I was getting the blog updated and noticed it was too quiet....No Dog! She had run away. My wonderful neighbors and I searched the area. I went driving to make sure she had not been hit by a car before I got Stella up to help me search. We came upon a couple police officers and I asked if they would keep an eye out and the officer asked me,"is she a friendly dog?" and I said " Yes! to the point of irritating!" I told Stella that driving around was not going to be productive so we should go home and make some fliers and get those out. I also told her I needed to be at the fair by 4 at least, and she looked at me in shock and said "How can you even THINK of going to the fair when the dog is missing?" (ummmmm.....Does this blog not explain anything????) After two hours, we figured she had to be with someone, and my smart and wonderful neighbor suggested I check the humane society to at least let them know she is lost and to keep an eye out for her. As I was posting on the lost dog bulletin board I was on the phone to them too. As I described my dog she said " I do believe I have her right here!" PHEW! She is micro-chipped, so note to pet owners, they can't always read the chip! The dog is now a registered offender with the St. Paul Humane Society, with her chip linked to my cell phone. Hopefully she will not be a repeat offender or we might have to move!.
Mom had filled up the yard again with cars so she offered to come and get me! We headed over at about 4:30 and needed some dinner! Mom got some onion rings and I got a Gyro...#3? . I never had time to make fudge today so I bought some on the main floor of the grandstand. We went up to the second floor of the plaza and got in line for the talent show finals. The gates don't open until 6:30, but you need to be there early to get a good seat! We join up with a group of people, most of whom, I only ever see this one time every year! They are a fun group! We wait in line with lots of people, some of whom are not so patient, and actually get quite surly! The funny thing is most of them are older with wheelchairs and scooters (I know some day, I too may be one of them), but they are so indignant about people getting in ahead of them. The irony is my friend David always has his nephew along and once he gets through the gate he runs ahead of everyone to grab us a block of seats! Maybe if he makes the track team we could get in line much later! We had excellent seats again this year!
Once in the grandstand we have an hour and a half to wait for the show to start! The run for food begins! I don't like to sit that long or I get cold so I offered to run. The requests were for a turkey leg and corn.
I headed to the turkey leg place outside the west end of the grandstand and they were out! Must have been a busier day than I thought! I ran over to the Turkey to go booth ( where they are better anyway) and had to wait there for 10 minutes, they were running out too! I got a free soda while I waited, so that was nice!
The girl working the Turkey booth was ready for the fair to be over I think but I found her very entertaining! As I stood waiting for the leg I listened to her. A customer came up with a hand full of quarters to buy a soda and the worker said " I'm sorry we don't take quarters... just kidding!" she added as the lady got pretty mad. I thought it was funny! The next customer asked for turkey sandwich and she said "oh sorry we don't have turkey here", this customer was just confused. I was laughing so hard I almost spewed my free soda!
I finally got the leg and as I grabbed it and ran I realized half a block away just how hot it was! I was looking for napkins but no one just leaves them out anymore! I played hot potato with it in my hand and I ran towards the corn. The lines were crazy long, but you just gotta know how to do it! I snuck in to the right along side of the long gator line and scored two tickets in 2 seconds, then edged around the right end of the corn. A few people in front of me and one lady to my left....the poor lady to my left stood there with her ticket as the others in front of me got their corn. she said mostly to herself "I must be in a black hole..." I stepped up and the kid handed me corn, and I pointed to the lady to my left and said she was here first!! She looked at me with thanks and then when I got my corn, and realized I was out of hands, the waiting lady graciously offered to grab me a stack of napkins! I took a minute with my cup in my mouth to reconfigure my hand hold on all the hot food so I could navigate my way back up to the grandstand.
The others had returned from their foraging too, and they had mini donuts, and "World's Greatest" french fries (there is a question as to which are the best, "Fresh" or "World's Greatest"....I see a taste test in the works for next year!) Thank goodness we all sort of share the treats, since David went for the bucket of cookies! Sweet Martha's at Sunset!
It was a beautiful night for a show, but sort of windy up in the stands. We were ready for it though with extra layers. Mom got all her layers on pretty early, and was so cozy she fell asleep for a bit! LOL
Michael joined us for most of the show, His first comment was about the big huge distracting lit up Guitars! Cindy said that they were rather appropriate since it seemed to be all guitar players that night!
I was so happy to see my talent show favorites sing again in the pre-teen division, Marley and Mariah. Michael liked them too, sadly they did not win. Little dancers did.
The show was great. As we waited for the results Cindy said we should just leave since we are disappointed by the results every year. LOL We were a bit shocked to see a group of 5 jugglers win the teen division, (there must be some influence of "America's Got Talent" ) But the Open division winner was a beatboxing kid who was really talented! He was the only one to get the crowd going!
There was a great fireworks show and quite satisfied with another great talent show experience we headed home!
Day Nine Stats:
Walked only 3.3 miles
Food Consumed: Gyro, corn, turkey leg, cookies, fudge, butter toffee peanuts, french fries, coke, taco, mini donuts.
No free stuff, no cows.
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