My 4th of July....
Jul. 5th, 2012 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Sometimes I wonder why I bother writing posts describing how my day went, or how my weekend went, etc. I rarely, if ever, get any feedback on them, and wonder if these posts are getting read. If anything, they're more of a momento for myself.
Anyway.....I slept in until around 9am, missing the Centerville Americana parade. Again. (People were placing their lawn chairs on their spots since Sunday.)
Afterr getting out of bed and showering, I did some more housecleaning -- first the upstairs bedroom, and then the garage. I spent about one hour on each of these two areas. I moved some stuff around, and got rid of many cardboard boxes I had been saving for a future use that never happened. They're in a pile in my kitchen, waiting to be taken to the county dump for recycling. I hadn't done the cleaning for years, due to various reasons or excuses: no time, no desire, no energy, allergy to dust, etc. There is still more work to be done, but if I spend 1-2 hours a day workong on them, it will get done.
I was invitied by my friend Winter (yes, that's what she calls herself) to a cookout at her place in the afternoon. I got there at 5, and brought my copy of 1776 for folks to watch. No one else had head of the movie or the play, so there was no interest. Our friend Charles was there, and we were soon joined by Susan and Mark. I had two large, yummy bratwurst patties.
Afterward, Winter needed to make a store run, so I took her to the local Walmart.
On the way home, I saw fireworks displays for Moraine (which I liked because their show was high-up), Miamisburg, and Centerville. A lot of people had parked in the shopping center near my home, and the show ended just as I was nearing home, so the last mile took a while.
I don't care for crowds -- either people are getting imy way, or I'm getting in their way. And I don't care for fireworks displays. The loud ones are too close to munitions for my taste. So I tend to isolate myself on the 4th, and not do what everyone else does.
Today's plan: More cleaning, more job hunting, picking up M from day care and spending a few hours with her.
Anyway.....I slept in until around 9am, missing the Centerville Americana parade. Again. (People were placing their lawn chairs on their spots since Sunday.)
Afterr getting out of bed and showering, I did some more housecleaning -- first the upstairs bedroom, and then the garage. I spent about one hour on each of these two areas. I moved some stuff around, and got rid of many cardboard boxes I had been saving for a future use that never happened. They're in a pile in my kitchen, waiting to be taken to the county dump for recycling. I hadn't done the cleaning for years, due to various reasons or excuses: no time, no desire, no energy, allergy to dust, etc. There is still more work to be done, but if I spend 1-2 hours a day workong on them, it will get done.
I was invitied by my friend Winter (yes, that's what she calls herself) to a cookout at her place in the afternoon. I got there at 5, and brought my copy of 1776 for folks to watch. No one else had head of the movie or the play, so there was no interest. Our friend Charles was there, and we were soon joined by Susan and Mark. I had two large, yummy bratwurst patties.
Afterward, Winter needed to make a store run, so I took her to the local Walmart.
On the way home, I saw fireworks displays for Moraine (which I liked because their show was high-up), Miamisburg, and Centerville. A lot of people had parked in the shopping center near my home, and the show ended just as I was nearing home, so the last mile took a while.
I don't care for crowds -- either people are getting imy way, or I'm getting in their way. And I don't care for fireworks displays. The loud ones are too close to munitions for my taste. So I tend to isolate myself on the 4th, and not do what everyone else does.
Today's plan: More cleaning, more job hunting, picking up M from day care and spending a few hours with her.
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Date: 2012-07-05 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-07-05 06:35 pm (UTC)I think all I've seen of 1776 is what shows up in various folks' LJ icons. I'm slightly interested in changing that someday. I wish we'd had it yesterday, when none of the group I was with could come up with anything we wanted to do.
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Date: 2012-09-16 02:22 am (UTC)I can relate about the crowds. Plus, some toddler at the comissary today let off one of those "hypersonic bat shrieks" that caused me jump a foot! After that, I was counting the minutes until we paid up & got out!
I can't believe those folks turned down 1776. Obnoxious & dislikable of them!