What is everyone doing on the 4th?
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That's a wild and crazy time you got planned! LoL. Hope the police don't have to show up and mellow you out!Starting early - Johnsonville Firecrackers on the grill right now!
On the 4th, I'll probably do my morning chores early as usual, maybe pew if the temperature doesn't get up on me too soon, then pick a holiday-appropriate book to pass the heat of the day, do my evening chores to beat last light, read a while, then crash. Wild life!
Happy 60th young man.Have a great day, I turn 60 on the third.
My youngest granddaughter will be one on the 3rd.
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The po-po don't come out this far. The staties are 45 minutes away. We might see a deputy roll through once a month or so. And I am fully equipped to summon my own mellow.
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Heading to Western KY to visit family Thursday. I'm coming back solo on Tuesday the following week. Traveling via 40 for the most part. Any known gun shops I "need " to stop at that are worth it????
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It is SO wild here ... !!!
How wild is it, I pretend to hear you asking.
It's so off-the-hook that I made the second pot of coffee this morning with the full-bore grind instead of with the usual half-caf.
THAT is how wild it is here!!!
Happy Independence Day!
How wild is it, I pretend to hear you asking.
It's so off-the-hook that I made the second pot of coffee this morning with the full-bore grind instead of with the usual half-caf.
THAT is how wild it is here!!!
Happy Independence Day!
Not a professional like nooneimportant or Brian K, but little man and I built some daisy chains and wired up a wicked mortar launch to start things off tonight
Have all this left to play with, too
And made watermelon smoothies for everyone to have during the show. With ginger ale on the left for the kids and rum in the right for adults.
Fifteen pounds of marinated pork loin ready for the grill
Eatin about 630, fireworks at sunset.
Stop by if you're in Cleveland County
@Geezer This is why it took me so long to call you back yesterday. Little man and I were busy lol
Have all this left to play with, too
And made watermelon smoothies for everyone to have during the show. With ginger ale on the left for the kids and rum in the right for adults.
Fifteen pounds of marinated pork loin ready for the grill
Eatin about 630, fireworks at sunset.
Stop by if you're in Cleveland County
@Geezer This is why it took me so long to call you back yesterday. Little man and I were busy lol
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So Peyton won the Best Costumed Girl in the parade this morning, and the 1733 English Fried Chicken recipe isn’t too bad at all. I put flags out yesterday while I had the day off and so today’s wouldn’t be so frenzied- I hit up Hopewell Presbyterian and placed 10 flags, one at Rural Hill, and about 20 at Centre Presbyterian (there were many already placed - I replaced those worn or otherwise unfit for display). I even got one more at a Confederate veteran’s grave this morning before the parade.
Fireworks tonight.
Fireworks tonight.
This is the way I started off the morning. Machine guns at the Outer Banks Gun Club on the new range. I am the RSO for these guys which works out great for me. Tough job but someone has to do it.
Tonight will be fireworks.
This group were from out of town and staying on the OBX. They come each year and always make a trip to the range. (MAG hats)
Tonight will be fireworks.
This group were from out of town and staying on the OBX. They come each year and always make a trip to the range. (MAG hats)
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I've been lounging around in my underwear all day...
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You see you should of taken off and come to the range!!!
Work around the house, not blow a dern thing up
Hope to make up for that tomorrow or Sat.
Hope to make up for that tomorrow or Sat.
I forgot you were having that done. Good luck with it. One of these days I will get mine done, but right now I can still get up and down off the ground ok. Takes a little work, but can do it. I just can not kneel on it without paying a price
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Wednesday night we went to a friend's Murica party, and I drank a few cold beers and watched fireworks. Then on the 4th I slept in, cooked breakfast around 10am for everyone, then proceeded to help my son work on his car for a while.
It was already hot, so we put up a tent over the car and got the fan going....much better. My youngest one is on crutches from his ACL surgery so that limited us, but he wanted to get out of the house.
Chilled in the AC for a few hours, then cooked cheese brats and venison burgers. It then stormed like hell. So we proceeded to go watch the 5pm showing of Spiderman: Far from Home and it was decent.
Came back home and ate ice cream.
All in all, nearly a perfect day off. If I would have made it out to the range it would've been perfect but too darn hot and stormy for me.
