August exits with a bang and now the extra busy month of September looms before me. Unfortunately, we've done very little this summer to improve our property and prepare it for selling. So that is a very big job ahead of us and since our vacation to Disney is set for the 27th, it's going to be a crazy month. I don't anticipate leaving the house much.
The weather has been hot and sticky but not nearly so hot and sticky as last year. Humidity is always an issue for me, but as for the temperatures, they're right on track w/ what I love-90's with lots of sunshine.
Early this month I took a much needed break and caught up w/ my darling friends Moose and Monkey at PF Changs in Nashville. It was a fun night that almost didnt happen and I'm so glad it did! I was also able to take a little stroll around Opry Mills mall and buy a couple of magazines and a few bargain t shirts from Hot Topic. The night ended with a spontaneous decision to get a room at the downtown Hampton Inn instead of making the long trip back. No big eventful evening but it was very nice to chat and drink Rolling Rock while watching public access on the telly. Thank you girls!
This month was also the ever-popular Wilson County Fair, regarded by many as the best fair in the state. It's a good one, for sure. Amazing food, much of it from local vendors, abounds and brings new meaning to the term 'fair food'. The corn dogs are crispier, the corn on the cob is sweeter, the kababs are 'ta die for', and my new favorite-the gyros-are extra saucy. Even Maggie Moos has a kiosk,for those of us who arent satisfied w/ the normal fair staples like fiddlesticks and funnel cakes. In leiu of cotton candy, Nathan opted for cotton candy flavored ice cream which was the brightest shade of blue I've ever seen and which made his subsequent poops an absolutely awesome shade of radioactive blue-green. This year, the music was a little less impressive but there was a really good bluegrass duo in the fiddler's grove that we enjoyed. They were off the beaten path and therefore missed by most of the crowd, kinda sad really. Nathan had not really seen live music before and he seemed to be especially attentive. After the music and a routine walk through the rabbit and poultry tent, we headed over to the tractor pull and kiddie-rides. I used to love fair rides until pretty recently, when I rode the Kamikaze a few years back and my shoulder harness smell like ralph. Also, it seems pretty unlikely that the freakish carnies that man the rides are capable of sufficient safety check in the short time they take to throw the things up. The kiddie rides seem a little bit safer so I spent that ungodly 20.00 on as many tickets and split them evenly between my four and eight year old. After a measley three rides a piece, I was able to placate them w/the statement that when we go to Disney, they will be able to ride as many of the squeaky clean, well maintained rides that they wish and so could we please go get some food? Which we did. Unlimited ice tea and fireworks were also extra nice this year. So, if this is our last Wilson County fair for a while-at least we had a nice farewell vist.
On the 16th, our friend Michael Stacey took a wife. He and Misty were married on a very nice boat at the Center Hill Marina and the wedding was so much fun! The bride wore a strapless and flirty t-length gown w/ a ribbon at the waist and sexy red patent leather shoes. After the ceremony, we all drank champagne and ate cake before the dancing commenced. It was a very chummy time and everybody looked pretty and smelled nice. And even though we all had alot of fun, hooting and hollering and carrying on,it was a very relaxing event.
The 23rd was a post-baby shower for a sister in our hall and it turned out very nice as well. We played the famous 'purse scavenger hunt' in which all the ladies must race one another to find various items in their purse and literally run them to the caller, me, who was stationed at the front of the room. It was crazy and hilarious and sometimes a little scary.
So that was August. And today is Labor Day, the first of September. Victor James had his first haircut, I'm still in my pj's at 11:33am, an America's Next Top Model marathon is on MTV, and after lunch I'm planning to take my boys to Lake Defeated for what may be the last time in a long while. I'm planning to start packing for my vacation right after I finish the laundry (I love to pack so I often do it a month in advance) and finish another chapter in Anna Kerinina somewhere along the way. So off I go...
Oh yeah, and to make a very long post even longer-Victor started walking this month-at only 10 months! So cute. He walks in short little steps w/ his arms in the air-just like a little chimp.
4 comments:
Sounds like you had a great month.
I can't believe Victor is already walking! What a smart boy! Ava was 15 months before she was walking.
great post ... can't wait to see yall in a couple of weeks
Ok, first of all love the red shoes. What a lovely idea.
That night was awesome, not the most exciting but magical and great. I can't find that guy on youtube anywhere and that kinda makes me sad but it's like when I forget my camera. I feel like it can be cooler if you just remember it instead of having solid evidence. Anyways, thanks to you too cuz you were a fantabulous friend that night.
Congrats to sweet Victor!
oooohhh!!! I really love red shoes.
That was a really fun night, even if I did fall asleep like an old person on you guys.
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