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Fourth, Funnelcakes & Fireworks
posted Monday, 4 July 2005
Fantastic fourth of July weekend. Saturday I had a chance to catch up on a number of things and so I 
felt great. Sunday was a family picnic that my sister graciously puts on every year. My niece Brandi gave me some cheap sunglasses that she gets from work and they made me look like a movie star. I took my banjo to the gathering and showed my family the subtleties of the five string banjo. All in all I think they were a tad underwhelmed.
We swam, played volleyball in the pool (our team won) and ate far too much. My Aunt Dorthy was there and I found out some genealogy information that I've been curious for awhile. Her eighty-fifth birthday is in a couple weeks and we are planning a nice celebration. My mom was her usual self (life of the party). Here is a picture of her in her usual state. My nephew was sitting next to her and wouldn't let his picture be taken so he blocked it with his fist.
It was a lot of fun and slept in the next day. My wife has a real thing about fireworks. We missed the ones in Elyria and North Ridgeville so we had to see the ones in Columbia. We spent most of the day swimming and got to Columbia around nine. The line of cars was surprising so we ended up parking over a mile away. After a day of swimming I didn't mind carrying an armload of necessities to the viewing area. Once there we set up camp and the daughter wanted a funnel cake. I never had one but felt it was my patriotic duty on the fourth to try one. The wife asked for a caramel apple and off we went. The lines were horribly long and I was impatient knowing the fireworks would be going off any second. Finally my turn came up and the lady asked if I wanted nuts on it. Here is every married man's dilemma. I knew no matter what I answered it would be wrong. She asked for a caramel apple so I said, "No." We got back to the wife just as the fireworks were starting and she said, "Where are the nuts? It's not a caramel apple without the nuts!" I shook my head and turned to wa
tch the show.
Earlier in the day my daughter had given me some 3D Fireworks Glasses that she had purchased at the dollar store to enhance our fireworks experience. I put them on and the prism effect reminded me of my high school days in the seventies.
The fireworks were great but ended abruptly. A little boy around four years old said, "I wish they weren't over." Suddenly they started again and you could hear the little boy yell, "I got my wish, I got my wish"
felt great. Sunday was a family picnic that my sister graciously puts on every year. My niece Brandi gave me some cheap sunglasses that she gets from work and they made me look like a movie star. I took my banjo to the gathering and showed my family the subtleties of the five string banjo. All in all I think they were a tad underwhelmed.We swam, played volleyball in the pool (our team won) and ate far too much. My Aunt Dorthy was there and I found out some genealogy information that I've been curious for awhile. Her eighty-fifth birthday is in a couple weeks and we are planning a nice celebration. My mom was her usual self (life of the party). Here is a picture of her in her usual state. My nephew was sitting next to her and wouldn't let his picture be taken so he blocked it with his fist.
tch the show.Earlier in the day my daughter had given me some 3D Fireworks Glasses that she had purchased at the dollar store to enhance our fireworks experience. I put them on and the prism effect reminded me of my high school days in the seventies.
The fireworks were great but ended abruptly. A little boy around four years old said, "I wish they weren't over." Suddenly they started again and you could hear the little boy yell, "I got my wish, I got my wish"
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