wonderful 4th everyone.

[Shirlv]

Morning All, Going tp be a pleasant day on the shore. No holiday plans, just staying home. Will sit on the balcony with the fly swatter, among the tomato leaves and read. I argued with myself but made tuna pasta salad yesterday. Love it but my hips just groan. Overcooked a burger in the air fryer, will work on that. Be safe and have an enjoyable holiday.

[Cudedog]

Happy 4th of July everyone. . .

Cloudy here this morning, but we are having a mini heat wave for a couple of days. Was in upper 80’s yesterday, but low humidity and a nice breeze. Sun was hot, but it was nice in the shade. Today Thry say more humidity, but tomorrow we are supposed to get rain and storms and thrn going back to our normal 70 degree weather . The sun has been muted these past few days, due to smoke in the atmosphere from Canadian wildfires coming down on the northerly winds.

Happy 4th to you, too, Sue!

Oh my. . . "normal 70 degree weather". I can only imagine what a continuing sequence of 70-degree days might be like. Unfortunately, imagination fails. . .

It has been over 100 degrees here at my house for the last ten days or so, with 100 or more (some days much more - both next Saturday and Sunday are predicted to be north of 110. . . (next Friday, 108; Saturday, 110; Sunday, 111; Monday, 109).

I know I have asked before, and I remember that you kindly replied, but I have forgotten: what is the name of the county where you live? Maybe doing a little online "Zillow Time" will help me to cool off. . . or at least feel a bit cooler. The grass is always greener. . .

Thanks, Sue.

LOL, "Zillow Time" - Watch it all the way through, it's not what one might think, at first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEfsaXDX0UQ

Anne

[SoCalGalcas]

Happy 4th every one!!! I am staying home in my nice quiet condo today. Don’t enjoy large crowds anymore.
Watched a couple of Hallmark movies on my iPad last night. Silly….I did enjoy the series Heartland and Chesapeake Shores. Wish there were more episodes.
I am so happy I get to post. Even if I never have much to say.
Lyn

[MandysMom]

Sue, the only time I see the 4th celebrated on the 3rd is when the 4th is a Sunday. Our cul de sac will gather tonight .
Quite noisy in the vicinity last night but it was ok, over by 10:30.
Going to be low,90's today but later in week start a string of low 100''s. Typical July weather and humidity low (often below 20%).
I need to get my salad put together and bring burgers up from freezer to thaw. Should have quite a crowd as next door has former neighbor coming for visit plus kids and grands. It's always fun.
Have a good day all.
Velda

[Colliemom]

Anne, I live in Otsego County, in the north central part of the lower peninsula, up near the “Tip of the Mitt” as it’s called, 70 miles below the Mackinac Bridge. Gaylord, the County seat is the highest elevation in the lower peninsula at 1,348 feet. And yes,70’s are average highs for this time of year. Granted,winters can be cold and snowy, but you can go about 30 miles in any direction and get about half that. Like the mountains, high elevation gets it. Mostly all Lake effect due to cold air over the warmer waters of the Great Lakes, mostly Michigan and Superior. Tbe winters have been getting milder though. We only had 75 inches this past winter season. County population at last census (haven’t seen last years yet) was a bit over 24,000. I love it here and have no desire to be anyplace else.

[gypsyrose1126]

Happy 4th of July to everyone. I get to watch the fireworks from my deck, as they are only a couple blocks from me. They used to have them at the park downtown, but changed it last year because of covid. Now they shot them of at the highest point from downtown, which is where I live. They are closed to people and our streets around the site are all posted. So no crowds, its pretty nice.
Going camping tomorrow for a couple days, haven't been out much this year. Hope to get out more end of July and August.
Hope everyone stays safe and cool.

[OregonLuvr]

Lyn we just call it "itty bitty news", works for most of us. Good to see ya posting, keep it up.

Had a great visit with Laura, we didnt do too much but was fun anyway. We attempted to put my ceiling fan in BUT being an older mobile home the opening was the wrong size and unless we wanted to cut into my ceiling (which Laura didnt, and I concurred) the fan would not fit. So, I bought 3 freestanding fans with remote controls, adjustable size high to low, and put one in my bedroom, the office and guest bedroom. They worked great, and were the same price for all 3 that I paid for ONE ceiling fan. So also took the 5 of them back for a refund and decided these oscillating (or not, my choice) fans were working just dandy and my bank account thanks me.

We are in the 90's again this week with no rain on the horizon. The fireworks scare me very much as we are just so dry. I only heard one boom last night so hopefully tonite will be the same as Emma hates anything loud, thunder, gunshots, fireworks. Oh well not much I can do about it. I was glad to see down in Velda's area they are being proactive looking for illegal fireworks.

