Remembering Independence

This year I guess we could call ourselves lucky! Since the 4th of July.... Independence Day, fell on a Friday, it was celebrated nationwide on one of two weekends and in many places... just both weekends. JR (the grandson) had been visiting us the last week of June. .. what fun THAT was!!! We took him and his mom with us to a bonfire/cook-out on his last night here. There's nothing like good friends, good food, good liquor, a MASSIVE Bonfire, a few electrical storms and fireworks to make for a perfect day!! Like most 4 yr olds... JR took about 5 minutes to scope out who he would attach himself to and that was Kelley... our hostess with the mostest!! She got him sodas and cupcakes and although she couldn't tell WHERE her husband Chris was... she always knew exactly where JR was. Actually we had made a deal that we would keep an eye on Chris and she of course couldn't lose JR.... he seemed to be attached to her hip. The Bonfire was really huge. I watched most of it burn from the house and that was because of the mosquitoes and that I was having most excellent conversations that I didn't wish to end. At one point the bonfire had burned down so Steve and I wet down and hung out with the cows for awhile. It was a little tricky gettin there with all the cow patties laying about, but we managed..... and didn't spill our drinks..... seriously... we didn't spill our drinks.... :) Of course while we were down in the field.... the sky opened up... absolutely soaking us. During the storm, which seemed to last just a little too long for "scattered thundershowers", the sun tried to come out. It was awesome... forcing it's way through the clouds. It almost looked like the moon. Summer might be hot and lots of bugs, but the light we get this time of year is amazing. The night came to an end with the most spectacular show of fireworks the state of WV will allow on private property. Mostly sparklers and a few whistles and pops. I tried to get close so it would look bigger, but then a few of those sparks landed a little too close. I'm not sure why we need BIG fireworks to satisfy us. My feeling is we live in such a crappy society and ruled by such a hypocritical bunch of pompous liars and crooks, that we need need big and flashy as some sort of re-affirmation. That we really DO live in a free country and we really DO have equal rights and we really DO have the best government. WHAT THE HELL EVER. We can't even buy the fireworks we want to shoot off on our own property because some christian do-gooder wanted to protect Bubba from getting any more burns. We can't pick up our phones and have a private conversation because our useless piece of shit president doesn't have anymore respect for us than he does his dog. We're stuck living in a society of "No You Wont's". People that live their every day trying to impose their beliefs on us. People whose existence is solely to pass judgement on others. This country sucks right now, and the people running it are doing a GREAT job of running it...........INTO THE GROUND. I lit a few sparklers on the 4th, and they cracked and whistled and popped, but I'm saving the big ones for November. GO OBAMA!!!! I just wanted to add this in here, in case you ever were wondering what they looked like. We've had two of these babies so far... one on each side of our house. Copperheads. This fella was about 8 inches long and sassy. I found him on our front step.... on my way back UP the steps. Not sure how I missed him on the way down, but glad I did since I was barefoot. Usually copperheads come in numbers ranging anywhere from 9 - 14. They're born live and don't usually hang out in one place for too long. They're also mostly nocturnal during the hottest months. I guess we caught the two stupid ones. Natural selection is doing it's thing!!! I just want to say I hope all of you had the BEST 4th of July! Don't pay any attention to my ranting. I probably spent too much time in Mal-Wart this past week and am still suffering from it. What a collection of societal cast-aways. These just HAVE to be the people written about at the statue of Liberty. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Wal-Marts new Motto!! Especially since our Statue of Liberty was created by a FRENCH Sculptor.... go figure. I guess it would be more appropriate if he had been Chinese. Peace!