My beloved county fair starts tomorrow. !!! !!! I've been very busy all week getting ready. Today I need to pay bills and mail some birthday cards to clear my desk for the next ten days. Then I plan to reread my blogs from last year to write up a cheat sheet of favorite food discoveries and vendors to avoid. I might laminate it.
Yesterday I very ceremoniously opened a special drawer in my dresser. As an indication of my Fair fanaticism -- and my hobby of donating old clothes to Goodwill -- I have a drawer dedicated to my Clark County Fair gear. I hadn't looked in it for a year. I swear I heard angels sing when I pulled it open.
Thanks to a printing vendor who will put the Fair's logo on just about anything you bring to them, I am stocked up on Fair swag. I have three logoed t-shirts, plus two I made myself through Cafe Press. The self-made shirt features stains of my favorite Fair Foods. It serves as a check list.
I have two hoodies -- a pink one and a black one -- for cool nights and mornings. I have a black cinch sack with bright pink lettering to carry my suntan lotion and my inflatable cushion that saves my back in the Grandstands. To top it all off, I have a baseball hat that has been featured in my Fair Feasting photos for years. It has a "T" written inside to quickly distinguish it from Rob's.
Our kitchen table has become a staging area for the rest of my Fair Prep. Our tickets and parking passes are there, along with my camera, extra battery, and pedometer. I need to add the two big refillable bottles of water I bought yesterday at Albertsons for $1 each. I expect the same bottles to be selling for at least three times as much at The Fair. I also have a large stash of Tums at the ready.
I newly experienced acid reflux a handful of times this past year (aging sucks sometimes) so I am a tiny bit nervous what the next ten days of fat, grease, sugar, and unnatural foodstuffs might bring. Rob suggested a proactive round of Prilosec. I'm not ready to go there yet. I really hope this isn't foreshadowing.
One last bit of news: I will be blogging again for both the local newspaper and here on Woodhaven Ramblings. Yay!! Much like last year, I am trusting I will figure things out as I go along. So I don't know how much the two blogs will differ or if they will largely be the same. I do know I need to figure out a different approach since last year I was utterly exhausted by repetitive nights of not crawling into bed until after 2:00am. I have a few ideas so we'll see how it goes. If you want to follow along, you can find the newspaper coverage here.
Did I mention ONE MORE DAY?? WHOO HOO!!!
3 comments:
Whoo hooo - bring on the fair!
Though sadly, I won't be attending this year (and my tummy is thanking me already...LOL) This will be only the second time in my 49 years that I've missed the Clark County Fair - so I'll just have to make up for it in 2014!!
Have fun and I'll live vicariously through your regular blog & newspaper blog too...
Great to hear from you, Carol! I'm so sad you won't be at The Fair this year. I'm sure it's for an important reason. I will do my best to help you feel like you are virtually there. :-)
Have a great time! I admire your dedication to the cause, and I look forward to vicariously enjoying all the great food.
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