It's end of August and summer is almost over. The temps when in the 70's feel like winter to me. It's getting to the point that I will have to think about warmer clothing (booo hoooo) and the pony tail can come down. How sad! I love summer, what a bummer............ah a poet & dont know it! :)
This weekend is Labor Day and I have to Labor on Labor Day...how crummy is that? I haven't had a Labor Day off in 20 years as I always have to work State Fair because that's out last day and we close up the exhibit that day. But this is my last year. Someone else will be taking it over next year...yippeeeee. Twenty years of anything is enough. I love the fair but I am getting too old to work those long hours and haul and setup and pack up our stuff. I'm glad there will be new blood.
Showing posts with label state fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state fair. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Fair or Not Fair?
Ha ha ha..........got your attention...this has nothing to do with being fair or what's fair. It has to do with the fact that State Fair began yesterday and I'm the exhibits coordinator for my agency at the MD Department of Natural Resources.
Set up went marvelous. Everything was wonderful. I had folks bring me fish and aquatic insects. They did an outstanding job bringing a nice variety. That was Thursday. On Friday I worked the exhibit. I like to work the first and last day and then I get people from our agency to work the other days and I'm on call. Well the first day was MOBBED. This year the MD State Fair built us a building. In past years we were in a tent. What a wonderful change. We had AC!!!! So I didn't have to go through 40 lbs of ice a day for the fish!
It was much nicer and cleaner too! I only had a couple of mini-disasters during the first day. When I arrived 3 blacknose dace had jumped out of the stream tank. And there was one dead. A tadpole jumped out of the touch tank. He ended up going back in for food for the crayfish. Speaking of the crayfish, the little devils ate my stonefly! Oh well. We will be needing more aquatic insects midweek. I can see that now.
Today was the MD River of Words ceremony. I run the poetry & art contest for kids. It went really well. I had arranged for the kids to get discount ride tickets this year. So most of the pressure is off of me for this fair week...so I guess it's fair huh? Nah, actually it's not fair, it's EXCELLENT....hope the rest of the week and breakdown goes just as well.
Set up went marvelous. Everything was wonderful. I had folks bring me fish and aquatic insects. They did an outstanding job bringing a nice variety. That was Thursday. On Friday I worked the exhibit. I like to work the first and last day and then I get people from our agency to work the other days and I'm on call. Well the first day was MOBBED. This year the MD State Fair built us a building. In past years we were in a tent. What a wonderful change. We had AC!!!! So I didn't have to go through 40 lbs of ice a day for the fish!
It was much nicer and cleaner too! I only had a couple of mini-disasters during the first day. When I arrived 3 blacknose dace had jumped out of the stream tank. And there was one dead. A tadpole jumped out of the touch tank. He ended up going back in for food for the crayfish. Speaking of the crayfish, the little devils ate my stonefly! Oh well. We will be needing more aquatic insects midweek. I can see that now.
Today was the MD River of Words ceremony. I run the poetry & art contest for kids. It went really well. I had arranged for the kids to get discount ride tickets this year. So most of the pressure is off of me for this fair week...so I guess it's fair huh? Nah, actually it's not fair, it's EXCELLENT....hope the rest of the week and breakdown goes just as well.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Waz UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP???????????
What's up with me?? I sold 2 art cards on Ebay this week. Things have been slow so this really charged me up!
I've been teaching a friend china painting. It's been fun. She comes once a week for 2 hours. She's doing well but she's a decorative painter so some of it comes easy.
At work I'm getting ready for State Fair. This will be the last time I will be coordinating our work exhibit......thank God! Summer is always a busy time at work and now that I'm retired and working there 2 days a week on contract, it's worse because I'm only there 2 days!
Jackie is away a church mission trip to Biloxi Mississippi doing Katrina Rehab pray for her and the 12 others she's with. I sure do miss my little Sunshine.
Friday I'm going to a friends for a tea party...what fun!!!!
I've been working on a new icon.....it's a surprise for the Daughters of Charity in Catonsville.......shushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........I go to an icon painting class every other Monday. I figure it will take at least 2 more months to finish it.
So what's new with you?
I've been teaching a friend china painting. It's been fun. She comes once a week for 2 hours. She's doing well but she's a decorative painter so some of it comes easy.
At work I'm getting ready for State Fair. This will be the last time I will be coordinating our work exhibit......thank God! Summer is always a busy time at work and now that I'm retired and working there 2 days a week on contract, it's worse because I'm only there 2 days!
Jackie is away a church mission trip to Biloxi Mississippi doing Katrina Rehab pray for her and the 12 others she's with. I sure do miss my little Sunshine.
Friday I'm going to a friends for a tea party...what fun!!!!
I've been working on a new icon.....it's a surprise for the Daughters of Charity in Catonsville.......shushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........I go to an icon painting class every other Monday. I figure it will take at least 2 more months to finish it.
So what's new with you?
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