How much does your family spend on fireworks? - Page 3

kiloyd · 07-02-2016, 06:37 PM

I just took a walk with my dog (that barks at fireworks). I didn't think about it being Saturday and people setting off fireworks tonight. She was so annoying! Brought her back home and walked a little more by myself. (I try and walk half an hour every night).

I now don't care for fireworks because it upsets my dog. A few more nights and they'll be over.

3PeasInAPod · 07-02-2016, 10:33 PM

Up here people do mortars in their backyard(the show kind of fireworks). It's common to spend around $500. I think the most we've spent is about $150. This year we're spending maybe $50

mamacat · 07-03-2016, 05:02 AM

We have 3 dogs and one is terrified of them.Poor baby. Finally got her calmed down last night by putting a sweater on her. She wont even o out in back area to go to the bathroom.Someone has to walk out there with her and make sure she goes

Leslie · 07-05-2016, 11:05 AM

We have a number of families in our area who set off fireworks. We look forward to it every year. We can sit in our backyard and watch various fireworks shows all around us on all the nights of July 4th weekend, and we love it.

So, I don't know who you local neighbors are who spent a lot of money on fireworks, but, whoever you are, I salute you!

MegMarch · 07-05-2016, 11:28 AM

Amendment - $6.50

DD asked if we could get some and so we bought a few. She ended up being scared so we gave half to the neighbors

gerberadaisy · 07-05-2016, 11:54 AM

we spent about $25. Little man was happy. Daddy got his "pyro on" they lasted about 15 minutes & were flashy with little to no noise. Last night there were so many bangs, booms, etc. but we couldn't see anything from our windows (we were inside due to little man's bedtime). On Saturday I saw some from our upstairs windows & on Sunday, when we set ours off, we could see some through the trees but not from upstairs windows or over the trees.

jenny_islander · 07-05-2016, 12:53 PM

DH asked me to buy the fireworks this year because he always overspends. We typically top $70, but I kept it under $40. I don't like banging and shrieking, and neither does Eva, so I went for pretty colors instead. We got some of those cylinders that will whirl around and create the illusion of a flower if you put them on a hard flat surface, some other things with fun effects (monkeys in cars, pop-up pagodas, etc.), some Roman candles, rockets that make showers of colored sparks, and a multi-colored ground fountain for the finale. We also got a bundle of those sparklers that go off in stages, because we have a family tradition of writing our names in the air, but they turned out to be duds.

knitlove · 07-05-2016, 06:17 PM

Pop -up- pagodas are the best! That and the snakes that you do when it is light.

Soliloquy · 07-07-2016, 08:25 PM

We ended up buying some this year.

Virginia · 07-07-2016, 08:59 PM

Zero dollars

07-02-2016, 06:37 PM	#31
kiloyd Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 16,108	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? I just took a walk with my dog (that barks at fireworks). I didn't think about it being Saturday and people setting off fireworks tonight. She was so annoying! Brought her back home and walked a little more by myself. (I try and walk half an hour every night). I now don't care for fireworks because it upsets my dog. A few more nights and they'll be over. __________________ k-i-loyd, not kill loyd ISFJ/P Katherine, married 8-9-97 ds1 22 (adding a dil in August!) dd1 18 dd2 16 ds2 10

07-02-2016, 10:33 PM	#32
3PeasInAPod Deactivated Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: pnw Posts: 8,571	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? Up here people do mortars in their backyard(the show kind of fireworks). It's common to spend around $500. I think the most we've spent is about $150. This year we're spending maybe $50

07-03-2016, 05:02 AM	#33
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? We have 3 dogs and one is terrified of them.Poor baby. Finally got her calmed down last night by putting a sweater on her. She wont even o out in back area to go to the bathroom.Someone has to walk out there with her and make sure she goes __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

07-05-2016, 11:05 AM	#34
Leslie Rose Garden Genteel Princess Mollie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,203	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? We have a number of families in our area who set off fireworks. We look forward to it every year. We can sit in our backyard and watch various fireworks shows all around us on all the nights of July 4th weekend, and we love it. So, I don't know who you local neighbors are who spent a lot of money on fireworks, but, whoever you are, I salute you!

07-05-2016, 11:28 AM	#35
MegMarch Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 5,922	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? Amendment - $6.50 DD asked if we could get some and so we bought a few. She ended up being scared so we gave half to the neighbors

07-05-2016, 11:54 AM	#36
gerberadaisy Rose Trellis Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,313	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? we spent about $25. Little man was happy. Daddy got his "pyro on" they lasted about 15 minutes & were flashy with little to no noise. Last night there were so many bangs, booms, etc. but we couldn't see anything from our windows (we were inside due to little man's bedtime). On Saturday I saw some from our upstairs windows & on Sunday, when we set ours off, we could see some through the trees but not from upstairs windows or over the trees.

07-05-2016, 12:53 PM	#37
jenny_islander Rose Trellis Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,362	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? DH asked me to buy the fireworks this year because he always overspends. We typically top $70, but I kept it under $40. I don't like banging and shrieking, and neither does Eva, so I went for pretty colors instead. We got some of those cylinders that will whirl around and create the illusion of a flower if you put them on a hard flat surface, some other things with fun effects (monkeys in cars, pop-up pagodas, etc.), some Roman candles, rockets that make showers of colored sparks, and a multi-colored ground fountain for the finale. We also got a bundle of those sparklers that go off in stages, because we have a family tradition of writing our names in the air, but they turned out to be duds. __________________ Wife to John, December 18, 1999 ~ Mother to Sophia, March 13, 2004 ~ Mother to Eva, June 10, 2006 ~ Mother to Matthew, December 21, 2009 ~ Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will lift me up.

07-05-2016, 06:17 PM	#38
knitlove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle area Posts: 21,260	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? Pop -up- pagodas are the best! That and the snakes that you do when it is light. __________________ Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years. Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this.

07-07-2016, 08:25 PM	#39
Soliloquy Rose Garden Why climb a mountain? Because it's there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Selkirk Mountains Posts: 52,860	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? We ended up buying some this year.

07-07-2016, 08:59 PM	#40
Virginia Rose Garden Don't mind my faces. They usually don't mean anything. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 8,644	Re: How much does your family spend on fireworks? Zero dollars __________________ Christine WAHM as writer/editor; part-time high school teacher; wife to pharmacist DH since 7.31.2010 Lila in heaven, 8/2015 DD1 "KO" born 8/2017 DD2 GIRL born 1/2020 My Blog- full of opinions and teacher stories

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