Independence Day Randoms

[redheadbaker]

Salon must have heard that I'm going to my parents' today: How to win July 4th: Salon’s holiday guide to arguing with right-wing relatives

I have a headache and just want to relax with my latte. S.O. just woke up. DS wants to get dressed and leave right now. 

[meshaliuknits]

I feel obligated to knit with red, white & blue yarn today.

Sent from my EVO

[pixy0stix]

I have blue paint on me already.

[lilibet]

I don't want to go to my parents' house for a cookout today because there will be very little I can eat. I didn't know it was actually happening until 9 last night so no time to get something to take and the store will be blocked all morning cause of the parade so I have nothing to take and my parents apparently have no desire/care/memory about my food allergy so everything will be full of milk/milk products which means I can't eat it. I didn't have this allergy as a kid so they never remember until we're sitting down to eat and I end up with 2 things on my plate (this is why we try to just take them out to eat). This compares to my inlaws who had us over last night for a cookout and my fil mentioned they made sure I could eat everything they made. I love them.

Plus my dad is all about the cheap food at the local salvage stores and gives no fucks about expiration dates, so I'm slightly paranoid about the food anyway.

[IIOY]

I'm not complaining about the temp drop, but someone really needs to warn me that it's 25 degrees cooler before I leave the house dressed for Sub-Saharan African levels of heat.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I can't figure out when our neighborhood pool fucking opens. Some days it's open at 8, today it wasn't open at 10:30... I JUST WANT TO LIE IN THE SUN AND READ. Isn't that my right as an American?

[pixy0stix]

Jul 4, 2014 9:40:06 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I'm not complaining about the temp drop, but someone really needs to warn me that it's 25 degrees cooler before I leave the house dressed for Sub-Saharan African levels of heat.

Yeah, today is way cooler here than was forecast. Not that I'm complaining.

[meshaliuknits]

My two favorite screen grabs from tapped out today.

Also I have 180 donuts saved up & no idea if I should blow them or keep saving for Barney.

Sent from my EVO

[pixy0stix]

OH! I need to go get my phone and play tapped out.

[Velvetshady]

I'm being a bad 'Merican today--watching non-Americans playing tennis in England and stitching with French silk.

[josieposy]

My July 4 tradition is to watch Jaws, which I am doing shortly while I clean the house since nobody else is here for a bit.

Dun dun dun dun dun dun.....

[Vespasia]

It's going to rain all day today. I'll have to read on the porch instead of the lawn. What a tragedy.

[pixy0stix]

OMG SOU! YOU HAVE TO SEE PRINCE!

I will be thinking about you all day.

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Jul 4, 2014 10:56:29 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

My Thursday flight to NOLA was cancelled. I have been at the airport since 8 am waiting for an 11:45 am flt that I am on standby for. It was just moved to a new gate and pushed to 1 pm. Meanwhile other planes to other destinations are leaving every other minute.

I HAVE TO SEE PRINCE!

I do have a seat on a 5:30 pm flt but it has a layover so it gets me to NOLA at 9 pm. And this assumes there are no problems with either flt. Prince goes on stage at 10:30!!!

I HAVE TO SEE PRINCE!!!

My mother's best friend's sister is a cop there so these two old ladies called her up thinking she could come meet me at the airport with flashing lights and rush me to the superdome (I have to admit I liked this idea!) but I just talked to her and she has to work tonight because ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL/PRINCE but she loves a couple of blocks away from the superdome and said for me to catch a cab there she will tell her partner/SO I'm coming, then I can throw my suitcase in the door and run to the superdome.

I HAVE TO SEE PRINCE!!

That is all.

Good luck! I'm sure the show will be fabulous.

[pixy0stix]

We need to go pick up a new light for the bathroom. Is it wrong that I'm pre-emptively laughing at the thought of my DH installing it?

[Deleted]

I did about 3 years worth of filing and cleaning out my file cabinet this morning.

I'm trying to decide if I want to continue being productive, or if I want to go play poker at noon.

Last night my friends and I played pub trivia for my birthday and won! We had a tie breaker to win and within a 10,000 range, I totally guessed only 5 away from the right number. It was awesome.

[secretlyevil]

I am getting a pedicure after spending quality time with H this morning by helping him dig out around the pool skimmer. We found holes in pipes. It was really as fun as it sounds. I got the deluxe pedicure. Oh! The salon has the world cup on. All that's missing is booze.

[meshaliuknits]

SOMEONE GET SOU TO PRINCE!!!

Sent from my EVO

[AAM2012]

DH and I are traveling about 3 hours to the airport and have to take the back roads. A bridge was closed off by police and we had to go this funky way and ended up underneath the bridge/overpass and there was a suicidal man standing on the ledge/side with a police officer talking to him.

I am so sad now I'm trying to tell myself that it isn't very high so it would be hard to really go through with it or that he's doing it for attention.

[statlerwaldorf]

My cousin adopted a pit bull when she was 6 months pregnant. The baby is 2 weeks old and now she's decided that she doesn't have enough time to train him. She posted on Facebook looking for a shelter for him. Rage.

[secretlyevil]

Jul 4, 2014 11:21:43 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

My cousin adopted a pit bull when she was 6 months pregnant. The baby is 2 weeks old and now she's decided that she doesn't have enough time to train him. She posted on Facebook looking for a shelter for him. Rage.

Grrrrr!

[emilyj]

I woke up sick. Who the hell gets sick in the summer? Also, I hate whoever gave me the germs.

[meshaliuknits]

I can't believe Rootbeer Guy died.

Also, I'm overly invested in this cartoon.

Sent from my EVO

[eponinepontmercy]

Things I saw near our rental house:

- a house decorated with red, white and blue lights
- a sign that said "Obamacare: Hazardous to your health" on one side, and "O'Malley Taxes Rain; Texas Prays for Rain."
- a house with an honest to god lawn jockey.

America!

[lasagnasshole]

Jul 4, 2014 11:39:02 GMT -5 eponinepontmercy said:

Things I saw near our rental house:

- a house decorated with red, white and blue lights
- a sign that said "Obamacare: Hazardous to your health" on one side, and "O'Malley Taxes Rain; Texas Prays for Rain."
- a house with an honest to god lawn jockey.

America!

Yeah, because drought and water restrictions and burn bans are all just (dry) barrels of fun.

The fuck?

[gpw]

OMG!! Sou! You MUST SEE PRINCE!! Don't they UNDERSTAND?!




I am celebrating the day by......working.

[pescalita]

We're on the road and I didn't kill my family!!

[orangeblossom]

I just had my first plout of the season. So yummy.

Chocolate-coated sunflower seeds really aren't that yummy. Wish I would have gotten the fruit medley instead.

[Deleted]

I walked 3.1 miles this morning. That's the most I've moved since my half marathon (and subsequent 40 lb weight gain) in January. And I'm down 12 lbs.

I'm going to celebrate with beer, burgers and s'mores later and zero fucks are being given.

[laurenpetro]

I'm starting to think my expectations are too high to spend a week in a house with my ILs. I prefer my coffee mug to not stick to the kitchen counter. Crazy, I know.

And is it just me or is leaving dirty dishes next to a sink with dirty dishes in it strage? H does this all the time and it appears he gets it from his family. I do t get this at all.