Project 365

Okay, so I pretty much epically failed on Project 365 this week.  I didn't take a single picture until Saturday, and I'm a day late making my post.  But anyway I took a bunch of pictures Saturday, so I thought I'd at least post several of them.  If you want to join in, click here.

First thing this morning we went to do some work at the church and Kerri came in and said there were some hot air balloons outside, so she got my camera and took some pictures.  This one shows just how close they really were.  That's the corner of the church in the picture.

This is at a park in Wilmington where we found our first geocache of the day.  This was a really beautiful park.

Here we are on a trail at Cowan Lake State Park.  If you look closely you can see the lake peeking through the trees.

Here's a little white wooley worm we say on the trail.

These two pictures are of Cowan Lake.  It was such a beautiful day there and as you can see the leaves are starting to change a little more.

SkyWatch Friday

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I took this photo back in August while out in my back yard.

Random Dozen

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1. From "Men Are Dumb ....": If you had a theme song that played whenever you walked into a room full of people, what would it be?
 I can't think of a single thing...well at least not that I want to share here.

2. From Pam of "Alert And Oriented x 4": Which of your shoes are your absolute favorite, and which are of the object of your most painful shoe-buyer's remorse?
My Croc Mary Janes.  Uglier than all get out, but oh so comfortable.  lol

3. From Susanne of "Living to Tell the Story": Tell about your favorite birthday celebration that you've personally experienced.
Now that I'm over 50 they are all special, because I'm just glad to still be alive.

4. From Lori of "Just me and My Life": If you were a flavor of ice cream, which would you be?
Rocky Road, because it has nuts and I'm pretty nutty and because it has marshmallow and sometimes I'm sweet (don't ask my kids) and it has chocolate ice cream and that's just my favorite.

5. Cindy Swanson of "Notes in the Key of Life" asks: Have you ever had a crush on a movie star? Who was it, and are you still crushing?
I wouldn't say I've ever had a crush on him, but it sure doesn't hurt my feelings to spend 2 hours looking at Pierce Brosnan in a movie. And since hubby loves James Bond movies, it's all good.  We're both happy!  hahaha

6. Jill from "Jill Boyd's Place" inquires: Glasses or braces--if you had to wear one, which would it be?
Glasses

7. Nel from "Fasteneau Facts" asks: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Where I live right now but I'd want a vacation home near the ocean!

8. Thena from "Patiently Waiting" wants to know: If money were no obstacle, what would be the perfect birthday gift to receive?
A two week all expenses paid trip to Disney World!

9. From "Life Through Bifocals," LynnMarie asks: What is your favorite birthday meal?
Steak and Baked Potato from Outback or Shrimp and Baked Potato from Red Lobster

10. Debby at "Just Breathe" checks in with: Do you still send hand-written thank you notes?
Yes I do.

11. Linda from "Mocha with Linda" poses this question: What is something you've done that you never thought you'd do?
Lead a woman's Bible Study Group.

12. Jewel, my homegirl from Indiana who writes at "Musings from the World of Jewel," is very insistent that we answer this: Mount Rushmore honors four US Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. If you could add any person to Mount Rushmore, who would you add and why?
Ronald Reagan - because I think he was a great president too.

Project 365

Click here to go join Sara in the fun of Project 365.  This week I'm doing 2 weeks in one.  I only got a couple pictures the first week so I'm just combining them.

Sunday, September 19 - Thomas the Train was in town

Friday, September 24th - Can you see the bee covered in pollen inside this flower?

Saturday, September 25th - Applefest was in town.  I worked 8 hrs. overtime this day to help out with the extra calls because of all the extra people in town.  It was a beautiful day and the crowds were huge.

 Here's a picture from my car on the way showing the set-up work going on.

 I got to see these 2 alpacas later that day.  Aren't they adorable?  They are mother and child and they are so very, very soft.

Sunday, September 26th - we had such beautiful skies this evening

 Here's another shot.

Monday, September 27th - sending a care package to Kelli!

Tuesday, September 28th - I saw this little squirrel playing around the parking lot where I park for work.

 Thursday - September 30th - We went and saw the Return of Nannie McPhee - cute movie and Kerri and I were the only ones in the theater - we still clapped when it was over even though we were by ourselves.  lol

Saturday, October 2nd - we went out driving and Geo-caching.  We were way out in the country as you can tell by this photo

 This is a path we walked looking for a geo-cache.  However, about 15 minutes in on the walk we came to a fence and the gate was closed - probably for the winter, so we never found this one.  It was still a beautiful walk and we saw 2 deer while we were out there too.  This is at Stonelick State Park and so is the lake in the picture below.

 The trees are beginning to change colors around here now.  It had just begun raining shortly before I took this picture.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Flashback Friday

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What toys do you remember from your childhood? What did you like to do to entertain yourself? Did you mostly play inside or outside? Did you ride a bike all over the neighborhood? Play baseball in the backyard? Basketball in the driveway? Did you have to "get permission" to play at a friend's house, or were you and your friends back and forth between houses all the time? If you had siblings, was there a distinction between your toys and theirs? Did you "inherit" any toys from older siblings? What were the "fad" or "must-have" toys of your generation? Did you parents buy them? Was there a toy you always wanted and never got to have?

Yes, I had a Chatty Cathy doll and yes, that was also one of my nicknames.  I guess I talked all the time.  I guess I still do. hahaha  I loved this doll, until I left it laying on the garage floor and my dad ran over it. 

I loved playing jacks.

And I remember having this style of skate and skating around and around in circles in our garage singing.

I know I had lots of other dolls and toys, but these are the specific things I remember.  I know we spent hours and hours outside playing on the swingset and in the sandbox and riding bikes, etc.  We spent most of the time outside in the summer.  I also remember from time to time we'd get a big appliance box of some type and we'd spend days and weeks playing in that box.  We'd make submarines and all kinds of stuff with a box.    I also spent lots of time playing with my dolls and pretending I was the mommy.  And we used to play church too.  We'd use the staircase as the pews and someone would preach and someone would take up the offering.  We had a blast!  I really don't remember ever being bored as a child.  May have been.  Guess I'd have to ask my mom that question.  But with 5 kids, there was almost always someone to play with.