Overdue
So, this is the overdue post that I’ve been promising. I swore and swore that I needd to update, but let’s face it: I’m freakin’ lazy. I’m so lazy that I’ve been doing anything I possibly could to purposefully not update.
Sue me, okay?
Tonight my conscience decided that it was time to end the antici….pation. So, with coffee in hand, and headphones in ears (pumping a constant stream of AC/DC, Fall Out Boy, and the Eagles..)I give you the post-county fair update.

(Duhh..which way do we go, George? Which way do we go?!)
To start with, we had lines. I mean like..I waited in line for 45 freakin’ minutes to get my stuff registered. While standing there, I noticed the mirrors on the shelves that we use for the canning & veggies. I couldn’t resist a picture of the line, reflected in the mirrors.

(note, I’m not that fat. Srsly. Those mirrors made everyone look bigger. It was a complaint of many teenage girls during the fair.)
After getting my stuff registered, and running back and forth 40,000 times to get more registration tags (we went through 2,000 of them on Sunday alone.), I headed down to the cattle barn to help Loretta (who is obscured in the next pic, cus Lou was in the way.), and Kristal (ditto) register people for the pageants. I wasn’t really needed, but hey, no one can say I wasn’t there to help out.

See? I really was there. Also..Lou was not feeling her own butt. I think. I dunno for sure. She might have been.
The next day was the judging of the non – perishable stuff. It was top secret, so I couldn’t take pictures, but I can tell you that if your going to enter quilts MAKE SURE YOUR CORNERS LOOK GOOD. Srsly.
Tuesday and Wednesday was the taking in of perishable entries. Vegetables, Baked Goods, and Flowers. I didn’t get any pics of that, but I did get pics of the judging of some of the veggies.

Adam is sizing up some corn stalks, while the judge (behind him, barely noticeable) looks at some more that are lying down. Sheila and Sue are in the backround, working in the baking cases.
And for note: if it says “Best Display of Gourds (not less than 3) they mean DISPLAY. That lot had like..8 entries. They only gave 3 prizes. You know why? CUS THERE WERE ONLY 3 DISPLAYS.
This was dad’s, which won 1st place:

The rest of them were pretty much just people putting in 3 gourds. There were nicer gourds than dad had, but his as the best DISPLAY.
Of course, if you wanna be stupid, I’ll be happy to take that blue ribbon off your hands next year.
Also, if you have a vegetable that is HUGE by it’s standards, enter it. Like this Sweet Potatoe that won Best in Show. That sucker was literally bigger than my head.

Okay, so while the judging was going on for the veggies and flowers, The pageant girls were rehearsing. They were nice enough to stop for a sec and let me get a pic.

The girl who went on to win wasn’t there for rehearsal that day. The other girls took it really hard.

So, after this, the next day was opening of the fair.
First stop, check for ribbons.

(My socks pwn joo. A cabled sweater and a prayer shawl beat me.)

(A colored pencil replica of an Utomaro painting of a teahouse waitress.)

(Watercolor painting of goldfish. The purple ribbon is NOT mine, it belongs to the painting above mine. )

(Pen and Ink drawing of a panda. Yeah, so it took 20 mins. SO?!)

(Acrylic painting of Mt Fuji. The ribbon covers the japanese writing that I labored over for 4 hours until i got it perfect. I HATED MAKING THIS DAMNED PAINTING. And it got 1st place. Oy.)

(Crocheted potholder. Mine is the Green on Green in the middle. With the 4th place ribbon. >.<)

(Knitted dolly sweater. No Pattern. )

(Vanilla Mint + Green Tea Bath Salts – 1st place! out of 6 entries! WOO!)

(Cabled Owl mittens & Hat – Woot! I knew these would get 1st place.)
I had 39 entries, these were just a selection of pics that i chose at random from my album. I would be here till 4 in the morning (it’s midnight as i write this) trying to put in photos of everything that won ribbons. Everything of mine anyway. Who cares about what anyone else won?
Then we went to watch the pageant. By a stupid mistake my camera was busted and wouldn’t work properly (thank you dad, for fixing it, finally!). I did manage to get 2 nice pics. The girl in front (Racheal, who I was PRAYING would win.) ended up getting Miss Congeniality. The girl at the end (in the poofyish dress) ended up winning.


The Rodeo went on right after the Pageant. My camera was still being stupid and I ended up with NO pictures of it. Which stinks becuase I love seeing pics of the guys falling off the bulls.
Two nights later, we had the Tractor Pull. The cool part of this was that the Fairest of the Fair decided to drive a tractor.
Okay, maybe not, but she was happy to pose for a pic for me, on a tractor (actually, she was getting her photos taken for the fair scrapbook, and I snuck in and got some pics, too.)

The really cool part is that when you watch a tractor pull, you dunno what will happen. One thing for sure, is that the front end of that tractor will pop up 3-4 feet in the air. Here’s an example:

Cool, right?
Yeah I know. I’m a dork.
I’m a dork that likes cows:

I’m a dork that likes Celebrity Photo Opportunities:

(Barney Fife is the cool. Shut up.)

(That’s J Mac – My fav DJ on my Fav radio Station. Yup, dad snapped it RIGHT as I blinked, and stupidhead didn’t take more than one picture.)

(Yup, that’s the Shoney’s Bear WTF man, why do I look purple?
I’m a dork that plays with the “Night Scene” option on my Camera:

Most of all, I’m a dork who has no more pics of the fair.
(As a side note, This was my very first year on the Board of Directors for the county fair, and I want to send out some thank you’s, becuase these people deserve it.
Thanks to Ricky, for being so cool about us asking “Where do you want us?” 2-3 times a day. Thanks to Robert & Lou, for being so welcoming to the three of us, and eating our portion of the pork bbq and the bacon seasoned beans. I hope I’m on the Fair Board as long you have been. Thanks to Sean for being the butt end of all my jokes, and allowing me to embarrass him. – You got girlfriend, county fair? Thanks to Sue & Sheila for giving me something to do that involved knitting. Thanks to Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo for the fleece & Fiber, and thanks to the guy who’s name I can’t remember, for being so nice. I hope you enjoyed the cake, and I hope your trip home is short. Thanks to Greg Farmer, for pulling my butt up on stage. Thanks to the National Gaurd, for letting me stalk ya’ll around the fair. Finally, thanks to the James Gang, for thowing that midnight bbq, and showing me that this isn’t just a business, it’s a family. Thank you all for cementing me firmly in place. You can’t blast me out of the county fair with a stick of dynamite, now. See ya’ll next year.)