Audra Jennings

Miss Peyton joined us late last night after her softball game. She decided to join us because it was an overnight stay, we thought we'd have a good turnout in Canton and mostly because she wanted to go on a tethered balloon ride! We'll skip the talk about how the day was long (setting all our merchandise back up to be ready by 10 AM because it did rain and it was a good thing we were packed and tarp-covered), and how well we all endured until we started packing up an hour and a half early (we won't be invited back again for that). I'll just say there are so many things that could have been done better, and believe me when I say people were not there to talk. The balloons arrived later than scheduled. Tethered rides starting at 5:00 didn't happen until more like 7:00. We kept watch until we finally got our chance to take the ride! And we kept watch for a while! If the balloons were kept away due to winds, Peyton would have been extremely disappointed. ...

In case you haven't figured it out, these days, I don't get out unless it's to fair, festival, or craft show.  The Crafty Dad and Daughter  has been looking forward to the Tailwinds Regional Balloon Fest in Canton for a few months now for two reasons. The first is it's a hot air balloon festival. I've never been, and Mom and I have always wanted to go to one. Secondly, it's in Canton, and having an actual job that pays the bills, I can't take time off to go set up over in Canton on First Monday weekends to do the actual Canton First Monday Trade Days. Just the fact that it's in Canton, we hope to have a successful event. So, back to the whole taking any time off work. As I have mentioned, the past month or so at work has been CRAZY. There's been a lot going on, we had the staffing change, and the annual ICRS event is coming up and that's always crazy town with questions and various tasks. My original plan was to take off around noon to go ov...