I’ve just received the new Fall/Winter Catalog from Cowgirl/Cowboy Up.  Cute stuff!  I can’t wait to get these out onto the website for everyone to see!

Lately, we’ve still been really busy getting ready for the Fair.  Lots of decisions to make about gridwall, tables, coverings, getting things priced, receiving in mounds of new inventory, etc.  Whew!  Still very much looking forward to it though…

Other than that, we are just putting up with intense heat/humidity, and keeping busy with our 3 other jobs ;).

Hope all is well with everyone, talk to you soon!

Who doesn’t love a county fair?  I know I look forward to it every year (though… I can do without the heat index of mid-August).

This year Gracie’s Cove will be having a booth at the fair!  I’m so excited! We’ve been making plans, ordering more inventory, shopping for booth appointments (and I do love to shop!), and smiling from ear-to-ear!

I hope to see you all there if you are in the area.  I would love to answer any questions you may have and meet you in person!

The Fair Board does a phenomenal job of getting us entertainment and making sure that things run smooth.  I believe that they all truly love the fair and hold true to the idea that it is a family occasion.  It's fun to walk around and see all of the creations from the 4H kids. 

Talk to you again soon!

 Prois has got some fantastic new products to offer us this year!  I will be adding them soon to the website.

They've got a line a shooting shirts available now in some beautiful colors, and have added a tech-weight hoodie to the line-up as well!  As soon as I get the updated pics, I will get them out there for you to consider!

Can't wait!

:)

Just got the new pics in on Friday!  I've got the website updated so take a look when you get a chance.  It's great stuff!  For those of you that will be heading out to the Brown County Fair, I will have as much of the Prois line with me that I can possibly take (I'm sure it will take me several trips)!

Raise your hand if you have a Facebook page!

I actually have 2, one for me, and one for Gracie’s Cove.  I am still very bad at updating them, but I’m working on it…

Facebook has had good press, and bad.  Personally, I like it!  It’s the easiest way I’ve found to keep up with family and friends.  Uploading pictures is simple.  Then everyone can see them right away.  It usually takes me months to get film developed, or to get the pics on my camera developed into actual pictures.  Dumping ‘select’ pics right onto my Facebook pages makes it super-easy to just get them out there.

I know they’ve had some security concerns.

Care always needs to be taken when you do ANYTHING on the internet, so be careful who you share information with.

That being said, ‘friend’ me when you get a chance!! ;)

Saturday dawned cloudy and rainy.  But the excitement was felt by all of the participants.  The goal this year for the Marathon committee was to get 20,000 runners, counting everyone who was entered into any of the races (5k-10k-1/2-Full Marathon).  I haven't heard yet if they reached thier goal or not, but they had to be close!  The Fargodome was packed!

We got rained on for the first hour or so, but it cleared off after that.  I tried staying with a pace group this year for the first time.  Though I was unable to stick with them, I will train for that next time, I believe that would have been fun!

The beginning of the race (not considering the rain) was great!  I felt great, my pace was even, felt like I could have ran forever!  Then, at about Mile 6, I started to get tired.  I made the mistake of drinking Gatorade right after having a Goo packet.  I think I over-did the carbs.  That's never happened to me before, but it is something I'm going to remember for next time.  After that, I couldn't seem to drink enough water, but I felt sloshey.  Wierd... anyways.  Things went downhill after that.

Lessons learned!

Next 1/2 Marathon = Bismark in September!!!