It's Fair Time Again!

Last year was a first for me: I missed our county fair. I'm still sad about it! Last year during fair week, I was gone (to the Speak Up Conference) for the entire end of the week. And at the beginning of the week, we had some bad weather that kept us from going. I was so sad! So this year I was determined not to repeat that.

Originally we had planned to go another night, but we had to rearrange our schedule, so Tuesday night was fair night! Our county had some storms early in the day, so attendance was down a little. That's no good for getting to see people, but it's very good for moving about freely! :)

We didn't get there until a bit later in the evening, so at least we missed the bulk of the heat. I had to take this picture after we parked our car. I think it's safe to say the corn made it to knee high by the fourth of July. (If you're not from Indiana, that might not have made any sense.)

I confess I'm kind of a boring fair person because I don't like rides. Ryan likes them, but he's too frugal to pay for them. LOL! So although we walked through the midway, we didn't do any rides.

We did, however, go visit the 4-H exhibits so we could see our niece's work. Here's one of her projects. Of course I wanted to be the one to pose with the cookies! :)

She also did a photography project that she worked on the day I took her pictures for her birthday. So I'm in a couple of these. :) She did a nice job!

The last week has been miserable for me in the weight loss world. MISERABLE. I hit a nasty plateau that refused to budge, and was starting to stress me out and make me a very, very ugly person. So in the interest of not scaring my husband to death every morning when I stroll stomp back to our room from the scales, I decided to take a week off of daily weigh-ins and try to just chill. Part of the reason I chose the program I'm on right now is that you're supposed to be able to enjoy normal life. I had ceased to do that with my numbers-fixation.

One of my favorite parts of the fair is the elephant ear. I get one a year, and I wanted to be able to enjoy my tradition without freaking out about what the scale would say the next day. So since I'm banned from that little guy until next Tuesday, I freely, freely enjoyed sharing this with Ryan:

Ahhh sunsets at the fair. :)

One of the newer buildings at the fairgrounds is this pretty barn. It was one of the places we considered having a wedding reception until we decided to get married in the middle of the winter. :)

But I noticed when we went in that they have this saw for couples to sign when they do have a reception there! I know a couple of the couples (ha!) but most names were unfamiliar to me. Cool idea! (And also - to have Kim and Jaclyn Wilson's printing skills, right?)

We did run into a few people we knew, which was fun. Always good to see friends somewhere other than a funeral! We stayed pretty late, and once things started closing up, we headed home.

A fun night. So glad we went!