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Football, fair, and fun

Our family is headed to the Tennessee Valley Fair this afternoon with some friends and I honestly have no clue what to expect having never hit up a state fair before, particularly with a toddler who wants to be a part of just about everything, everywhere, at all moments - all I know is that I already missed the MC Hammer concert at the fair last week. So with that knowledge in hand, this thing is going to be awesome, right?!

I hope you all enjoyed Week 1 - this is the first year that our house is 100% on the Broncos now that my husband's beloved Peyton Manning has joined my beloved Broncos. It's intense in the FFLibrarian household. We were working on a way to make it down to Atlanta for the MNF game (Broncos at Falcons) next week, but my husband teaches at the university here and just can't justify cancelling class for MNF. At least not this year...

But let's head on over to today's links:

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bu11dog said…
Sara, glad to see you posting. Hope all is well with you and your family.

btw remind your husband that college kids LOVE it when class gets cancelled.
2:28 PM
LestersLegends said…
Have a great time. It's great that you guys are a united front. LIke he'd win that battle anyway.

Thanks for the link and I'm glad you are doing well.
2:35 PM
Jay B said…
Sara glad to see you back. Hopefully FF can put your mind at ease for the time being. Your Broncos looked pretty good for the first game of the season. Hopefully they will be meeting up with my Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. Once again thanks for your outstanding website and articles.

your long time viewer

Jay B
3:52 PM
Virtual Warrior said…
I have a team on ESPN's FFL and wanted to know what you think? I won my first game and feel pretty good about it! Thanks.http://www.youtube.com/user/VirtualWarTV
4:57 PM
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