Saturday Fair

Well......Possum's.......I ah......Went back to the fair today. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a Sock Monkey entered somewhere I missed it! Yeah,thats it! And yes this is a real scene from the fair! Not one of Mike's crazy art projects. I arrived there bout 10:30 A.M. this mornin. The real reason was to use the ticket I had bought at Kroger. Last might as ya'll well know,they let us all in for free. I didn't want to waste the ticket I bought. Can't get a refund on it. No one wanted it. I couldn't give it away. So Why not spend my Saturday at the fair. Didn't want to sit around and stare at the four walls.

Mike and I may be grown ups ,but we still think the fair is a fun way to walk around and get exercise. We don't ride anything,just walk. It's so colorful! Got to see some shows. Trained dog acts,clog dancers,livestock judgin etc. etc.!

I was bad on my diet! Had a burger and fries for lunch! I did try and make myself feel better bout it by havin a diet coke with it. Out on the midway....I ah....had a......Funnel cake! OUCH! There went 700 calories! I guess I'll spend my week doin Richard Simons!

Ya gotta have fair food when ya go. There's nothin like it! You have everything ya need if ya just believe. That and a pocketbook full of money! Very expensive! But it is what it is.

Thats my fair story and I'm stickin to it! This is Bubba S. Monkey reportin at fair sidelines. Bubba

The Tennessee State Fair

Good Mornin Possum's and fair goers! Last night was awesome! Ole Mike and I saddled up and went down to the Tennessee State Fair last night. Bein 9/11 they let us all in for free! How awesome is that? Had a big fanfare for the openin! The armed forces color Guard came a marchin in with their flags and all uniformed up! They presented Nes Electric with a huge check to pay for the electric they would be usin this year. The first four days of the fair will be powered the green way whatever that means. The Mayor turned out and made a speech of course. One police woman sang A Hero lies in you. The Police men and women sittin high a top their horses lookin all spiffy. Bout 20 of 'em in a row all lined up. Out came this big ole light switch! The Mayor came up and turned on all the lights to the rides to open the fair up. Twas really touchin! Excitin ta say the least!

This year they went all out and all the rides were new this year! They really had the fair grounds suited up for us city folks! I only noticed two freak shows this year. One was a human headed snake woman and the other was the tinyest woman in the world.

Mike and I hit up the arts exibit buildin. All the home made quilts were so colorful and pretty. Lots of photography shots entered and paintins. They had folks enter their canned goods they canned themselves. Veggies of all sorts and sizes entered. Baked goods,decorated cakes,gingerbread houses with blue ribbons flyin in the wind! The largest Pumpkin and watermelons so big I could carve myself out a house and live in it till it rotted. Watermelons so big,that if they sliced it up,there would have been enough to serve everyone that attended the fair last night! Now thats mighty big!

While we were inside lookin at all the exibits,outside there came up a rain like nobodies business! It rained for the rest of the night! They had to shut down all the rides for safety purposes. Meanwhile,back inside, Mike and I headed over to watch the livestock bein entered in the fair happenins. Cows and goats mainly. Farmers from all over bringin out their best animals ta show! I saw steak! Get me the steak sauce out!! Grade A prime rib! I'm just kiddin.

A good evenin was had by all! The rain did not even spoil a single thang! Have a great fair! Bubba

Sock Monkey Syndrome

Good mornin pets and Possums! Here we are on 9/11. We took a moment here at Bubba's Sock Drawer for those lost and their families. We will always remember. May God bless you.

I've been reading my new book by Rebecce Sprowls called Sock Monkey Syndrome. A very good read for those of us believin in God. Hope ya'll can get yourselves a copy and read it. It didn't take long for me to read it,but a great way to spend an evenin. Very inspirational. My hat off to ya Ms. Sprowls for a great write. Thank you for the message. Thank you God for sending your message through Ms Sprowls.

Around here,however,we don't look backwards for very long. we keep moving forward,opening up new doors and doing new things,because we're curious...And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Keep moving forward. Walt Disney

Bubba

Hot Dog

Well...here it is. The Labor day meal. Hot dogs always a personal favorite of mine. True,I did nuke them. I cheated the grill out of its last summer fling. Hunger waits for no one. Sittin around today watchin an old classic. The fantastic voyage. Ms. Welch debut film. Went quite well with my hot dogs.

