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Our state fair is the best state fair in the state… « »
That might be a BIT of an exaggeration, but Fair Time is here, and it’s fun. I’m Superintendent of Needlework this year, in case I haven’t mentioned it before, so it’s a busy week!!
“Fair Stuff” started on Saturday the 20th (my birthday) with us all meeting out at the fairgrounds at 8:30am to clean up the Veterans’ building. The Vets’ Building is basically a big quonset hut with cement floors. Cleaning up involves sweeping, shooing out the biggest of the bugs, and covering everything with white paper and white plastic.
Monday, we took in entries from 10 am to 7 pm. I didn’t even bring anything to do because I had a feeling that it’d be pretty busy, and it was! We had about 100 entries in Knitting, Crochet, Cross-stitch, Needlepoint, etc. Two people (Emily and Robert) decided to “blow up” the crochet competition this year and entered 18 and 14 items each!! Woah!
Today was judging from 9 am to about 12 noon. After judging, we went to the Desert Kitchen for lunch. Then the judges left and Mom and I arranged all of the entries and hung the ribbons. This kept us busy until about 3:30!
I’m so glad that the hard part is over! There’s a lot of organization in this fair stuff. From logging all of the entries and taking the money to making sure everyone is in the right category (you’d hate to have a “counted cross-stitch 20″x24″ accidentally end up in the judging category for “crochet afghan, mixed stitch.”) You can just IMAGINE the whirlwind if THAT happened! 
My hair is just completely crazy in all of these pictures, and I really tried to post the good ones! It was so hectic trying to get there in time and with everything all organized (and get all Mazie’s stuff together so SHE could be there all day with me, too!) We had her play yard, her stroller, her exersaucer, and food, and milk, and changes of clothes and blankets…and Grandma!
Tomorrow I need to go out and make sure all of the “big ribbons” have been hung, for best show and best of lot. And I want to take Mazie out to see the animals, too. So, you’ll probably see even more Fair photos. I ALSO have to check on MY entries and see if I won anything! I entered two necklaces and two pairs of leather shoes. Wish me luck!