The rest of August

The rest of August was very anti-climatic after all the fair excitement, but I did get out and about and do a few things. One afternoon Luke and I went to pick up a few things at Walmart. We discovered these on the shelves. Neither one of us think they are a good idea. 

Another boring afternoon I begged Luke to go on a walk with me. He decided to go on a long one - we were out for an hour and got caught in a rain shower. It was hilarious! We had some pretty great discussions, and I hope he will go on more of these with me. 

One of my desk drawers at work. I bought this shelf liner which I think is pretty adorable. 

I also ended up buying this set for work too. Why buy a small mouse pad, when you have have one that covers most of the desk. I've received a lot of compliments on it. 

The room where I work. It's slowly getting to have more of a personality. This was my first day back at work after three months. 

A teacher at school gave me this book to read/have. I ended up really, really like the book plus the three other books in the series. It's a fantasy book, which is surprising because I don't normally enjoy fantasy. 

My cucumber plants finally decided to give me something yummy to eat. I've harvested 8 cucumbers. I would have enjoyed triple that amount, but I am grateful for what I have. I am especially grateful these aren't bitter. I planted really late - beginning of July - and I'm wondering if that prevented them from getting bitter. Who know, but I want to plants lots more next year. 

The last day of my summer vacation I woke up super early and went walking. I decided to go for a couple of hours. I ended up walking six miles all over Springville. Sadly, I didn't realize we were having a mosquito infestation and got covered in the nasty things. I was pretty miserable for a few days. I had well over 50 bites on my legs/arms. 

Sweet fair pix

We have a team of UVU students that help us with a few things around the fair. One of those things is taking pictures. I recently received all the pictures. I've whittle them down to these favorites. It really was such a great fair. 

One last week

One last week of freedom, and it was so epic. The perfect mix of relaxing. I have fun making sourdough bread with this design. I think it's the best expansion score that I've ever done. I would like to try and find more doilies so I can have different sourdough designs. 

I finally managed to finish this book. It was epic - this was actually my second time through. It might be a book that I read every single year.

Peter is working super hard at school work. He would like to finish his classes in half the time. As such, he and I spent a couple of days reading, reading, and more reading. It was a happy treasure for me to sit for a few hours and read with him. This is the book I picked up. Typically I don't enjoy fantasy, but this one I really love.

Juab County Fair

Year #2 of going down to Judge at the Juab County Fair. This time I was more intentional and got some pictures. Some of the people down in this county are SO talented! I was able to judge Needlework, and I was so impressed! Blue ribbons all around. 

After I finished with that division I walked over and assisted with foods. Cookies, breads, cinnamon rolls, brownies, and more. Yummy, yum! I picked some tasty sugar cookies as the Best of Show for that category. Another judged picked the other Best of Show ribbons. Sadly, I didn't even get a picture of the delicious cookies. I'll be dreaming about them until something else replaces them next year. 

My cute Jr Fairboard member - Haley - helped me with Needlework and she picked these two for purple ribbons. It's SO much fun to be a judge. Highly recommend. 

I also picked this cross stich to be one of the best of show. It immediately got my attention the second I walked up to it. Super, super impressed. I also would have given a purple ribbon to the ivory flowers above if I could have. They are felted flowers - super amazing! Both of these were created by ladies - what talented ladies they are!!!