OH how cute is your decorations...We have 10 irons in the fire right now and time is flying by. Right now I think it will 2012 before we can stand still enough to celebrate again...

Susie..I love the way your decorations look..so festive & 4th of july !!!! Especially love the bike w/ the "fireworks" coming out of the basket....Bet your neighbors cant wait to see how you decorate the front @ holidays.
And ..hey..slide a little extra for me.. just cos were getting a little older on the outside doesnt mean we still feel way young inside !! I wonder every morning who that old woman is in the mirror!! LOL and some mornings she looks alot older than others !!!

jitter ... that OW in the mirror is MY MOM! That's why she looks a little older than others! And, susieroses, I'll be on 3rd and ready to "steal home!" Have fun!

I LUV your festive July 4th decor! You are on the ball! I'm still putting away "Easter!" Summer just got here the other day & finally so "hot & humid" I think I'm a Texan! First time in the pool on last Mon...usually by 1st of June, anyway, here in IA! And I LUV the bike! GREAT! Jeanne S.

* G O D ~ B L E S S ~ * A * M * E * R * I * C * A ! ! ! !
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Land that I / WE ~ LOVE ! ! ! ! !
We ~ WILL STAND BESIDE HER ! ! ! !

Happy ~ H a p p y ~ H A P P Y ~ 4th of July to you 2 !!!

your patriotic WORKS OF A R T ~ Creations are
Simply ~ OUT OF THIS WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything L@@KS Fab ! Everything seems to
be BIGGER & Better In TEXAS !!! tee hee !
Have fun at the Parade & The Celebration !

YEA AMERICA ! HAPPY 4th Of JULY !!!!
Land of the Free and the Home of the BRAVE !

& Thanks to ~ ALL ~ Military Peoples who have
Fought to Make AMERICA ~ *FREE* ! ! !
T H A N K S a Million ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

God Bless !
Your GJer Buddy!
SusieSunshine

You did it again....got me grinnin' ear to ear.
I love your home and yard. And your bike looks super decorated for the 4th.

I've been in a bah-humbug mood since Easter. Usually I'm so up for holiday decorating. Just before Memorial Day I pull out my red-white-blue things and do the front patio and the family-room mantle and some other areas. Then kick back and enjoy it till July 5th or so. I blew it this year. Finally did my front patio last weekend. But just had no energy to do inside this time. Wish I had.

Send me some of your energy, SusieRose, I need to snap out of this vegetating mode.
hugs, Karen

Very festive!! Love your bike finished & "planted" & loaded with sparklers??? Cute!! Parades are such fun, mostly watching the excitement on faces of little ones!! You take those sparklers & twirl them in your overalls & they will make you the "Queen of the Parade"! Jan

Your yard and bike look wonderful Susie! We'll be at the beach for the 4th soaking up the sunshine and also celebrating DH's birthday! Hope you and Hubs have a great time at the celebration!

Love it all, SusieRose! Everything looks wonderful! I'm sure your neighbors love being your neighbor LOL I would! ~tenderlee

Love your decor for the 4th! Your bicycle is fantastic. I sure hope you have lots of nieghbors who want their pictures taken with your bike. Where did you get your red/white/blue plumes. Those are wonderful!
Vickie

Thank ya'll for the added cheer!

Vickie- Thank you. Yes we did have some neighbor children get their pictures made here yesterday. The R/W/B plumes came from probably Hobby Lobby a couple of years ago. I'm pretty good at saving things from year to year like most pack rats.

We went out to the parade, pinwheels twirling in the wind on the tops of our heads. The Village newsletter photographer came and photographed me and Hubs standing out there looking like the fat and older version of "4th of July Barbie and Ken". We got all kinds of candy thrown ***AT**** us. LOL The neighbors inquired about how much coffee we had drank that morning. I think they are planning an INTERVENTION for sure now.

Ya'll there was no marching band, no drum chore, nothing that made me hop the barracades and join the parade. How can you get parade happy without the sound of sweaty feet marching in white boots???? No veterans, no rifle chore. There was not one baton except on the belts of the policemen (we wont go there). My New Orleans exposure wanted the opporitunity to grab a handkercheif and wave it around and prance along after the a band. BUT NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O. Hubs says that I should insist on being on the parade committee next year.

I'm half joking because we are but a little Village and not a city. But even a BOOM BOX playing "Stars and Strips Forever" would have helped. Life needs Music as a backdrop.

Sweet karen- when things are not clicking, you have got to change the Spiritual environment. Put on the music that appeals to the proper mood that you need to be in. Hubs installed speakers throughout the house a couple of years ago (he crashed through the ceiling but that is another story). He even put them on the front and back porches. When I need to garden out front, I play nature music and the song "What A Wonderful World'. If I need to reflect on my grandbabylove, I play Connie Talbot. If I need to pray, I play Spiritual music. Being around my house is like being in a dramatic soap opera without the organ music. (Ya have to draw the line somewhere, LOL). But I had myself all jacked up for this parade thingy by watching videos of marching bands on the Internet. When I am truly down and out I usually tell Hubs, "I just cant hear the music lately". But search because music can be powerful. Heaven is supposed to be full of LIVE music!!!!

Anywho, we went to the fireworks display and guess what? The fireworks Company had huge speakers with contemporary Patriotic songs!!!! It was a mezmerising (sp?) light show. I cant say that I got the whole 1776 feel for what happened but I can assure you those Freedom Fighters were sweatin' in July.