Laura left just before 1pm. She was going to stay until Monday BUT the traffic was horrendous for her coming down here so she wanted to get a jump on the traffic and I sure dont blame her. I didn't want her to leave but I totally understood her reasoning. I left on Sunday from her house on Memorial weekend for the same exact reasons and she understood so I couldnt whine too much. I want her to get home safely with minimal risk. So watered my tomatoes, squash, flowers, and potatoes then came in and had a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate mint ice cream and I am calling that lunch LOL then just going to catch up on computer time and maybe watch a little tv. Sue I love your temperatures and wish we had some here right now but alas. I like you, have no wish to move anywhere else.

Ok time to chill in the air conditioned house.

[Bethers]

Just another work day here. One more then 2 off. I'm finally on the side of beating this cold. The only symptoms still driving me crazy are my ears still have me hearing like in a tunnel, my voice is still strange... And I just can't get a good night's sleep. But I'm happily feeling I'm on the road to normal. Haha, we all know I'm not normal, but you understand.

Karen, saving money is always a good thing if there's a good alternative.

People left an unopened bag of freezer chicken and the managers didn't want it so they gave it to me. Haha, it's from Tyson and I now need to check the codes on it and probably toss it due to the recall. I might toss it anyway to be truly safe.

No fireworks here.

[Acadianmom]

I got back about 6:30 and I am beat. The 175 mile drive and all the loading and unloading wears me out. This is the first time in almost 20 years at the camp we were able to run the air conditioner without any problems. I have complained every trip and they blame the problem on everything but the electric system. Well lightening hit the transformer in the park and had to be replaced. It's about damn time something was done. Thank you lightening.

It rained off and on Friday but Saturday and today the weather was perfect. The fish were biting but we only caught a few that would have been worth keeping. We laughed at Sugar, she wanted to lick ever fish we caught. The campground had the potluck Saturday afternoon and fireworks Saturday night. We could sit by the lake and watch the fireworks up and down the lake and across in Texas. Sugar didn't like all the noise but I turned the radio up to drown some of it out. There was very little traffic coming home. I wanted to beat the rush tomorrow. The cell service has alway been bad at the lake and this trip it was worse. I wanted to get the weather report on the tropical storm. I guess I am going to have to get another portable satellite dish. I really miss getting weather reports. There are a lot of cheap movies but it's easy to see why they only cost a $1.

Thank goodness it looks like the tropical storm is not coming here. Hope it's not too bad for Florida.

Martha

[snowball]

very quite it here .... fireworks were banned due to dryness but am surprised that there is nothing being set off!!! haven't heard a one.... Shadow would have liked that in years gone by...
we did nothing today either .. I went to church came home and vegged out in my room for awhile came out to watch another Christmas movie only not a Christmas movie Hallmark didn't have it so mom had switched over it's Hallmark movies and mysteries that is doing the Christmas movies Hallmark starts some time this week... to bad we didn't realize it earlier
fixed supper even by cutting the recipe in half still too much.
it is really hard not to have left overs...
need to find a way to the store tomorrow going to need chocolate milk and I am sure other items
I am surprised that fireworks wasn't banned in more places as wide spread as the drought is
you all have a great day
sheila

[BarbaraRose]

Rosemary, good to hear from you! Tell us about your camping trips. We like to travel along vicariously!

Martha, you should get yourself a NOAA weather radio. I had one in MN and it was so nice to have for alerts on storms heading my way. You can set them to whatever counties you want to get watches and warnings for. They are plug in but also have a battery back up if the power goes out.

I didn't get to church this morning because I was up until 2:30 so I slept in. Watched it on You Tube and luckily, no technical issues this time. Was another great inspirational message from our former minister.

Watched golf this afternoon and later picked up Cindy to go to the casino across from us. They have a rooftop bar with a balcony. We ate at one of the restaurants first and then went up there to watch the fireworks all over the valley. There must have been almost 50 different displays all across the valley! We sat and watched them all for about an hour from the balcony. I thought it would be really crowded there but it wasn't at all. Apparently it is a well kept secret! Drinks tho were $9 . I haven't gone out drinking for a long time so that was a shock! I used to pay $1.25 per drink when I was going out in my 20's. $20 bucks would last me all weekend! We stopped at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory there before heading back home. I picked up some fudge and a chocolate toffee bar.

Nothing much planned for tomorrow. Should probably make a trip to WM for a few things. Laundry would be a good idea too.

I hear a few fireworks going off around here yet but nothing too bad. Luckily, Lola doesn't really react to them too much.

Good night!