Independence Day

Even though it's called Independence Day, most everyone around here calls it the 4th of July.  Now, I don't know how Canada celebrates Canada Day (July 1st), but here we do so with parades, flea markets, and fireworks.
Now in my state, fireworks that fly off the ground or go over 6 feet are illegal.  Luckily, my mom hails from a state where they are legal and we live close enough to the boarder that we can go and buy fireworks from another state.  We live in a rural area with a big yard and I've been blowing bottle rockets off since I was in elementary.  True, we have had mishaps, but I'll tell you about those later (unless we're talking bottle rockets, we only have one incident a year)
Since we usually go out of state for the 4th, we get to blow fire works at my aunts house.  But recently we haven't made that trip.  So we started going to a town that has a parade and flea market.  There's too many people so we just go to the flea market, and last year we went to a movie (Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter).  So we did the same thing this year.  I got chocolate, a necklace with a red marble pendant, a glass nail file made in Czech Republic, a necklace, and a replica of an antique perpetual German calender.  Then we went to see Lone Ranger.  Good movie, it had humor and action!
I'll tell you about the firework mishaps and movie later.  I get to work all weekend since I got the 4th off so I'm worn down.  80+ degrees with humidity and my car has no air condition-honestly I prefer 20 below with 40 mph windchill and blowing snow...at least you go numb after hoping in and out of your car stuck at the edge of your yard!