It was already hot, so we put up a tent over the car and got the fan going....much better. My youngest one is on crutches from his ACL surgery so that limited us, but he wanted to get out of the house.
Chilled in the AC for a few hours, then cooked cheese brats and venison burgers. It then stormed like hell. So we proceeded to go watch the 5pm showing of Spiderman: Far from Home and it was decent.
Came back home and ate ice cream.
All in all, nearly a perfect day off. If I would have made it out to the range it would've been perfect but too darn hot and stormy for me.
I'll get some posted this weekend. It's been a busy couple of days; spending today with both Peyton and Henry and just having a Daddy Kid Day of Fun.
Also, our Color Guard Commander for my SAR Chapter passed away on Tuesday morning, and I have temporarily assumed his duties. I am also coordinating the Color Guard honors we'll be rendering for him tomorrow at his funeral.
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I need to build a better backstop so we can shoot here, neither of us do indoor ranges.
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I did not finish all the beer I brought to celebrate the fourth. That's a little disappointing but I will take another crack at it next weekend.
My FIL smoked london broil and it was great.
The fifth we hung out with my parents and visited but my dog ran out of their yard and my son wouldn't chill out and enjoy the pool. So a little higher stress but we made it.
Then Saturday we went to the flea market at the fairgrounds and everybody complained about the heat and my dog threw up inside the building.
Now for the positive: my son and my nephew played together really well and had a blast in the pool Thursday. They splashed and played and laughed and didn't want to get out even after they both fell off their float and it scared them. The food was awesome and it was really relaxing.
Friday we saw some friends of my parents who never met our son before. They loved him (of course) and we survived with no tantrums or meltdowns. My dog did eventually come back from running off and behaved pretty well after that. I got to buy my son a giant rocking horse and he loved it.
Saturday we got to do our first family bike ride of the year and my son LOVED IT. And I managed to fit almost everything in the car and still leave room for the dog.
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My FIL smoked london broil and it was great.
The fifth we hung out with my parents and visited but my dog ran out of their yard and my son wouldn't chill out and enjoy the pool. So a little higher stress but we made it.
Then Saturday we went to the flea market at the fairgrounds and everybody complained about the heat and my dog threw up inside the building.
Now for the positive: my son and my nephew played together really well and had a blast in the pool Thursday. They splashed and played and laughed and didn't want to get out even after they both fell off their float and it scared them. The food was awesome and it was really relaxing.
Friday we saw some friends of my parents who never met our son before. They loved him (of course) and we survived with no tantrums or meltdowns. My dog did eventually come back from running off and behaved pretty well after that. I got to buy my son a giant rocking horse and he loved it.
Saturday we got to do our first family bike ride of the year and my son LOVED IT. And I managed to fit almost everything in the car and still leave room for the dog.
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We had a great holiday weekend in AVL. Hit green man, wicked weed, brahmari, twin leaf, catawba, hi wire, and some cidery. Thst was just the 4th. Thank god for half pints.
So, on the 3rd, I took a bunch of those terribly offensive Betsy Ross flags and placed them on Revolutionary War Veterans' graves at Hopewell Presbyterian Church (9 graves- Huntersville), Rural Hill (1 grave - Huntersville), Centre Presbyterian Church (35 graves -Mooresville) and Bethel United Methodist Church (3 graves -) Denver. I didn't take photos of each one, but I will periodically return to ensure the flags remain in good condition and replace as necessary. I did grab pictures of the monuments my SAR Chapter placed at Hopewell (2016) and Centre (2018):
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Centre
Then on the 4th proper was our neighborhood Independence Day Parade:
I am in my Continentals, my daughter in one of her 18th century dresses. While wool and linen are warmer than say, shorts and a T-shirt, it wasn’t unbearable or as uncomfortable as one might expect.
My daughter, who won the Best Dressed Girl for the parade:
The English fried chicken recipe from 1733 was pretty damn good, as was the Kush (an 18th century forebear of Southern Cornbread Dressing). I didn't make the 18th Century macaroni and cheese - didn't have time if we were going to make fireworks the night of the 4th in Lincolnton. But all in all, I think period recipes will be a new tradition for the Fourth.
And finally yesterday, where the SAR and DAR, along with the family, got together to honor our late Color Guard Commander, dear friend, and all around great American Jim Tatum, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday last week:
Our late Commander Jim Tatum:
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