thank you, Jesus
2003-09-20 - 6:24 p.m.

I haven’t been up before the sun in a long time. I am definitely not a fan of early mornings, but I am a fan of listening to oldies in the morning. It seems to make it a sunny day no matter the weather.

So I woke up at 6:30 this morning, did albuterol and percussion, got dressed, etc. It was around 8:15 or so when Amy called and said she was at the craft show and they just now told her it started at 10 instead of 9. That wasn’t very nice.

We took our time around the house a little bit, then got to the “craft show” around 9:30 to set up my table. I use quotations because it seemed to be a bit more like a bad carnival than a craft show. Clifford was there. They had an inflatable slide made out to look like the Titanic. Now who would not want to play in a synthetic material remake of a historic tragedy? Um, me. The volunteer firefighters were there giving rides in the bucket on the end of their ladder and I must say, I have never felt so safe. Then Chick-Fil-A came and did everyone a great service by charging too much for their food, but were probably the only ones who actually sold something. Now, if nothing I’ve already mentioned tickles your fancy, Raggedy Ann was there making balloon animals and not smiling; at all(except for this picture). Oh, and this thing was there too.

So even though I only sold three things I still had a very good, very entertaining day. It felt so great to just be outside for a few hours in the company of nice people (it looks like they're looking at my mom's butt, but trust me, they aren't). The Chick-Fil-A lady asked if I wanted to set up at her son’s schools craft show in the spring, only it’s a real craft show with lots of people, so I said yes. She bought a necklace and earrings and was really quite nice.

There was a couple there that defined the 80’s. They were the 80’s. The man had the most ridiculous mullet that I have ever seen; I seriously cannot express to you how insane it was. I couldn’t believe it was real. And his wife, of course, had the giant “claw” bangs that were so big I got scared. It was a sight to be seen in Ooltewah, Tn. Sadly, I couldn't find my camera when they walked by.

I forgot to mention that there was a scary lady taking pictures of everyone who Tanya and I affectionately called “the crazy picture lady”. She was constantly running around getting more film and not knowing how to work her camera.

So overall, I had an excellent day. Oh, and I make terrible facial expressions when I don’t know someone is taking pictures. They own me.