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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!
What is an INDEPENDENCE DAY???? It is  "a day celebrating the anniversary of national independence" (Thanks Google!). Here in America it is known as the 4th of July- July 4 1776,  those parties representing the shiny "new land" that is US of A showcased a declaration of independence from the homeland of England (although technically it was settled a year and 2 days prior with the end of the Revolutionary War). Later we bought territories from the nations of Mexico, (with a little skirmish in between), Spain and France, the latter rewarding them for their help in the Revolutionary war with territory that is now known as Canada; and even later, millions of immigrants from all over came flooding in making our "melting pot" what it is today. Not to forget the sacrifices of those were shackled and slaved AND who already resided in this land! FUN FACT: 3 founding fathers (and coincidentally presidents) all died July 4th: Thomas Jefferson & John Adams in 1826, and James Monroe in 1831. Calvin Coolidge (the 30th president) was an independence baby born July 4 1872!

END of July
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME (and my sister, 5 years before me)!!!!!!!!!


Yesterday, we checked out  J. Betski's Restaurant up in Raleigh. It is German cuisine and delicious!!! A lot fancier than I am used to (IT HAD DUCK!!!) as it's reservation only with a selected menu all from scratch. My other half was pretty excited about their beer selection too. YAY FOR GERMAN FOOD!!!!! Oh and we mall walked and found a playground while waiting for our reservation time slot. Fun times!

RALEIGH, NC

Mar. 3rd, 2019 08:39 am
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Took a little extended day trip this weekend with the fam to Raleigh, NC. I didn't see all of it but what i did see was very pretty. An old town-city capital nestled into the forests around it, it has an old downtown feel while still being a sprawling city. We had the pleasure of of "wasting" time in some of the major shopping plazas that we don't see very often anymore (living in a small nowhere town like we do) and  it has some fun restaurants we ate at (Waffle House, BJ's Brewery, Hibachi 88. I even got to sneak into the State Farmer's Market! Mmmm-mmmmm, they had some goodies there! Fruits and veggies (SUPER HUGE TOMATOES!!!), plants/flowers, meat (PIG's HEAD!!!), some eateries, and a really good German Bakery!!! I got me some Marzipan and some apple strudel, and even some chocolate raspberry brownie!!! My person said it was like my mom's birthday cake but less wet, lol (he liked it).

The main attraction, however, was the Marbles Kid Museum. My kid went crazy! Two floors of all things kids play, with each floor having 2-3 major sections. We had some fun imagining at the farm, the veterinary clinic and on all the major vehicles (firetruck, boat, ambulance, news 'copter, city bus, and a red sports car). We also played with a train set, learned with some letters/numbers at their read aloud zone, and dabbled in working with tools and paper/pencil. We had endless fun building with life sized legos and the blue foamed connect blocks. We slowed down and took a gander through the "splash" area with its pirate ship underwater seating and its seeding center attachment. It was an easy 3 hours of kid entertainment that we've had in quite a while and would love to go again!

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