Well I had a good day at the Iowa State Fair yesterday despite the early morning rain!  It cleared off and was a nice day.  I went with my daughter and her friend and met my parents there who were exhibiting vegetables.  My mom says this is her last year.  She has done it for 25 years and that is long enough.  They are getting up there in years and it gets hard for them to get everything ready.

I had no problems with foods yesterday at all.  I shared a pork chop on a stick with my mom (she is great at sharing), had 2 small bags of popcorn two much on and a little corner of a piece of fudge..Which was not good but it satisfied my sweet craving.  Then a friend came to meet me later for a bit and I had about  1 ½ inches of a grinder…just enough to taste (she is great at sharing also!).  NO, I didn’t even THINK about trying a corn dog, my past state fair favorite…I didn’t need the fat and I didn’t want to spend the day in the bathroom.

Probably the best surprise of all was dear friend I saw who hadn’t seen me since April and hasn’t seen me in shorts in years.  I waved, she stared, I waved again, she stared.  Then she’s like OMG!!! LOOK AT YOU!!! She hadn’t recognized me (plus I was tan!).  That was funny, but a great ego-booster to say the least.

My daughter had to try a deep fried Twinkie before we left.  Since she ran around with her friend all day I have no idea what she had eaten previously…probably a good thing!  All in all a great day!