Yamboree Photo Contest 2010 - My Submissions (aka: The Winners)

Here are my Fantastic Four submissions for this year's Yamboree photo contest. Stay tuned to see *which* ribbons they win (as they will win, oh yes, yes they will). ;-)

Favie Five Pics from September

September favies!

Yay for cutesie tu-tus!!

Because human clothes on Max are always funny.



Lily's name writing is improving!!

Her face drawing is also improving!

And this little guy dropped by for a visit. I found him by opening the front door and there he sat. He looked at me. I looked at him. I carefully/slowly shut the door. He stayed for pics (see, even the bunnies know to wait for the pictures at our house).

Favie Three Pics from August

Historically, my picture taking counts take a dive in Aug and Sept. So please forgive the small list this month. Oct, Nov and Dec (or O.N.D as we call it at work) will MORE than make up for this.

Memaw rightfully seated on her throne atop a parade float with fellow quilters at the Okra Festival (there is so much I love about that sentence). :-)

Max enjoying his hand-me-down froggie pool. He looooooves water.

Granny and Pawpaw gettin' in some Lily hugs.

Orange You Glad the Bed is Made?

I do my best to consider things from all angles. I am always on the lookout to make things more efficient and/or better. Perhaps My Way isn’t the best way. However, I have decided I shall never "give" on these two quirks.

Making the Bed

Me: The bed should be made. Period. If the bed is un-made, I feel the entire house is in disarray. I tuck in the sheets at the foot of the bed, between the mattress and the box springs, and that is where they should stay: tucked in. I blame my Bed Nazi dad for this as he bestowed upon me the love for a military-inspired, crisply made, bed. I love getting into bed with all the covers in order, no tangles, no wrinkles. Ahh...that is sleeping paradise!

Here's a good visual of a well made bed:

Hubby: Bed = sleeping bag. He prefers to have all covers tucked immediately below his feet. What?! But this negates the Tucked In anchor?! Sheets become crazy! All is lost!! Ok- maybe not that bad but I just. cant. do. the Bed = Sleeping Bag thing.

Here's an image of the hubby's preferred bedding. I found this particular picture funny so I had to use this one. It's an emergency sleeping bag! The guy looks dorky which gives me validation for my Tucked In Sheets rule. :-)

In the end, we compromise. Hubby's half of the bed = a sleeping bag. My half is nice and neatly tucked in. Both happy; win win.


Eating Oranges

Me: Peel the orange, remove all extra matter, and separate all the cute little orange sections. Visually, this:

Beautiful, isn’t it?

Hubby: Grab a knife, slice through entire orange and eat the middle out. Visually, this:



It makes my brain hurt to think of eating an orange in this way. Where are the cute little sections o' orange? As natured intended it to be separated?? Though, I will admit: Dale talked me into trying it his way (he did the cutting). I tried it. It was different. But in the end, I like my way best. So there you have it. Orange you glad you made the bed? :-)