**** Official 2012 Countdown ****

[DonaCatalina]

Single Digits Now

[Alerrick Afon Adou]

 Great job DonaCatalina, We are almost there!!!! Come on opening cannon............Huzzah

[cowgrrl]

Pulled out the Faire bag today & made sure it was well-stocked. Needed to pull out the tickets from CORF & put in more sunscreen (found some with sparkles this year!!!) but it looked pretty good. I just need to find the travel umbrella to toss in & it will be ready to go. Can't wait to fill it with snacks & purchases!!

[DonaCatalina]

[Drac]

Mumbles

"Cover...check"
"Shirt...check"
"Doublet...check"
"Boots...check"
"New kilt...check"
"Belt...check"
"Sporran...check"
"Rubber ducky boxers...check"

I'm ready 

Jim

[DonaCatalina]

Pulled out the Faire bag today & made sure it was well-stocked. Needed to pull out the tickets from CORF & put in more sunscreen (found some with sparkles this year!!!) but it looked pretty good. I just need to find the travel umbrella to toss in & it will be ready to go. Can't wait to fill it with snacks & purchases!!

I used the sunscreen with sparkles once. The little metal bits got into my pores and I broke out in bumps all over. ...not pretty.

[raevyncait]

::adds to shopping list::
SUNBLOCK
Gallon Water jugs to make ice for cooler
pickles
individual water bottles

[Merlin the Elder]

...Gallon Water jugs to make ice for cooler...

I cannot believe I never thought to do that.  Thank you very much, Raevyncait.

[raevyncait]

...Gallon Water jugs to make ice for cooler...

I cannot believe I never thought to do that.  Thank you very much, Raevyncait.

Sure! Actually, just about any size bottle will do, I just tend to do a couple of gallon sized because as the season gets hotter, by late Monday on Memorial Day, my water, pickles, and whatever other snacks I have in the cooler behind the shoppe are still nice and cold.  I Take in a bag of ice every Saturday morning before tailgate (or Friday night, if I go in to the big Wax on Friday for some reason), along with the gallon jugs, and my cooler is good all weekend long. On Sunday as I am leaving, I drain the water from the cooler, get what's perishable out of it to go home with me, and take the gallon jugs with me as well, to refreeze for the following weekend.  You can also freeze juices, lemonade, or whatever in containers and it makes for a refreshing cold drink when you get back to the car in the evening.

I also keep in my basket or one of my pouches several of the individual packets of kool aid, lemonade, or flavored tea, in case I want something besides plain water. (or need to take some s/f lemonade to Sholo, as he bakes in the sun on those weekends when Mercy is not with him)

[Merlin the Elder]

The good thing about the frozen jugs is that the large ice will actually last considerably longer than the crushed ice you normally would think to put in your ice chest. I'll probably use a combination of the two, and I'll bet the crushed ice will last a heckuva lot longer.

[eloquentXI]

Are we there yet?!

..what about now...


...are we there yet?!

[Merlin the Elder]

I'm here, Elo...waiting on you... I'm there, at least in my mind.

[DonaCatalina]

[DonaCatalina]

someone is falling down on the job.....this countdown seems to be slowing down rather than speeding up.

[Merlin the Elder]

I think it's a matter of perspective, DC... I'm about to flip out.