Friday Fun - September 25, 2015

Happy Friday!

It's time for some random Friday thoughts - (aka)
WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE  hosted by Tanya from Around Roanoke.


CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTOS:

1. One of my favorite things in fall is when the stores get those really nifty looking decorative gourds in stock.  I was out at Klicker's store the other day and lookie what I found:

Aren't they colorful and fun! - These probably aren't the type of gourds that you could use for Gourd Art but check out this link to see what fantastic things people do with Gourds.  Talk about talented.

2.  Last night was the Carnival for the kids at the school Coleen attends.  One of her favorite things to do is to try and "dunk" her teachers in the Dunk Tank.  I just love watching the expressions on her face as she prepares to throw the ball.

Unfortunately this year she didn't hit the target once to dunk anyone but she still had fun trying.

3.  We stopped at our city park the other day to take some pictures and I just loved how pretty these flowers were.  It's still good to see flowers blooming even though we are heading into Fall now.

4. Coleen and I stopped at the library last week to check out some books.  Outside the library they have a couple of murals painted on some buildings.  We really liked this one.

One of the books I checked out was: Murder Simply Brewed by Vannetta Chapman. - It's a good, clean murder mystery that I'm really enjoying.

5.  So have you ever ordered Pizza On-Line? - I have and yes I've actually had some problems with ordering it that way.  Anyway this commercial is for Little Ceasers Pizza and cracks me up because it reminds me of our house even though we don't have "that" many cats.

 

 

Joining Steve with FELINE FRIDAY as well.

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Of course you I can't end the day without sharing a cat photo so here's one for your enjoyment.

 

Bandit and Pepper taking a snooze together.  Look how they are draped off of the chair.  You'd think their necks would be sore from laying that way but they don't seem to have a care in the world.

So here's the "artistic" version for FELINE ART:

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I haven't participated in awhile with Hilary for FOLLOW FRIDAY FOR FILL-IN FUN so I thought I'd join in today.

Here are the statements:

The statements:

1. Birthdays are ______________________
2. I am ___________, but I wish I was _________.
3. ____ is my favorite ______.
4. ________ is the best brand of __________.



 

 

Here are my answers:

 

1.  Birthdays are going by to quickly anymore.  The older you get the faster they seem to come.

 

2.  I am rushed lately, but I wish I was able to be more relaxed.

 

3.  Bridge Over Troubled Water is my favorite song of all time.

 

4. Celestial Seasonings is the best brand of Herbal Teas.

 

 

That's if for this week.  Hope you've enjoyed your stay here.  Have a great weekend.

"Whateve" Wednesday - The Fun Run and Carnival Edition

Welcome.  Thanks for joining me today for, "Whatever" Wednesday.  This week I'm featuring photos from the Fun Run and Carnival at Coleen's school a couple of weeks ago.

First up a photo from the Fun Run.  The students went by grades and ran a course around the playground.  Six laps was the goal which was equal to running 1 mile.  The kids got pledges from people to help raise money for school programs and such.  Coleen got $120 in pledges.  She started out running but was tuckering out quickly.  I managed to catch this photo of her running.  On her 4th lap I joined in on the run and ran one lap with her.  Good grief, I'm out of shape!  In fact I hurt my knee and am still having some issues with it but it was worth it.  She made 5 of the laps and we were very proud of her. Notice the tongue hanging out of her mouth.  You'll see it again in coming photos.

Here she is playing the Fishing Game to win a prize.  Notice the tongue.

In this shot she's throwing a ball at some wooden milk bottles inside a clown's mouth.  Notice the tiny piece of her tongue peeking out on the right side of her mouth.  She's really concentrating on knocking those milk bottles down.

Success!































Her favorite event of the evening was the Dunk Tank.  She wanted to dunk her teacher so badly.  Below is a series of photo's starting with her teacher in the tank (sorry it was hard to get a good picture of him).

Her teacher was making faces at her before she threw the ball and she thought it was funny.

You can see the excitement in her eyes as she gets ready to throw the ball at the target.

Right on target! See the waterdrops from the splash her teacher made,  Oh she thought that was hilarious fun.  She dunked him 4 times!

What's a Carnival without something to eat?  Her favorite was....

Corn on the Cob.

She played other games at the Carnival,  Putting Green, Fish Bowl Coin Drop and this favorite:  Plinko.

Finally a little fun sliding down one of the many bounce slides and castles that were available for the kids to enjoy.