I know it has been FOREVER since I have posted anything new. I know, I know. I hear about it a LOT! I have been busy and I have had very little to say, honestly. I mean, busy... work, church, school, blabbity blah blah. But since the State Fair of Texas started this weekend, I thought I would write something..... here goes...
Growing up in El Paso, I never heard about the State Fair. We lived almost in New Mexico. What did we know about the fair? So when I moved to the Dallas area, I was SHOCKED to find that not only did the fair happen, but kids actually got to take a day off from school to go to the fair. How nutty is that?
Now, the rest of the world calls it Columbus Day, but we call it Fair Day. Every kid in the school and every teacher as well, gets a ticket and everyone has an entire day to spend at the fair.
I have been to the fair several times, played the games, been afraid of the makeshift roller coaster rides, noticed the carnies. I have done lots of people watching, eaten a deep fried snickers bar, been greeted by Big Tex, ate a famous Fletcher's Corny Dog (ew mustard makes it manageable). I even got to watch my friend LT tear apart a large turkey leg as if he was a lion gnawing on his fresh kill. I have admired the cars and been through the Bonnie and Clyde museum. Been there, done that. This year, Marilyn Monroe will be made entirely out of butter. It was Elvis last year. Some card stacker will even be there. OOOOHHHH AAAAHHH.... Yeah, we aren't going this year.
I have to say, the first few times, the fair impressed me. It was awesome. My favorite part, I have to say, every time we go, has to be the pavilion that is full of the newest little gadgety things...the things that someone invented in his basement and I should have thought of, the things that people pay big bucks for and really require a sales person there with you to really seal the deal. I love love love those sorts of things.
I love being able to be the first on my block to own a genuine blabbity blah, that has 5 (count them! 5!!!) very fun uses! I love getting to show off the cool new thing. It is the best.
So that is why I love Canton so much.
yeah, you find your regular artsy craftsy crap at Canton. Everyone and their mother already must have a million pieces of wood with some sort of scripture written on it by now. Every little girl in East Texas must have at least one bulletin board with their name on it and a boa around it. Yards are certainly all decked out by now in any sort of pumpkin shaped piece of wood you can put into the yard, adorned with all the names of the children on each pumpkin.
Yawn.
But, my eyes are always open. I never lose hope.
My friend G and I are always on the hunt for the latest and greatest. We will endure the 10 minute presentation from the drunk man about how useful the metal pole will be for flower pots and don't we want to buy 4. We will listen to the lady talk about how to make fancy schmancy sandwiches, if we even think it is possible that this thing will be the latest and greatest thing around.
And friends, we have found ourselves a winner!!! Ding, Ding, Ding!
A genuine winner in the "man I wish I would have invented that!" category.
But alas, I can't reveal what it is yet... cause my mom is reading and I bought her one and it would totally ruin the surprise...
OK, if you want to know what it is and you AREN'T my mom... click HERE.
Cool isn't it???
I know!
I own one, or two...
And I didn't have to suffer through a corny dog to get it! Amazing huh?
