Taste

Anyone not from an area that has a "Taste of insert appropriate town name here" is missing a grand event. I don't know if they are only held in the Chicagoland area (ok, I know I live a sheltered life!) or not. Well, I volunteered for the Taste of "the village I work in" for the first time. Naturally, I volunteered before I knew it was going to be in the hundreds, temperature-wise & the humidity is like 150% today. So, I'm sitting here in my volunteer "Taste" shirt dreading I ever said I would do it for 3 hours. Thank Gawd my shift isn't until 6 pm. My husband & I had a impromptu BBQ last night & since it was sooooo impromptu no one could make it except our oldest son & his daughters. So we got to visit with the girls (ok, I got to visit with the girls) while the guys did their "guy" thing. Last night that "guy" thing happened to be listening to music on Grandpa Maury's new sound system (another whole story - I don't like to whine too much on this site) & drinking wine (again, another story because I don't like to whine too much). I have another site I just journal on. That's my whiny, complaining site. Hopefully, no one sees that site. It's really not very interesting anyway. Just me complaining.
Last night Little A wanted cookies after dinner. Like I have said earlier - I don't bake anymore (because of my willpower) & after becoming 26 lbs lighter I really don't want to test it. I am going on a cruise in October. It is the first cruise I have been on in my whole life. I am so excited. No I'm not going with Grandpa Maury as he is not a cruise person, so my best friend from MI & I are going. We've been best friends for 42 years. Whew, that's a looooonnnnnngggggg time! I have a best friend in IL but my MI friend is my best and longest friend.
Anyway, back to little A. I actually tried the "let's do something fun" game. I will say, as a mom I just did the "shut up & behave" game. I have the time to be better with age. I'm glad of that. We both danced & sang & had a grand time. I have learned, unfortunately, that I do much better as a Grandma than I did as a mom. Sorry Mama, Sher & Bubba. Today I'm not uploading any pictures I took last night. I'm really disgusted with my camera & I do not have photo shop so I can try to make them look somewhat decent. I am taking my camera to the Taste today. Hopefully I get some good shots. I am going to shop ebay to see if I can get a PS program to help my poor photography skills! (Any tips Mama or CD?)

I read back on this & I really did whine alot! Sorry.