Monday Mosaic--the County Fair edition

It always seems like a good idea at the time...the county fair that is.  I love the idea of eating greasy, calorie laden, heart attack causing, sinfully delicious fair food.  I love the idea of making memories with the ones I love.  I love the idea of a photo ops around every corner, surrounding you at every turn.  But it also always seems like we start arguing the minute we pull into the parking lot.  I get mad at T because he's a little bit too frugal for his own good.  T gets made at me for not being frugal enough.  And we both get mad at the B-Dog because he starts whining a mere 10 minutes after our arrival..."It's too hot.  I can't walk anymore.  Somebody needs to carry me.  I just can't make it any further."  Add to that the exorbitant cost of everything which leaves you feeling more than a little bit ripped off...and even more whining ("I need an ice cream.  Somebody please buy me an ice cream."--but who in god's name wants to pay 3 bucks for a simple soft serve cone you can get at McDonald's for under a dollar?), and well you have a pretty emotionally loaded afternoon.  I think at one point I completely lost it when the B-Dog, begging to be carried by someone, anyone, sat down on the pavement and refused to move and I promised him that if he didn't get up he would never eat ice cream again as long as he lived under my roof.  And I think I'm also guilty of swearing that next year when the county fair rolls around again I was leaving both of them at home and going by myself.  But then you get home and later in the day start recalling the moments when you weren't at each others throats and you actually did enjoy yourselves...and almost didn't mind paying an outrageous amount of money just to play a game in which you throw one single measley dart and a wall full of small, somewhat flaccid balloons.  And yes, even though you feel completely sick to your stomach because you haven't inhaled that much grease in one setting in a very, very long time...and your also a little sick at the thought of spending the equivalent of a week's worth of groceries in one afternoon, an afternoon in which you have absolutely nothing to show for it except slightly tighter jeans, you know that next year at this very same time you'll being doing the exact same thing--stuffing your face while arguing with your family members.  Maybe we have a short memory span.  Maybe we're gluttons for punishment.  Maybe we're hopeless romantics who swear this year will be different.  Whatever it is, it keeps us going back year after year after year.    

Comments

[Remi]

Very nice photos!!

I like too much!

[Melba]

I felt a bit like that when we went to a big festival last week. Everything was so expensive and greesy in a weird way at times.
The kids have fun~
and I LOVE the fried veggies in a basket ($7.50...but worth every penny as they just don't taste the same when I try to make them at home)
I do limit us to only one big fair per year and that is difficult as there are many many festivals this time of year in Cape Cod.

[colorsonmymind]

you make me gigle love.
What fabulous pictures and words to give a full experience feel to going to the fair.

Love you

[Alex]

I'm loving your mosaics! Really uplifting, beautiful and they tell a story too! County fairs are my weakness! Hmm... Corn dogs & fun rides! Yum! xo

[liz elayne]

this made me smile...your honest words here...love it.

and these photos!!! so fantastic!

hope your week is off to a bright start my dear.

[kristen]

fantastic photos and yes, this is what it's like in these situations for my family as well (or at the shore/boardwalk, pumpkin picking, etc.)
i like that there is that forgetting - that you're eager to go next year despite what happened. xo

[kelly]

great mosaic....many memories

[gkgirl]

:)

i could not help but smile
all the way through this post...
smiling in empathy
of course!
:)

and the pictures are fantastic!

[gkgirl]

:)

i could not help but smile
all the way through this post...
smiling in empathy
of course!
:)

and the pictures are fantastic!

[Frida]

Ahhhh yes, selective amnesia, it does get us into the same sticky situations over and over. But just think - if we hadn't evolved this ability we would probably never breed more than once...

In all cases you photos are (as usual) stunning. I'm sitting here wishing I took them...

[megg]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I LoVE it - you are SO right. I am thinking about going to our fair when I am HOME over Cdn. Thanksgiving. My sister-in-law's family is completely in love with the fair. (So much so that they go every day for three days!) (URK!) And I will think of you as I eat my pulling taffy and show my little neice all about cotton candy!

SSIGH!

LOVE to you!

P.S. check your email!!! xoxo