Laborless Weekend

It's kind of an awkward holiday I do believe. For anyone working a regular work week, it's ALWAYS good to have a day off so bring it, right? For teachers & moms its good to have it off but it might be a pain cause you're just establishing a routing but for moms any day without waking cranky kids is a blessing!

Growing up, we always spent a lot of this weekend at The Canfield Fair. I just checked their website & it's the 163rd year. WHO has a fair that long? We DO. Yeah sister, we do! I have SO many memories there. Lots of food. A lot of farm animals: weird roosters, huge draft horses, cool sheep, cute bunnies. Funky prized fruits & 500 pound pumpkins, jams, quilts, photography, tractors, blah blah blah. You would have to see it to believe it.

Most of college I found myself 2 wks back in Springtown & at Table Rock Lake in a quaint cabin that slept 8 (if using the pull-out couch) but 28 if you didn't mind sleeping on a the hardwood, a blowup, the porch, a tent or the dock! I loved it; especially the rocking chairs on the screened in porch overlooking a firepit and a path to the lake. Scott & Nancy adopted us & with Katy's open arms, she welcomed us, giving directions "past blah blah gas station & 'hillbillies live here' sign on the left". I could not find my way there today. We bummed around on their dock, ate a ton, caught up on summer & assimilated the new people. We all cried when they sold the place, saying goodbye to a spot for automatic memory making. It may have been a money pit for the Wynant's but we were none the wiser. (Thank you sincerely dear Scott & Nancy!)

Post-college Labor Day weekends were made up of last minute..."Ummm, adults are suppose to have BBQs on this weekend right? I guess we should have a BBQ. Let's get people together" So we'd find someone with a grill, see how many random people we could pull together and BYOM (bringyourownmeat) & chow down.

Since I've been adopted by a family over the past few years, I've done what they do...and that's camping. So, you can guess where I'm spending my weekend! They've picked a new spot this time. We're supposedly leaving tonight for a few days in a tent. Maybe if it rains tonight we'll postpone until tomorrow...but then again...we probably should get there before the rain so we can establish dry ground. So...if you need me...you won't get ahold of me. It's a no phone policy. Daddio Mark has his but I rest & relax, away from it all. I am glued to a book, I'm preparing a meal, I'm taking a nap, I'm walking around. It's really one of my favorite things to do. I will be honest...I wish I could steal away for a sausage sandwich back home :)


Whatever you're doing...rest some...enjoy...and don't take any of it for granted.