The 3rd of July

We had a very nice celebration last night. The City of La Mirada put on a big even at the La Mirada Regional Park. It's a 90 acre park, that is really quite beautiful, full of trees, playgrounds and a small lake on rolling hills. Thousands turned out for the event. They had old fashioned games like potato sack races, three legged races, pie eating contests, rock wall climbing and much more.

There were eating booths provided by many nonprofits in the city. We had tri-tip sandwiches and hotdogs. In & Out burgers were selling for $7.00 for a double double, so I passed. (hard to pass them up!)

The fireworks were fantastic, some of the best I've ever seen. There were several new types I hadn't seen before, so that made it a bit more special.

While Connie went and took the kids to see stuff, I stayed with our chairs and blankets. I listened to my ipod for a while. Have a good book on their that I'm "reading". Then I called my buddy Wayne from church, who just bought a MiniMac. It sounds so cool.

Today I'm waiting to hear from my sis in law, Cathy, to see how their show is doing. They are selling at a bit 4th of July event that is supposed to have 60,000 people in it. She's selling, hopefully, some of my ceramics.

Seems I have the flu or something today. I've got the chills, aches, and have a low grade fever and I almost never get a fever. But I can handle it.

Our idiot dog tore down the screen door and actually bent the bars on our security screen door like Superman! I can't believe this dog. That was when he was on 3 tranquilizers!!! I guess I'm going to give him 4 tonight, though 3 is what they told me. It didn't phase him a bit. I'll have to take pictures of the door damage. You won't believe it.

Happy 4th to everyone.