Thursday Thirteen Fourth of July Planning!!!

Thirteen Things about the Fourth of July 1. We have to start planning for the Fourth of July. We always have a "blowout" affair since we live on an Indian reservation. Yes, some of the neighbors have had their windows blown out with the repercussions! We're a teensy bit calmer here at 226 than down the beach where they lost the windows. 2. We have a very small neighborhood parade complete with floats, lots of red, white and blue crepe paper, costumes and PIRATES! We don't tell people where our parade is because then we'd have to get permits, block off streets and all that. Currently we have a parade of bikes, trikes, wagons, tractors and golf carts with cute kids and gnarly adults dressed for the occasion! 3. "Boom City" is just a couple miles from here, an awesome sight unto itself. Be prepared to duck if you go and enjoy the awesome sites. Boom City has all the tempting, booming delights a pyromaniac would want!! 4. I pulled in a picture of a few blasters Chris brought home from Boom City last year. (The picture is at the top, cuz I'm untalented at placing pictures in my postings). Chris is our head pyromaniac and MJ is his chief apprentice! 6. We have food: Shish-ka-bobs, salmon, hamburgers, hot dogs, oysters, potato salad, fruit salad, watermelon, hot beans in a pot if Tony comes, and more. And the food lasts all day and we eat all day! Everyone keeps bringing more food and more drinks. It is a family affair and no one has ever gotten out-of-hand. 7. We have birthday cake. Chris' birthday is the 3rd and he celebrates by blasting all night on the 4th. 8. People come from miles around, sometimes from Italy, some from Long Beach, Olympia, Grand Coulee, Burlington, even Marysville!! 9. Tom has been putting on this grand festa since 1985! 10. Sometimes we hold pots, pans or cookie sheets over our heads to protect us from falling fireworks debris. 11. Sometimes we have to yell "Incoming!" to the neighbors when our fireworks go astray. 12. We blast the fireworks off a platform over the water out towards the middle of the bay. 13. Either before or after our fireworks are over, the City of Everett puts on a civil, much larger, less noisy, less-dangerous-to-us display. We can also see a bit of the Lake Stevens fireworks display and a great display put on by the citizens of Everett where fireworks are outlawed! (14. Oooops! I forgot a very important fact so I have to list 14!! The 4th of July is Tom and Mary's anniversary, 16 years and a couple of them were great!! Happy Anniversary, Tom!!)

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