The Fair

Morning everyone. Another busy weekend has come and gone. Wednesday, Mia and I hung out with her friends at the park. The girl from the previous week that had a healthy inventory of My Little Ponys was there again, so Mia and her pals played with her till it was time to go. We stayed a bit after and played with a dog that was there. He was really good at fetch so Mia had fun tossing the ball to him. It's hard to believe that school is almost starting. It's a bitter-sweet moment because while I'm glad she'll get back into a routine in the week, it also means she'll see her long-time friends less, and it IS a bit expensive. Mia's really excited to start, so that's great. Saturday, we went to the Wisconsin State Fair. Last weekend, and it was REALLY hot. Didn't walk around the Expo too much due to heavy crowds, but we did have lunch with my brother and his familia. Mia got in the "state fair" spirit and skewered a hot dog. She also tried Dippin' Dots for the very first time and loved them. For some reason, she had very little interest in seeing all the animals. While walking through the cow barn, a cow mooed at her which she of course thought was hilarious. She mostly came for the rides and games. We bought a sheet and blew through the tickets pretty quickly. While trying to figure out what to do with the remaining few tickets, a guy turned around and gave us a sheet that had about 17 left on them :) Talk about a nice gesture! We rode a few more rides and played some games before passing on the last few tickets to some teen girls.

Later, we went to Kopps with my parents which is always tasty. Sunday was awful. Watched the Chelsea vs Manchester City match. Chelsea played horrifically. With Begovic in the net, I was a bit nervous, but as the first half went on, he was a total beast stopping every shot. Eventually, Aguero got one of the three that went passed him. Defense was lousy. Offense was lackluster. Costa needs to work on his game. Every time he gets fouled, he stops and gets mad. If the play is going on, what difference does it make yelling at the refs? Sigh. They need to beat West Brom the next match to get some points in the standings.  Most of the week, I've been diligently working on The Flood's supporter's items including the scarf design and recently the sticker sheet that will be included in the package that will be up for sale next month. I've also been working hard on this dog portrait I started many months ago. I rarely can rush through anything that's fine art. I prefer to take my time (when I actually get the time) and make it look as close to perfect as possible. Since I work with a photorealism style, it's even more difficult to get everything just right. It's very close to completion and I can't wait to give it to my coworker. Mia's got her open house this week for school. Zoo Ala Carte is Saturday. Chelsea game Sunday morning.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading!