Weekend at Home

Well my first weekend at home in a while; my third since May. I was not exactly at home, I was in Fort Worth; I have only been home for almost 2 weeks since May. It has been pretty good even though I have been tired. On Saturday, after flying in, we went to the Grapefest in Grapevine. This is supposed to be a celebration of the grape or something. Really it is more of a commumity get-together. If you want to taste some grapes, then you have to pluck up $15 to do so with a 1.5 hour time limit. At the beer tent, they had cheap beer and cheap wine. That is fine, Albertson's has some good wine. Actually, everything at the Grapefest was overpriced. There was a lot of nice things but expensive; like $8 for a necklace made from a bottle cap. The food was good but also expensive. Now for the free stuff, there was a food tent with chefs from TV giving demonstrations. That was great and worth the price of admission.

Also this weekend I went to the Home and Garden show in Dallas. It too had a high tariff to get inside. Unfortunately, we were too late to catch the food tent demonstration. The home improvement tent was okay though. The food was also expensive there. So were the items for sale even though it was the same stuff that can be purchased at Wal Mart. Overall, the Home and Garden show was good. There was a lot of nice stuff to peruse that one would never be able to have in their home; if one could even get a home. There was a variety of things there; like a brand bew convertible Ford Mustang. And what Home and Garden show would be complete without the free packets of Texas wildflower seeds? Also only in Texas are the exhibitors drinking beer. There was a wet bar at this Home and Garden show; overpriced of course. But there were some perks, test drives of the Hyundai SUV. It was a pretty nice vehicle and they gave you a cheap gift as well. It was a desk clock with an electric letter opener built in; how cool is that?