ME?  A BLUE RIBBON WINNER?  WELL....NO!

YOU KNOW HOW SOME PEOPLE JUST ARE LUCKY WINNERS?  YOU KNOW THE TYPE...THEY JUST HAPPEN TO ACE EVERYTHING THEY DO?   THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE CASE FOR ME.  I'VE NEVER WON A THING.  NOT EVEN A DRAWING FOR A FREE STUFFED ANIMAL.  NOT A TEN-DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE...NOT EVEN A FREE ICE CREAM COUPON. IN FACT, MY LUCK IS SO BAD...THAT WHEN I GO TO THE LOCAL MEIJERS TO DO A "BUY ONE-GET ONE FREE DEAL"...  THERE IS ONLY ONE PACKAGE LEFT TO BUY!!!

 IT JUST DOESN'T SWING THAT WAY FOR ME.    OH SURE, I GET CLOSE... TO THE EDGE...BUT NEVER NUMBER ONE.  NEVER QUITE REACH THE FINISH LINE.  BUT, JUST-A-BOUT.               SOMETIMES ANYWAY.

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE LAST COUPLE OF BLOG ENTRIES OF MINE, THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND I'VE BEEN WONDERING IF ANY OF MY 4H ENTRIES WON THE BLUE RIBBON. ...  UH-NOPE.

CLEARING MY THROAT, WITH CORRECT POSTURE... I PROUDLY SAY THAT..... I DID WIN 2ND PLACE FOR THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND HAT/PLANTER.  AND, I DID TAKE THIRD PLACE FOR MY APPLE PIE...AND THIRD ON MY CUTTING OF DILL. 

 THE REST OF THE ENTRIES, NOT A THING.

I KNOW MY AUNT JOYCE WILL FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE, BECAUSE SHE THINKS I AM THE BEST COOKIE BAKER AND BREAD BAKER THAT EVER WALKED THE PLANET!  NOT TO WORRY AUNT JOYCE...I WILL BE BRINGING A FRESH ZUCCHINI SPICE BREAD THIS FRIDAY AND I AM SURE YOU WILL HAVE A HOMEMADE BLUE RIBBON TO GIVE ME!  AT LEAST I HOPE SHE WILL.

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AND THE BEAT GOES ON...........................

Posted by Anonymous

Oh, Michele, I'm so proud of you. All of your hard work, and you did place -- very well, and you just do so much! You get the #1 blue ribbon in my book!

I loved catching up on your blog last night. I did make it over to your blog as intended, but it was so late I did not leave a comment last night.

The Alice in Wonderland planter is THE BEST. It is absolutely adorable. I would never have thought of such a thing. Keep on posting. You keep me inspired!

Big hugs on your wins!!
Lynn

Posted by Anonymous

So if you didn't win with Miss Alice what did win? That was so darn cute and fun I can't imagine what 1st place was??? Oh and I'm with ya on the McD's sweet tea soooo good... and I don't even like sweet tea!
Holly

Posted by Anonymous

Oh I was wondering if you won with your Alice in Wonderland entry. I was thinking of you last night when we were at our local county fair. We walked past the flower arrangements and it reminded me. I was telling dh about it. I thought it was fantastic and you should have won first place. There was nothing like that in comparison at our fair!
Blessings~
Michele
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