What's your plans for the 4th of July?

[Joshua May]

I'm going to see Spiderman 2, and redoing my team's entire website, I'm so exciting!

[Andy A.]

Andy's 4th schedual:

Wakeup ~4:00 AM
Turn out horses and other barn related tasks 4:30 - 5:30
Work 6:00 - 11:50
Second job 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Home/family realted tasks 5:30 to 7:00 PM
Check on the barn, evening horse feed etc. 7:00 - 8:00 ish
Maybe watch some fireworks from my roof after dusk
Maybe remeber to eat my first solid food of the day before going to bed at 10 PM

Rinse wash and repeat for the rest of the summer except for my 3 days of no work, today being one of them (1 left!).

-Andy A.

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

Andy's 4th schedual:

Wakeup ~4:00 AM
Turn out horses and other barn related tasks 4:30 - 5:30
Work 6:00 - 11:50
Second job 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Home/family realted tasks 5:30 to 7:00 PM
Check on the barn, evening horse feed etc. 7:00 - 8:00 ish
Maybe watch some fireworks from my roof after dusk
Maybe remeber to eat my first solid food of the day before going to bed at 10 PM

Rinse wash and repeat for the rest of the summer except for my 3 days of no work, today being one of them (1 left!).

-Andy A.

Make sure you don't add to your schedule, after "Watch some fireworks":

See fireworks land on the the barn
See horse feed ignite
Call fire department



Maybe I think this way because I'm from California where the land is flammable almost everywhere, except on clean pavement. We also have millions of people who use illegal fireworks, or use "safe and sane" fireworks unsafely or insanely.

[Joshua May]

Originally Posted by KarenH

Maybe I think this way because I'm from California where the land is flammable almost everywhere, except on clean pavement. We also have millions of people who use illegal fireworks, or use "safe and sane" fireworks unsafely or insanely.

Are you sure the pavement hasn't caught fire yet? Yeah, there are so many people with illegal fireworks around here, one got set off right in front of my house last night, those things are loud. Last year, someone on my street was setting them off and it hit a streetlight, and then set another off and caught a whole field on fire, and CONTINUED to set off fireworks!

[Ryan F.]

I'm going to a mini robotics competition with the other iowa teams in Cedar Rapids! Then I'll watch our towns fireworks or do something.

[Jay H 237]

I chose "fireworks display" and "other". I have fireworks I'm going to light off tommorrow. We're staying home all weekend and basically cooking on the barbeque. I also just changed the oil, oil filter and air filter on my '87 Caprice. I also just replaced the rotted out rear bumper and added a class 1 hitch. I never had so much fun removing a bumper after 17+ years of northeast corrosion!<sarcasm> I also just picked up more fishing stuff today and I'm planning on going fishing later this weekend.

[Melissa Nute]

On the third I worked from 10:30 am to 11pm
On the fourth, I"m working from noon to 11pm.

Needless to say this is at a grocery store.

[Elgin Clock]

Ok, I think I finally have plans for the 4th.. lol

I may be going to a car show, or to the lake, or both.. I haven't decided yet.

And watching fireworks is a definate must do since I missed them last year (cause I had my own) but hopefully I'm going to see them this year, one way or another.

80 dollars worth of fireworks/firecrackers are currently in one of my suitcases (because my parents would confiscate them because they are just like that) that im going to set off all tomorrow night

I stocked up on enough firecrackers to last me till next 4th of july

[Andy Baker]

Molly Menges, team 45 alum, and her parents asked my wife, kids and I to walk with her dad in the local parade. I think that it was because we have cute kids. Anyway, her dad is running for Judge.

So... I bring a Segway for him to ride during the parade (it will be the TechnoKats' machine, as we will raffle it off this fall). He was happy as a lark, and gets to ride it through the entire parade route. Many other candidates were there, including congressmen, and they were ALL jealous!

Molly's dad had the "Segway Smile" pasted on his face all day long.

[edit - oh, yeah, i forgot to add this: Rupert Bonham (from Survivor) was the grand marshall of the parade. I asked him if he wanted to ride the Segway, and he just smiled, shook his head, and said "no.. I better not". oh well]

Andy B.

[Kristina]

I had front row seats to the DC fireworks show. We sat right infront of the Lincoln Memorial and had a great view of the Washington Monument and the Capitol. Great show!

[MattK]