How will you be celebrating July 4th?

[ColbertWatcher]

Poll question: How will you be celebrating July 4th?

[stray cat]

1. work

[Duer 157099]

2. Other. Hiding in the house with the dog

trying to keep her from going insane

[glinda]

12. Our neighbors shoot off big fireworks and my animals get psycho but can watch

them from our window. I may put them down the basement this year.

[Duer 157099]

28. Same here. I've found that she does better when she can see them

When she can associate a visual with the noise, she seems to like it better, so I let her watch from the window.

[BlooInBloo]

3. I've discovered that lobster has become cheap. Will be bringing some to a friend's grill party.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Is that an invitation!? n/t

[Fire1]

8. REALLY??? WHERE???? n/t

[BlooInBloo]

19. Dunno - Just read it in the Atlantic. I'll check down at the market next week on my lunch break.

[Fire1]

23. I'm gonna check it out here, too. I suspect the price reduction

would be national? I sure hope so! Thanks!

[BlooInBloo]

27. I definitely hope so, since I'm nowhere near Maine.

[Joe the Liberal]

4. I won't be celebrating anything.......

the 4th of July is just another day for me.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. there's one in every crowd ... n/t

[backscatter712]

6. Oh, the usual...

Hanging out with the family, getting sunburned, eating barbecue, drinking beer and playing with explosives! :evilgrin:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. +1

[cali]

7. I'll be working my butt off. By the time the day is over, I'll be so wiped

I'll just collapse.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. You forgot 'Going to a Teabag rally'

:evilgrin:

[nonconformist]

10. Going to a cook-out and then fireworks, locally.

I think I will make some ribs, potato salad and a fresh berry flag cake to take.

Should be fun!

[Yavin4]

11. Head Down To South America and Have An Affair With My Secret Honey

Gotta give Gov Sanford points for creatively cheating.

[nonconformist]

15. No, that's how you celebrate FATHER'S DAY, silly.

:crazy:

[ColbertWatcher]

20. You're not supposed to say anything before hand. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

16. Other:

Blow off activities and travel.

[OutNow]

17. VEGAS

hoping to make some fireworks of my own!

[w8liftinglady]

18. tending to the sick...woo hoo!

[littlebit]

21. Working.

I will be running up and down I-95 dodging drunks all weekend.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. That's the second "work" vote. I should add that in there. n/t

[here_is_to_hope]

24. Twisr one up and burn it down....of course. n/t

[dgibby]

25. In the ER, getting the dog extracted from my ass.

[Zorra]

26. Flying cross country. Ick.

Then I have to work 4 hours after I land.

[JI7]

29. food

[LWolf]

30. I don't know. 1 or 2.

If I had my way, I'd be at home, alone, not "celebrating" at all. I no longer live in town, so I don't have to lock my dogs and cats in the house, and stay put as their security blanket. If I want to celebrate, I have to go to town.

I'm fairly neutral when it comes to the Revolutionary War. I don't blame those who wanted freedom from King George; I like the Constitution they devised. I don't particularly care for the arrogance and narrow-mindedness, the greed, the notions of empire, that came with them and grew into the new nation.

Fireworks are beautiful, and fun, if I can separate them from the bombs they represent. I don't see anything to celebrate about bombs.

Barbeque, fireworks as works of art...good. Flag-waving parades? Pass. I'm not a flag waver.

I'll probably be guilted into joining family at the fairgrounds for fireworks and picnic; it's fun, and I wouldn't mind, if it could happen before my bedtime. Around here, the last light doesn't fade until about 10:30 at this time of year. If we show up at 9:00, for an hour and a half or so of picnic, catch, etc., before the fireworks start, there will be no place to park or picnic. If we show up early enough to grab a spot, we'll be there for hours. Then it takes a couple of hours for the traffic snarl to get us on the road to get home.

So...either choice 1 or 2.

[flvegan]

31. Keeping my dogs calm while douchebags blow up their neighborhoods.

The usual around here.

[foxfeet]

34. Same here. The fireworks have been going off for two weeks already.

After dark on the 4th the actual gunfire begins. The fireworks will continue on and off for a couple more weeks.

[no_hypocrisy]

32. You kidding? I'm still celebrating that * is no longer in the White House.

[HughMoran]

33. Probably go with my folks to the Esplanade concert in Boston

There's nothing else like it IMO - worth the effort.

[kevinbgoode]

35. I will be attending a concert that is part of the farewell tour

of Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women...whose bluesy hits include: "It takes a damn good man to be better than no man at all"..."There's Lightning in these Thunder Thighs"...and "Bitch with a Bad Attitude". . .:).

They are a wonderful group of mature women who have been composing and performing for years, and I'm sad to see them go their separate ways.

For those unfamiliar with this group:

http://www.uppityblueswomen.com/

[netania99]

36. Celebrating my birthday!

:party:

[ColbertWatcher]

40. Happy early birthday! n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

37. Working!! Woo Hoo..12 hrs of time and a half here I come..

Im not to keen on holidays anyway.

I also find it pointless to celebrate war and to set off symbolic bombs.

[Missy Vixen]

38. We have an eight-month-old chocolate Lab

We're staying home. We're also hoping we can keep him somewhat calm.

Poor sweet doggie. :cry:

[ColbertWatcher]

39. Poor thing.

I hope you can make him feel safe!

[dysfunctional press]

41. neighbor's pool party.

so i will have to leave the yard.