The "Everything Always Happens on the Same Day", edition.

Good Sunday morning!  Recovering from Saturday. Because everything was scheduled for Saturday!  We started with our early morning weekly trip with Dad to the casino. This is his weekly ritual and we go with him. One hour at the casino on Saturday morning. While at the casino I started feeling kinda punky. This was not the day to feel punky. We had thangs to do. So after we got home I just laid down for about 15-20 minutes because our next event started at 9:00 and we wanted to get there before it got crowded. 

Oh. What was the next event?  My dad's church had their yearly major fundraiser, Lobsterfest!!! Our first year in Las Vegas, Dad told us about it.  The church sells lobsters, fresh or cooked for some ridiculous price. We were like yeah!! We want to go and get some lobsters! Dad was in it for the clam chowder. So that first year Dad rushed us in and out of the fair. Let me try to give you visual. The church is nothing like churches in Detroit. The church is made up of several buildings surrounding a courtyard. The sanctuary is separate building. The fellowship hall is a separate building.  And there are other rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms, even the bathrooms are separate from the sanctuary. And these buildings form a nice square courtyard. And this is where the Lobsterfest is held. 

So that first year we went the fair it looked interesting with all the booths set up, but as I mentioned, Dad took us to the room to get the (prepaid) lobsters...yep he paid for them. And then ushered us to the area to purchase the clam chowder and introduced us to people on the way out. We spent no more than 15 minutes there. After the fact Brian and I are like, "hey. We would have liked to check it out". The plan was to spend more time the following year. Well last year was the following yearand unfortuneatly I was sick as a dog. I went with them to the Lobsterfest, but I stayed in the car because I just didn't have the energy. 

But this year!!  This year we were ready. So now I can tell you what was at Lobsterfest. Lots of raffle tickets, of course..and Dad won a bottle of wine. Lol. There was a baked goods booth, a flu shot booth, a take your blood pressure booth and a Mexican food booth..selling tacos, posole, margaritas, horchata and some other items. Then there was the room where you picked up your lobsters, a children's activity area, a man playing a piano..and he was good. There was the requisite church ladies craft table with crafty things and Christmas things. Several jewelry booths, a guy selling woodworking crafts. The college guys in charge of beverages...including spirits!  Of course they were put in charge of wine. Lol. Snack booth, a little restaurant selling meals like turkey and dressing and including the clam chowder and a room for a silent auction. And people roaming around in lobster costumes, a couple of roving balloon artists and people walking around displaying or modeling raffle items. 

We had some tacos...Mexican street tacos. Oh my goodness, the meat was seasoned so good!  And we put slaw cilantro and limes and some hot pepper oil sauce or red sauce or green sauce on them. And my dad loved them!  Brian got some brownies at the baked good booth and a loaf of sourdough bread. Dad got his chowder. Of course we got our lobsters. And Brian had the presence of mind to bring our grocery bags with us so we could cart away our treasures!  We stayed about an hour and had a good time. And the place was busy. Lots of people coming in for their lobsters!!

Afterwards we came home, I rested a little more because the next stop was the watercolor class!  For some reason UNLV put us in an impossibly small room. Brian and I had to share our paint pallet. But it worked out ok. The next stop was the Oktobest at the the condo.  German sausages, sauerkraut, beer, wine..and some foods I had no idea what they were. Something I tried was pretty awful. I took a bite and spit it out. I rarely do that. :-(  But we meet other residents and had a nice time. I wasn't really hungry, but I did eat the beans!!  We stayed about 45 minutes and then it was time to go. I was tired. 

And then I did treatment...after a nice conversation with Shawn!  Lol. Long day. No nap. Not to bad!!  Today will be a lot easier. 

Finally early voting started yesterday in Nevada.  We plan on voting later this week..at the mall. As expected, voting was crowded yesterday. We chuckled at the idea of rushing out the first day. There were lines...like on Election Day. Lol. Anyway. Still warm out here. More events and activities on the horizon. And I'm positive stuff will still fall on the same day in the future!! Oh yeah. What am I going to do with our lobsters?  Making some lobster Mac and cheese of course!  That's it for today!  Have a wonderful day!!