It has been over 30 years since I've shown a goat at the fair. When I was a just a wee goat girl my mom (or hers) would drop Sara and me off at the front gate and then pick us up around 12 hours later. Oh the fun we had. I have fond memories of the Puyallup Fair grounds and all the trouble we could have gotten into but somehow always got out of. What my mother doesn't know can't hurt her.
So when Cora Belle and I decided to tag along with the goatfarmer to the fair this year it was a trip down memory lane. The smells, the food, and the dairy whites.
I knew that the competition would be very hard to beat so I decided that all I wanted to do was not come in last. Oh I can be competitive all right and practiced a little and gave Cora Belle a bad haircut and bath but didn't want to even think I'd win anything. I was even heard saying that I didn't ever want to come to the fair and care about winning. Nor would I walk around with a bored expression and an attitude. I was here for the scones.
So no one was more surprised than I when the judge awarded Cora Belle first in her very competitive class of doelings. No one was more surprised than I when the judge pointed at Cora Belle to be the Grand Champion doeling. I rushed over to the goatfarmer, who was looking quite pleased, and said in an excited voice,
"I wonder how many I beat?"
After all these years I find myself back where I started. A lot has changed in 30 years. The goats have gotten bigger and the scones smaller but the feeling of winning a blue ribbon at the state fair is still very much alive in this 50 year old goatgirl.
I was very jealous when I saw the above license plate but the owner was much more a girl than I am. I coveted it so bad she told me that if it were to be stolen she would know where to come.
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I'm so excited for you and Cora Belle...and no matter how old we get, there's always going to be that little girl inside, right? I wish I could've been there to see you get that ribbon!
LOVE the license plate. Did you find out where the owner lives? lol
p.s.
As it has been taught to me, it should be "No one was more surprised than *I*" because you would normally finish that sentence with "was", right? As in, "No one was more surprised than I was". You wouldn't say, "No one was more surprised than me was."
Me was excited too. :)
Thanks farmgirl I was hoping someone would give me an easy way to remember. Now I'm going in to fix it... Luckily the only other person to see it was Marigold and obviously she gets confused as well.
Thats great! You must have been so suprised! Did you ever find out how many you beat? Ha ha...leave the goatgirls license alone. Resist the urge...lol.
Now, if you two aren't something! Grand Champion no less! Well, didn't we already know that. Cora Belle just needed a chance to be seen and show off a bit. I'm sure her audience was admiring and wowed. When you did the hair trim, did you do her nails, too? I'm sure she would have wanted you to.
Congratulations to you and Cora Belle!!
Tracey
Congratulations!!!!
I just love reading your blog! I remember watching you and Sara doing your goat activities every year at the fair. I always envied your focus and passion for your animals. By the way, what doesn't mom know? LOL
Love
Julie
Tell ya later Julie.
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