An Adult All-Girl Slumber Party

No, now get your mind out of the gutters. There was nothing kinky or X-rated going on but we did substitute wine tasting for the pillow fights and beds for sleeping bags. Once a year our YaYa group gets together and spends the weekend at Margie’s River House. It is down a really long dirt road that is really exciting to drive on when it rains (no rain this weekend so I didn’t get to play around in the mud with my new car) It has all the amenities needed (such as bathrooms, bedrooms, dishwasher, washer, dryer, but none of the distractions of TV or the ever present job-involving Internet. We spend our time eating and talking, sitting on the dock and talking, and walking on the dirt road and talking. You get the theme… The only semi-productive thing we did was make 5 podcasts of some of my experiences in China. You can find them in iTunes under Podcasts - search the iTunes Store for “What we did on our summer vacation”. Click on the title and you will see all the podcasts we have done.

Low Tide at Margie's Dock

Sittin' on The Dock of The ......

No not Bay but “River”. We spent an afternoon lying in the sun looking at the peaceful river flow by. We did do a little stretching too, but not much.

Margie Owns a Chainsaw!

This is a lady that wears nice suits and really cute shoes to work, but on the weekend …….

Plant City Strawberry Festival & The Big Name Performers

One of the reasons we thought that this was such a big deal was because of the nightly performers that are scheduled and such a variety too. If you want to see the whole list make sure you check out the schedule on the web site
http://www.flstrawberryfestival.com/

Here are some of the 2007 impressive names: George Jones, Clint Black, Randy Travis, Martina McBride, Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Rogers, Oak Ridge Boys, and to throw a curve into the country theme they also had Little Richard and Hootie and the Blowfish performing. Sorry, we missed the nighttime shows, so no pictures of famous country people.- - just more strawberries.

What Did We Buy Besides Food?

Not much, most of the merchandise was very crafty rather than artistic. Sparkly strawberry emblazoned t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets and hats were very popular. We did buy 2 strawberry refrigerator magnets to prove we had been there and done that. The other items available were quilting, leatherwork, handmade wood toys, toaster covers, blender covers – you get the idea…..

Gail and I are still arguing about how many waterless- cookwear demonstrations we saw. I counted 3 and she claims there were many more. We did agree that it was about 40 years ago when we had last seen one of those demonstrations. It appeared that most of the older people used the demonstrations as a chance to rest in the provided chairs. We also noticed lots of Jazzy scooters for the elderly and of course a lot of strollers for the many kids present.

County Fair Carnival Food