Hope all your Labor Day dreams come true. Bubba

Labor Day

I'm not sure this is what they meant by Labor Day or not,but shouldn't I be takin the day off like everyone else? Ha ha right? When your at home that is. Still got to clean the house. Now on my second cup of coffee I might add. Happy Labor day to the lot of you! Hope ya'll been getting ready for your cookouts. The sun is shinin here in Nashville. Pretty day ta get out.

Did ya'll see on yahoo yesterday? Michael Jacksons glove sold at auction! Went for $48,400.00! Was estimated to sell for $30,000.00. Yep! The glove was jeweled. That'll tell ya it is real. Who would be able to afford puttin jewels on a glove right? Why Michael Jacksom of course. Don't make me get out my bedazzler! Thats about as close as I could come to it.

What to do on a Labor Day? Well,I don't rightly know. Kick back I suppose and pop a movie in. I don't want to fire up the grill. To much work. I'll just cook mine in the microwave. No fire to deal with and no clean up.

Celebrate the American worker I always say. Bubba

Naps

Now that's much better. I went and took a nap. When ya wake up refreshed,thats when coffee and a cigarette really mean something. It's a serious mornin tradition. Got some nice Josh Groban palyin in the background. Now thats the way to wake up with folgers in your cup! Course....ours is more along the lines of the Kroger brand big bulk coffee. I like to sit and pretend its Folgers. The neighbors...they don't know the difference. They think Folgers has out a new flavor. Mountain grown? Sure!

So anyhoo....it's Saturday! First day of our three day weekend. I like to think of it as four day weekend. I was celebratin on Friday,thats why.

The Tennessee State Fair starts on the 11th of September. Got ticket in hand and ready to fair it. They claim its all new rides this year. That'll be fun ta see. I must go at night ta see all the lights. Make for some cool pictures. Was glad ta get the Kroger discount. $5.00 at Kroger and $9.00 at the gate! Ya'll do the math. I'm just sayin.

Bubba

Great day in the mornin

Great day in the mornin Possum's! That's just it! I should be playin Possum layin in bed! But nnnnoooooo! I'm up early drinkin my coffee. I guess I should not be goin ta bed so early in the evenin. Makes ya get up early the next mornin and before sunrise! The rooster is still asleep! Folks might start ta think I'm the early bird that got the worm or somethin. All I got was bloodshot eyes and coffee for blood. Did someone forget ta turn on the sun? I think the moon is just on overtime. And it's been full and all! Makes my poly-fil shimmer and shake! Didn't do nothin for my button eyes either.

So what's a Sock Monkey supose ta do this early in the mornin? Pretend your just comin in from a rough night? Stumble a little,pretend ta fall on your face? Or sit and contemplate a $30,000,000.00 merger? Fancy knitted dress sock,mergin into The Sock Drawer! Perhaps I should go and buy stocks in the Rockford red heeled sock corp.! Ya end up doin weird stuff when ya get up this early. Not natural. The scary part bout the whole thing? I'm sittin here thinkin bout it.

Perhaps I should go into the kitchen and play hop-scotch on the kitchen ceramic tile. Remember the old metal Jax? I could throw them at the wall as Nija weapons. They would stick in the wall if ya threw them hard enough. Use my Slinky to tie up Raggedy Ann. She won't mind. I think she secretly likes it. They should call it the Slinky-kinky!

Maybe shoot my 8 ball out of a cannon at Barbies Malibu mansion. Bitch got it to good. She needs a little trouble in her life. Do ya know what is a scary thought ta me? How are we goin to explain Barbie to bein's from other worlds,when and if they come here? Their gonna look at us and tell us we buried our planet with all the plastic! Barbie is not green at all! She got the dream house and I got the dream projects! Can we talk people?! I like to pop their heads off and toss it around. Livin the dream girl! Are ya feelin the love people?

Yea through yonder window I see the dawn approachin! Dawn! This is where I throw up my hands and walk away. Bubba