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Friday, September 02, 2005
county fair
I'm too exhausted to stay up long enough to write a genuine entry about the fair (it's kind of a sad part of growing up, that the fair loses its magic and becomes more about sore feet and expense than anything else) but I just wanted to mention a few highlights:
I went on a crazy ride. Twice. It felt like being fifteen felt, without the angst or the crush on the geeky-but-nice fourteen-year-old boy.
C had an awesome time, LT not so much, because he's too big for the kiddy rides but he's way too, er, cautious (as is his daddy) for the bigger rides, and when you're a kid, rides are The Thing That Matters about the fair, right?
I posted my photography entry results in the photo blog. The crocheted items I entered placed as follows: sweater set that wasn't striped got best of show -- my first best of show EVER in anything, in twenty-five years of entering our county fair; sweater set that was striped took second in that category, and the daisy afghan scored a first. I'm pleased. I'm also done bragging now. Shut up Rachel.
Comments
Last year when I was there I was completely bored. The only reason I stuck around for as long as I did was to see if I'd run into anyone. It was really weird, I was totally not into the 4-H or FFA shows anymore - due to the fact that I've grown to love animals more than people these days, the beer gardens were not what I expected (something I had always wanted to experience as a kid - always wanted to grow up too fast), the band was horrible, it was far to crowded with a bunch of stuck-up, snotty kids. Were we that snotty? The romanticism of the fair is gone, seeing as I am no longer a fourteen-year-old girl falling in love with a mysterious stranger.
Posted by: jenn at September 3, 2005 02:35 PM
Congratulations on your prizes! Best in show is just fabulous. Lots of good prizes on the photography, too.
Posted by: mary at September 4, 2005 06:24 AM
Congratulations, Rachel! That's fantastic. :)
Posted by: Betsy Jones at September 5, 2005 07:15 PM
Congratulations on the prizes!
Posted by: Kat at September 6, 2005 05:29 PM
Hey Rachel!! Where did you go??
Posted by: debi at September 7, 2005 09:22 PM
