| august
14th , 2006 |
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9:05pm
M IMed me. and he said he will go
to potato days with me!
yessssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a special hotdish style kung fu known only to lutherans, i tell him
:)
do not underestimate the power of the tator tot.
oh i see jason has sent out to his
mailing list about potato days asking all his friends if anyone is up for
a road trip.
hmmmm. jason watching me watch me and my new boyfriend wrestle in a pit of
mashed potatoes across from a catholic church as their 1st introduction to
each other.
this will be interesting to say the least.
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Potato Days Festival
Barnesville, Minnesota (3.5 hrs from the Twin Cities)
August 25th and 26th
http://www.potatodays.com
"The festival, originally dating back to the late 30's, combines some
of the more traditional fare with a new millennium twist. There's something
for everyone, from the nostalgic Potato Picking and Peeling Contests to the
updated Miss Tator Tot Pageant and the specialized art of Mashed Potato Sculpturing.
Besides a wild assortment of potato-theme contests, games and displays on
the slate, the Potato Days Festival also boasts an "a-ppealing"
menu of potato favorites.
The Norwegian influence is evident in the "spud"riffic smorgasbord which includes lefse, potato dumplings, potato sausage, baked potatoes, potato pancakes and potato soup. In addition, participants are invited to display their culinary talents as part of the National Lefse Cookoff and Potato Cookoff competition.
Rated as one of the best festivals in the country by US News and World Reports, the Barnesville Potato Days Festival truly captures small town America at its finest!"
9:00pm
M oh M,
where art thou?
7:47pm
i made arrangements to go to potato
days
in barnesville minnesota.
it's about 4 hours away.
i 1st learned of it on the food channel and jason and i were excited to go.
and then we accidentally even ended up in barnesville on our way back from
portal, north dakota. we stopped there to go to the bathroom and then noticed
and this "potato days" stuff there. and we were like oh! this is
where it is!
well, i still want to go and M and i want to do the mashed potato wrestling
contest!
so i signed us up for that :)
there is also a mashed potato sculpture contest i am thinking of entering!
so i made reservations at a motel there. only $42.
but i don't know if M can get off work so in case he couldn't i asked jason
if he still wanted to go in case M can't. and jason was all like, oh, i was
going to go there with my "friend" ellen.
so THAT would have been interesting to run into him and his "date"
at frickin potato days of all bizarre things.
i'm glad i asked him so that we could avoid that awkward disaster.
it's like a woody allen movie , hotdish
style.
he was all surprised that i had even remembered about potato days because
i don't have a google calendar and special blinking watches to remind me.
i'm like i'm NORDIC. how COULD i forget POTATO DAYS?
so i wrote both my mom and dad and asked if either of them would like to go
in case M can't.
haven't heard anything back yet.
i did write my parents finally, tho, and they said nothing negative, so it
was all in my head. paranoia.
a relief.
but i really hope M can go!
i have thrown the gauntlet down at him and dared him to mashed potato wrestle
me :)
OH YES! it MUST be done!
if i end up mashed potato wrestling my MOM, THAT will be cathartic :)
ha :)
i will whoop her ass.
either way, i'm not missing potato days.
i'm nordic.
potatoes are god.
jason got rid of all of his food yesterday because he is going on this detox
thing.
and he wants to start everything new when he moves.
so i got a ton of frozen dinners, and 7,000 kinds of mrs dash seasonings,
cajun rubs, and even salt and pepper.
he even gave me tupperware and zip lock bags.
it is wonderful to have FOOD!
he is even going to give me his popcorn popper once he finds it.
and he might give me back the robot i bought for him years ago when i had
money.
it totally rules.
he can't decide yet about the robot.
but i got the furbies back.
but they need new batteries. when they wake up all they do is make a horrible
buzzing sound.
i had to stick them in the kitchen cabinets because of the noise!
and one of them is STILL buzzing from last night!
oh he also gave me his boombox.
and some red lights, those rope lights.
rock.
he is just getting rid of everything.
oh, he even gave me toilet paper and a new toothbrush!
and 3 things of nice smelling oils that were for this thing he used to have
that would disperse the scent.
i put jasmine oil on all the light bulbs now.
and lavendar in the bath.
he is starting anew.
i am glad we can still be friends, even tho it is all very weird.
i'm glad i got his food the most.
i needed food very very much!
M gets off work now.
i can't wait until he is in my arms again!
he was so so so so tired this morning i felt just awful for him! there is
nothing worse than getting up in the morning super tired to go to some retail
job.
been there. done that. ouch.
i am making a bath.
i should have gone outside today but i was just too tired.
i got up at 10am because that is when M got up (sort of, i had to wake him
up and put on music to get him going)
and then i did all the anacam biz and archived yesterday's anagram and put
up today's pictures in this one.
and then i dealt with potato days.
i wasn't sure if i could still get into the mashed potato wrestling because
only 12 couples can do it. but there was still room!
hilariously, it is happening right across from the catholic church there :)
the guy i talked to had a thick minnesota accent and all he needed to know
was our 1st names.
and i got the 2nd to last motel room.
then fell asleep for 3 hours.
jason is in conflict about what to do about potato days because he was going
to start his detox thing and then i reminded him about potato days and he
was really depressed about it and was trying to decide whether to start his
detox at the time he had planned or wait until after potato days so he could
eat all the potato stuff.
i hope M can go so that will make jason not go.
then that will end his conflict, too.
i want to go with M!!!
i should take out some trash while the bath is being made.
M will probably be super tired when
he arrives.
i will make him a nest and tuck him in.
nuke him a dinner.
i am out of incence which really sucks.
i am addicted to incence.
when he slept at his house the other
night he said it really really sucked not to be here with me.
i agree! having M in my bed is far superior than not having him in my bed!
i am super puffed. i get my period any day now. (i hope....*fingers crossed*)
oh ya, i am going to a twins game
with M tomorrow night.
he BEGGED me to go, even tho he is not much of a baseball fan.
he got free tickets.
i told M that if i have to go to a twins game in that heinous metrodome then
he has to go to potato days with me.
it's only fair!
oh ya, which means that tomorrow M has the day off. YAY!
maybe we can go to sleep early (ya, right)
and then have adventures of some kind tomorrow.
but laying in bed and watching movies is always good, too.
ya, especially since we will be going out to a twins game.
god, i can't believe he actually talked me into going.
his powers of persuasiveness are immense.
3:41pm
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2nd to last picture M.....sad to go to work....
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