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Our Fourth Was Missing Our “Fourth”

In all the years that Sam and I have been together, our city has always done fireworks on July 4th. Sam knew that she'd have the 4th off, so neither of us had to take any time off of work. Well, for whatever the reason, our city moved the fireworks to the 3rd of July … Continue reading Our Fourth Was Missing Our “Fourth” →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 5 Comments July 5, 2026 2 Minutes

Fourth – Family – Fireworks

As the holiday weekend draws to a close, I hope you got the chance to enjoy it. We certainly enjoyed it, though it was toned down from previous years. We didn't have the entire family with us this year. Some of the family was sick and some were invited elsewhere or had something else going … Continue reading Fourth – Family – Fireworks →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 2 Comments July 6, 2025 1 Minute

Rocking At The Schoolhouse

I thought about ways to tie this post into Movie Music Monday, but I really couldn't find a way to do it. That being said, the feature will return next week. I decided to revisit one of the first topics I blogged about, as there are many new followers since 2018. As a kid, we … Continue reading Rocking At The Schoolhouse →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 6 Comments January 6, 2025January 5, 2025 8 Minutes

Fun Fourth

The Fourth didn't quite turn out the way we had planned, but it was fun just the same.  Our original plans?  Stay home and relax. The plans changed in the blink of an eye, of course. My niece called and asked if she could spend the night on the 3rd.  My father-in-law and mother-in-law decided … Continue reading Fun Fourth →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 2 Comments July 6, 2024 2 Minutes

Fabulous Fourth

America celebrated her 247th birthday this week. It was a busy and wonderful weekend for us, as we had an out of town visit from my brother. He and Stacey drove up from Ohio on Sunday. They spent all day with us on Monday. We ordered Pizza for lunch, Barbequed chicken for dinner, and went … Continue reading Fabulous Fourth →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 6 Comments July 6, 2023 2 Minutes

Happy 246th Birthday, USA!

My family and I had a nice weekend celebrating America's birthday. My wife had to work Sunday night, so she came home and slept for part of the day before getting up to get ready for the festivities. As I have mentioned in the past, our city puts on a nice little fireworks show that … Continue reading Happy 246th Birthday, USA! →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 2 Comments July 7, 2022 3 Minutes

A Quiet Fourth & Song Draft Update

How life has changed in only a couple of years! Every 4th of July, our town puts on a fireworks show that is literally in our back yard. We usually have a big back yard BBQ, bonfire, and invite everyone over to watch the fireworks. Last year, the show was cancelled because of Covid. This … Continue reading A Quiet Fourth & Song Draft Update →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 15 Comments July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 2 Minutes

My Oldest Friend

There is no excuse for taking this long to devote an entire blog to my oldest friend. It's not like I haven't mentioned him before in blogs, because I have, I just haven't written one completely about him. Since today is his birthday, I thought it was time to put him in the spotlight. I … Continue reading My Oldest Friend →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized Leave a comment September 7, 2019September 7, 2019 11 Minutes

Vacation Review

Vacation is never long enough!  I was off for 5 days last week and while I had some great moments to relax, I still don't feel like it was enough.  We live in a society where people are overworked and underpaid.  I don't think anyone would mind if the United States adopted the mindset of … Continue reading Vacation Review →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized Leave a comment July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 5 Minutes

Knowledge is Power!

As a kid, we lived for Saturday mornings! We never slept in because we knew that all morning long we had our choice of back to back cartoons! There was Scooby-Doo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Hong Kong Phooey, Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, The Laff-O-Lympics, The Flilntstones, The Pink Panther and many more! It was great! … Continue reading Knowledge is Power! →

nostalgicitalian Uncategorized 2 Comments February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 8 Minutes

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