Thank God For The Freeze

Originally posted: 10/06/2008
Well, we did it. We set up at the flea/antique market for the first time. It was actually pretty fun and the best news of all.....it froze the night before! There were no big naked bellies to be seen, it started out at 29 degrees that morning, thus keeping all bellies fully covered. I didn't even have to endure any sexually charged jokes about hooters and the like, it was pretty tame overall. The funniest thing I overheard was 2 guys talking about the election. The guy talking says, "I'll tell ya what, you know what ticket I'd like to see? It's that Obama and Palin. Now that'd make a good ticket I tell ya. I'd vote for that one." Clearly not a joke, but funny all the same! I mean, can you imagine, they'd completely kill each other. Dead. Gone. Speaker of the House is president.

Let me just point out this unfortunate anomaly that always seems to happen when I do outdoor shows with my mom and dad. The battery on one of our cars' always dies! Right when we're leaving. So convenient. Here we are, packed up, ready to go....and one of us just doesn't make it. It's happened with our old cars, our new cars, there is absolutely no discrimination between old and new, theirs or mine. Let's just hope it's not both of us the next time for gods sake.

So, the good news is we did the show, we made money, we even eventually made it home. I might just want to do it again. It's something I can see myself getting into and some damn quick cash as we were done & packing up by 2:00. Mom, this doesn't let you off the hook, I still expect you to accompany me. We both know that this was the quiet show and the bellies are bound to be free again by the spring and I'm sure that hooters jokes won't be in short supply anymore. Practice your "Sweeties" and "Honeys", pack the hand sanitizer, and bring a set of jumper cables because I'm ready to sign up for another show!