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       Independence Day 2019
       By: Jack Date: July 5, 2019, 7:07 am
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       WOW!  Yesterday was definitely a day.
       We started early.  Every year, we have a Fourth of July Parade.
       It's not really a big deal - it starts over by my mom's house,
       and runs down the old main street, then loops around.  No one
       does anything real fancy, but the band and ROTC and the Scouts
       are all involved, so we were there.  I think we left here about
       8:30, and we were home by 10:30 or so.
       Guests didn't start arriving until 11:30, and those were the
       early ones.  We normally start earlier than that, but because we
       end up at the lake for fireworks and don't get home until after
       10pm, no one wants the day too drag on too long.  Of course, a
       lot of people leave here in the afternoon, then meet us at the
       lake later.
       There were a LOT of people here yesterday.  Remember, just with
       me, my college kids, my unofficial boys, and my older boys who
       live locally and their families, that's about 50 people.  While
       a lot of people were in and out, I know the entire tribe came by
       at one time or another, and there were a number of others who
       dropped by.  Overall, including mine, we had over 200 people
       total by the end of the day.
       I thought we had plenty of supplies, but we went through 200
       all-angus beef hot dogs, 120 brats, 25 polish sausages (links,
       which can easily be cut into four sections for buns), 80 hot
       links, 160 quarter pound sirloin patties, and I don't know how
       many gallons of potato salad we went through, but I know they
       had seven different kinds (regular w and w/o onions, the same
       with mustard, deviled egg, and pickled), plus macaroni salad and
       dozens of bags of chips.  I don't think anyone left hungry, but
       I have to head back to the store today, plus a trip to Costco to
       restock on condiments.
       I'm not really impressed by fireworks displays anymore, but the
       kids had a good time.  Normally we'd be up and going by now, but
       Noah and Bryce are the only other ones awake, and even they
       slept in (for them anyway).  Many people were able to take a
       four day weekend, so we're not going to have many guests today -
       not the usual number of kids we end up with on a weekday at
       least.  Well, not until tonight.
       I already took the kids to see Spider-man: Far From Home.  It
       disrupts our schedule a bit when opening night is during the
       week, but we ran with it, so tonight's the Summer Movie Series,
       per usual.   Tomorrow, we're planning to keep things really low
       key and have a family night.
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