I'll be working today and all day tomorrow, going to be helping with an open house at a new construction lakefront condo, so we expect a bit of traffic. Then tomorrow night we'll go to the fireworks, and hopefully I can have Sunday off.

Everyone have a safe 4th of July, and don't forget to take a few minutes and think about all the men and women who have helped keep this country free.

My wife and kids are heading out of town, so I will be home alone. The last couple years July 4th was rather slow, I was looking forward to a quiet long weekend. My schedule is getting full though this year, so I will be working today and tomorrow as well.

I guess it's different for everyone. Me I don't work on the holidays period. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays every year. I have always loved fireworks and great food.

My birthday is December 20th but one year I told my mom I wanted this custom cake out of a book. It was red,white,and blue had sparklers all around the edge and exploding candles in the center. That was one of my best birthdays and fondest memories.

As far as the armed forces this is how I feel. While I never always agree with the government I always support the troops.

A large portion of my family has served in the military for generations. Different ranks all the way up to one star general.Most just captain,seargant and below with a few high ranking.Most were in Air Force,Army,some Marines,Navy I am not sure about.

I respect the miltiary and glad I don't have to do it.

Happy 4th to everyone and especially the soldiers who can't celebrate the glorious day of freedom with their families.

My 4th was very happy - put my 4th waterfront property this year under contract! CASH BUYER! woot!

I was surprised to learn that our VA hospital was not doing anything for the Vets. They generally always do for the Holiday. So we ended up making getting a small group together, making some food and hosting an impromtu party for them.

Im with you Super, I respect the heck out these people. They served to ensure I do not have to unless I volunteer. I;m not sure I would have the courage to do what these men and women do, so I do alot of volunteer work to support them.

Unfortunately, when you work in what is primarily a vacation / 2nd home market, the holidays can be the busiest time for buyers. The only holidays I refuse to work are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Otherwise, I'm there if the buyers are. If I refused to work weekends, too, I'd be SOL for buyers. That's when people come up to the area to look around, cause they're busy working during the week.

I have no family nearby other than my hubby and kids - my sister in law and her family is in Missouri, and my brother is in Seattle, and everyone else is dead. Most of our friends get together with their families. With the exception of going to the fireworks at night, the 4th is pretty much like any other day, except hubby takes the day off.

When my parents, aunts, and unlces were alive we used to have a picnic of sorts. My cousin from Texas would fly up and stay for a week, and the rest of the cousins would come and visit too. Now that she died, the other cousins get together with their more immediate families and we never see each other anymore. Holidays often depress me somewhat, so I prefer to work.

Yeah luckily I don't get that down here. Now if you are a broker/agent in the GA mountains instead of the metro area you get alot of vacation,second homes,rentals.

This is one reason I have my brokerage. I help my agents make sales and take the weekends off except for emergency broker support. When I owned my restaurant weekends were the busiest time so I could never get away from it.

Now that I don't have to do it I am so much happier and fulfilled in life.

Everyone lives their lives differently. As long as they are happy living their way I say that's all that matters as long as it's not breakng the law or impacting people in a really negative way(family,etc.).

^^I will say that I wish we had people to celebrate the holidays with. I would love to have had a picnic to look forward to, kids running around playing, the smell of burgers along with people laughing and having fun.

We'll have some of that this summer when we go to Lake Michigan to spend a week there with my sister in law and her family - these family vacations are too few, too far between. This is one of hte benefits of my working now; we can afford to not only pay for the vacation but afford for hubby to take the time off from work to do it.

Real estate has opened up things for us we never could have done on my husband's salary alone. It's just that sometimes, I get a little depressed when I think about how orphaned we are at holidays. LOL I think it's time for a glass of wine...hee hee

Well, Perky, if you're working on the holiday, there's no better way to do it than to seal a deal! I got a house under contract this weekend, too, though it sure did not seem the other agent was doing much to get the signatures in place (she waited from July 2 until today to get the paperwork back to me).

I did go to see the community fireworks last night and my church picnic today, though the picnic ended up being inside due to rain. If something had to be rained out, the picnic was sure better than the fireworks! Fireworks, a picnic, and a contract made a pretty good weekend.

I had a great holiday on Saturday, July 4th this year! I finally decided to relax the day away, so I met up with some people over at the new "M" Resort and hung out in our private cabana by their pool! This pool is extremely beautiful and so is the scenery. I had a great time and can't wait to go back, especially since it's only about 10 minutes from the house.

It was definitely a change of pace between the normal everyday business stress and the awesome towel service in addition to being served drinks all day. I think our drink bill came to about $600 for the day. The total bill for the day including the cabana, food and drinks came to about $1200, excluding the tip. This is pretty normal for my area though, in case any of you are not familiar with Las Vegas.

SOunds like a lot of fun, Len!

I celebrated the 4th with an open house. Me plus an open house on the 4th equals zero quests!

Happy Belated 4th of July to all of my American friends. I haven't been on here in over a week.

Hopefully that's because you were busy busy busy selling, or on a much needed vacation!

After the loss of so many national treasures (in my opinion) over the past two weeks, I thought it was extremely important to be with my girls (wife too) and show and tell them how much they meant to me. I too thought about and prayed for the troops!