Pat and Sandra's Wedding

So next week is Pat and Sandra's wedding. Sandra is Robbie's youngest sister. She asked me about a month ago if I would do all the decorating for her wedding reception. I have been crazily trying to get everything done one time. About 2 weeks ago my computer went down at home and I have been struggling ever since. I have been using my work computer to make their video for their wedding reception. I think it has turned out good so far. It's tough not having all the programs I'm used to, but somehow I am managing. Doing the video along with all the decorations has kept me pretty busy for the last month or so. Monday was the first night in at least two weeks that I actually stayed home. I have been running here there and everywhere. Since I live in the middle of nowhere, a shopping trip is not just a half hour thing. It takes me about 30 minutes to get to the nearest decent sized city with shopping. Of course if I want more options than Walmart and JC Penny then I have to go to Albany or Binghamton which is about a two hour drive. So it ends up being an all day affair. I do enjoy doing this kind of stuff, but I have to admit I will be happy once it's over. I know next week will be full of stress. Robbie says that he plans on making himself scarce next week. He doesn't want to be anywhere around since I will be stressed and his family will be even worse. It should be a nice reception though. I know Marlene must be looking forward to having her whole family back together for the first time in years. I don't know exactly how long it has been but I would guess the last time they were all together was when Sandra was still in College. So that would be at least eight years ago. Anyway here is part of the video that I put together for Pat and Sandra. I still have two more videos to do but at least it's a start.

FAIR SEASON

Ok, so I know that no one at home will understand, but I don't care. You can call me a redneck, you can say that I have totally turned into a new yorker, I don't care. I absolutely love tractor pulls. The love affair started about 6 years ago and has gradually gotten stronger as the summers have passed. I think it was this pull in 2004 at the Cobleskill fair that really put me over the edge and made me a true lover of tractor pulls.
This is actually one of my favorite tractors. It's called satisfaction, and that is what I feel every time I watch him pull. He was the leader last night and he won the class last year. Here are a few pictures from the 2004 fair where he blew up his entire motor. It was the most incredible thing I have ever seen. I didn't know an engine could just blow up like that. These guys have so much money invested in these things. This tractor has well over $150,000 invested in it, so you can imagine that this was no cheap thing to fix. Robbie and I actually went and looked at the tractor up close after the pulls. It was incredible. How can you not fall in love with something with that much power.



























These are Robbie's favorites, the modified class. They are only allowed to run three engines even if they have more than that. But these big dogs will really make your seat rumble. They have some incredible power in those alcohol burning engines of theirs. What a rush.













So really what more can I say then I am a fan. If this makes me a redneck, the so be it. But I am telling you once you've experience a great tractor pull, there is just no going back.

Friday is the demolition derby which is a close second to tractor pulls and I really can't wait for all the crushing to start.