Sunday Adventure

Earl usually plays golf on Sunday afternoons and I usually hang out at home reading, sewing or sometimes going to a movie with Irmgard if there is anything we want to see and can get in for 6 bucks. There are advantages, although small, for being old. Yesterday was different because there was a tournament being played on base that Earl didn't want to play in so we decided we would go "somewhere". You know like old people do. The "Sunday drive" where other cars drive by saluting you with their special finger as we gawk at the surrounding countryside. We had a specific destination in mind because I had looked up on the computer "Happenings in Eastern NC". As luck would have it there was one about 50 miles away in Ayden - The Ayden Collard Festival. Felt like this was just something we must be a part of. Rides, crafts, eating contest. Can you imagine a contest to see who could eat the most collards? We couldn't so we headed out for this exciting event. We arrived after about an hour drive only to find the big festival was yesterday. Only the remnants of carnival rides remained that hadn't been hauled away yet. Now since I was the one that had found this already happened event do you think Earl was going to not mess with me about it? On the way back to Havelock he said things like "did you get any good pictures of the eating contest?, be sure and put this on our calendar for next year a day late, what did you like best about the festival?" and on and on. I was not wrong about the date I read. It was wrong on the computer. When we got home I looked on the website and sure enough they had put the date as September 11th. When I told Earl he said "what year?". Turd! Oh well, something new for him to tease me about.

Before going out on our adventure I had printed a coupon from Michael's email I received for 50% off a regular priced item and put it in my purse. I have had my eye on a light box to trace these designs I need for this damn Christmas quilt that I inherited from Bobbie. The light boxes are $100.00. I was hoping it wasn't one of the items that was excluded. It wasn't so at least the whole trip wasn't a bust - at least for me. Or Earl either. We went in TJ Max and he bought a $7.00 baseball hat. What more does he want??

That's it for me this morning. I have a bunch of things to do today. I am SURE you just can't wait to hear about them tomorrow.

Love you Sistas