Helloooo blog. Here I am dressed up Friday night for the Holcomb 4th of July fireworks SPECTACULAR…which, let’s face it, wasn’t that spectacular.

I mean, I was pretty excited about “Mr. Turtle” here as a replacement for my usual pagoda, but what a lame-o!

At least I was dressed up for the occasion, fresh fake tan and all. Why not? Any occasion to put on a dress and some glitter, am I right?

In hindsight, I would have worn a bra. I texted a bunch of people “Happy 4th of July!” and included a picture of this outfit, and two people said, “New car?” NEW CAR? Like I would ever pick a red car. That’s Josh’s car, and it was merely used as the “red” in my “red white and blue” festive photo. Well, my underwear were red, but who wants to see that?

We tried to go out to eat, but everything we wanted was closed for the evening, so we ended up stopping at Central Market for their incredibly overpriced (but delicious) “salad” bar–which ended up being a big pile of Indian food. The sag paneer was nothing to write home about, but hey, I didn’t have to cook dinner!

At nightfall we started our fireworks display on the driveway. The animals were sedated and relaxed inside. We thought about driving around to look at more fireworks–our house is surrounded by tall trees, making it nearly impossible to see anything–but I didn’t want to leave my drugged-up pets. What a responsible pet owner!

I changed outfits for the fireworks later on. It was a little chilly that night. Here I am geeking out with a sparkler. I think this video needs music added to it!

Here’s Josh spazzing out with a sparkler. We know how to have Good Times!

I tried some different camera settings, but as per usual none of them turned out. This is an issue every year.

Ah well, who needs more fireworks pictures anyway?

We set off some Roman candles and a few other assorted goodies, and actually stayed up past midnight. GASP! Pretty good for a couple of old farts.

Hey it’s Monday! Boy is it ever Monday. I spent all weekend eating salad and sweating while Josh was away in the mountains, hiking and skiing with his uncle and his uncle’s friend. I would really really really really like to go camping this weekend, I hope we make it happen! I need to be near some water.