I really wanted to get the hang of taking pictures and posting them on my blog. I so enjoy seeing the pictures other people post but alas it is not to be. I gave my camera away. My daughter needed it for school and whoosh, there it went. I wanted to go around town last night and take pictures of Halloween decorations. There are some really imaginative people around here! So fun! We saw a giant spider on a webb in someone's yard that changes color. Down the road one house has about 40 pumpkins of various sizes sitting atop hay bales and all lit up after dark putting off a warm, orange glow. We saw witches flying through trees and ghosts popping up behind bushes. But....sorry I can't show them to you. My camera is now being used to take pictures of 4 year olds doing various things like....standing in a straight line.....! You know, all those skills we learned in pre-k and find useful today! Not being a novice at motherhood I know I can kiss that camera good-bye. Thank goodness I hadn't used up too many of what I have left of my brain cells learning how to use it. I should have just about enough to learn how to use another camera. I hope!

Answers to Quiz:

1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends . Boxing

2. North American landmark constantly moving backward. Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)

3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons . . Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside .. Strawberry.

5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside thebottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place
on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)

6. Three English words beginning with dw Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. . Period, comma,colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.

9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S'.
Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

Quiz for those who know everything!

This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?


3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'


The answers will be posted tomorrow!

Here is the completed bathing beauties clothes pin dolls. My daughter made them for a friend who is putting in a pool this year. They are supposed to be her and her cowboy husband (complete with boots) Pretty cute!

What a weekend. Mine started Wednesday night when my brother fell and had to be taken to the ER. Somehow he sprained both ankles and badly bruised his hand. This laid him up for about 3 days and being the caretaker of our almost 92 year old mother he was in need of help. So I took off work and stayed with them for a couple of days until he was back on his feet. The garage sale was Saturday and we had fun. More entertainment than anything else. Julie did manage to sell her car and dining room furniture and Jamie did OK as well. I just barely managed to make back what I spent so that was OK too. I'm working 16 hours today so I'm preparing for a long day.

Clothespin Dolls

My daughter makes these adorable clothespin dolls. I wish I were so talented.

Ingenuity

Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next he drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have bad news for you. The donkey died last night." Chuck replied, "Well then just give me my money back." The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already." Chuck said, "OK, then just bring me the dead donkey." The farmer asked, "What yo gonna do with him?" Chuck said, "I'm going to raffle him off." The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead donkey." Chuck said, "Sure I can. Just watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead." A month later the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?" Chuck said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00." The farmer asked, "Didn't anyone complain?" Chuck said, "Just the guy who won, so I gave him his money back."