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My knitting/crafting mojo has left the building. ? Sigh. ?

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We’ve been so busy this summer that I haven’t even had time to imagi-knit

Early this spring, we decided to look for a place in the country with acreage. ? DH wants a garden and room to build his workshop. ? I completely understand that. ? I’m cool with it. ? But it’s darn hard to find a place that will house my sewing machine collection, spinning wheels, weaving looms, and craft/fabric/yarn stash. ?

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During our search, we found a place my daughter loved with 1.5 acres. ?She’s wanted to get out of town as well. ?So, we spiffed it up and put the rental up for sale (sold in 3 days) and bought that. ?It needed work, so we’ve been busting ourselves to get that done to get her moved in before the closing on our rental. ?Had to move grandsons Playset/jungle jim thing. Thank goodness my BIL has a trailer and equipment. ?

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All during this process, I’ve been looking for a place for us and setting up contractors to do stuff here like exterior paint, paver work, etc. ?

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It’s been a whirlwind but I think we have found the right place for us. Gotta start the negotiations. ?Cross your fingers for us! ?If we get it, it will be months of moving things, not a week like Katie. ?Don’t think we have that in us again. Lol.?

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We went to t he fair on Thursday to check out how well (or not) I did. Very pleased to report that every single entry placed!

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I got 22 first place, 12 second place, and 5 third place ribbons. Quite the haul.

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As always, I was surprised by some of the places, like my felted purse. (It is a “dumpling”—a square with straps that through clever folding and strappage, becomes a small handbag. It was all opened up and displayed flat<?>. Placed 3^rd). My infant blanket (Old Shale white baby shawl) was displayed wrong-side out. Whatever.

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Anyway, that’s the story on the competition.

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We had planned to eat there, but the smells were overwhelming (and not in a good way). No one was eating. . . 2 bottles of water. $6. But the weather was beautiful. There were a couple of vendors at the far edges that were selling Confederate flags and such, and one that offered photos by what supposedly was the sign from a former Atlantic City casino and a cardboard cut-out of the former owner of said casino. We declined.

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Ann in PA

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