So today Uncle John, Aunt Sharon, Isaac, Philip and I all headed down to Branson. The plan was originally to go to a boat show AS had seen advertized in the paper, and to go to Bass Pro to pick up a choke for UJ's shotgun (it's turkey season ;P ). We decided to go there first since AS wasn't sure where the show was supposed to be and we thought surely the good people at Bass Pro would know where it was. Well it turned out there was no boat show today :-/ so we hung around Bass Pro a little while and after much searching found the proper choke (we hope :P )... After that little adventure the general concensus was to find some grub cuz I for one was hungry after not having had any breakfast to speak of (crazy morning, sending half the fam off to TX and all).
There was a seafood restaurant right outside Bass Pro, but since I tend to avoid seafood at all costs, I voted we walk down the landing and find somewhere else :P So we wandered down till the incredible smell of BBQ about killed us. There stood Famous Dave's and the Macaroni grill. I'd never been to either so we decided to inspect. FD had a menu sitting outside so we looked and were not completely sure so we thought we'd look in MG and see how the prices compared. Unfortunately MG didn't have their menu readily displayed so when we entered we were immediately abducted by the hostess and seated and on our way to trying a new restaurant.
I have to say, this was a pretty neat restaurant. It had all the makings of a cool Italian restaurant (as far as I know, for I have never really been to an Italian restaurant). But instead of table cloths, they had large pieces of paper on the table. And... CRAYONS! lol that's right... you get to color on the table while you're waiting for your food :P how cool is that? So after looking at the menu I decided that I needed pizza... Which inspired my first doodle.
I traced around my plate, my camera, and my fork, and wrote little things like "Kali was here" and "fork does not go here"
Uncle John's doodles:
Philip wanted to see if he could write his name upside down like the waitress did, and proceeded to doodle a bit more
UJ and AS
Aunt Sharon drew a head and uncle John finished it
Well the food was really good and we all enjoyed it. The onlly thing was my pizza was slightly burned which I hate burnt stuff :-? but oh well :) I didn't even eat half the pizza LOL it was too much! I guess I ate too much of that yummy fresh bread they had :) Ok funny thing... AS went into the restroom afterward and on the inside of the ladies restroom door, it says "mens" and on the inside of the mens restroom door it says "ladies" LOL is that not a hilariously cruel joke? :P
So after eating, we headed down to the boardwalk to admire the cool fog over the lake
pretty pink dogwood:
fog
UJ, AS, Philip
out on the dock
the seafood restaurant I avoided:
more fog on the lake
AS being silly :P
on the boardwalk
water fountain show!
<3 water pics :P
some dude got up there and started dancing to the music LMHO
After that point the boys went into the Harley Davidson store while AS and I stood outside and looked into the water. Then we headed back toward the car slowly, going into a few shops... AS and I were looking to find a long denim skirt. HA! not a chance :roll: just all these weird, bright, clashy clothes. The styles nowadays! :roll: LOL but we did find a nice, long, full, black skirt in Christopher and Banks that we both liked but lacked the 35 somethin to buy O_O oh well... it's on my list :P Anyway then we got back in the car and headed home in hopes of beating the gathering thunderstorm (successful, we were!).
Coming through Forsythe on the way back, AS was ready for dessert, so we stopped at Sonic and got some malts and sonic blasts. The poor guy running the orders was new and having trouble... the static from the nearby storm didn't help I guess :P But whatev... We enjoyed ourselves and our dessert and we all lived happily ever after :) The end
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
So much to tell, so little time. Part 2
Ok so I finally got picasa to cooperate a little... at least enough to share the pictures I took yesterday :D funny, they would only upload in backwards order :P goofy thing... But I'll post them here in the right order ;) not that it really matters... Now this is just from the walk I took yesterday morning, not the one I took in the afternoon when I ran my feet off... I wish I'd brought Kali that time too but UJ brought his cam... good thing, too cuz we found a hawk :D anyway... pictures:
We'll start with yet another picture of zee awesome oak tree. Well, one of many awesome oak trees :D it reminds me of the HSA tree :P
Now this is really cool! As I was walking down by the one pond, shading my eyes from the sun, I heard a fowl noise. I looked up just in time to see two ducks alighting on the pond! So I aimed and shot as fast as I could but I wasn't fast enough to catch them in flight... but I did get them swimming (the one is a little hard to see) but this is my first successful picture of waterfowl! Wild waterfowl no less ;)
I then proceeded to take pictures of the lovely pond
Throwing rocks...
Then I tried taking more picks of the quackers... see if you can see him ;)
Unfortunately, in effort to get a better position for shooting the ducks, I scared them off :-/ isn't that just my luck. I got a pic of them flying off, though.. It's just not a terribly good pic :-/ Oh well. You win some and ya lose some :D shooting wildlife isn't easy :P (or tame life either for that matter... inanimate objects are sooo much easier to work with ^_^ )
I took a panorama of the pond. I accidently messed up though :-/ one of these days I'll get a tripod (hint hint: my bday is in May ;P )
click it so you can see the whole thing cuz it's way awesomer that way :D <3 panoramas B-)
More pond pics
There was even a redwing blackbird down there! Spring is definitely coming soon! :D
stump:
horse:
sorry to be so boring there LOL I gotta run to dinner! blog at ya later! B-)
~Linnae
We'll start with yet another picture of zee awesome oak tree. Well, one of many awesome oak trees :D it reminds me of the HSA tree :P
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Now this is really cool! As I was walking down by the one pond, shading my eyes from the sun, I heard a fowl noise. I looked up just in time to see two ducks alighting on the pond! So I aimed and shot as fast as I could but I wasn't fast enough to catch them in flight... but I did get them swimming (the one is a little hard to see) but this is my first successful picture of waterfowl! Wild waterfowl no less ;)
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I then proceeded to take pictures of the lovely pond
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Throwing rocks...
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Then I tried taking more picks of the quackers... see if you can see him ;)
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Unfortunately, in effort to get a better position for shooting the ducks, I scared them off :-/ isn't that just my luck. I got a pic of them flying off, though.. It's just not a terribly good pic :-/ Oh well. You win some and ya lose some :D shooting wildlife isn't easy :P (or tame life either for that matter... inanimate objects are sooo much easier to work with ^_^ )
I took a panorama of the pond. I accidently messed up though :-/ one of these days I'll get a tripod (hint hint: my bday is in May ;P )
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click it so you can see the whole thing cuz it's way awesomer that way :D <3 panoramas B-)
More pond pics
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There was even a redwing blackbird down there! Spring is definitely coming soon! :D
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stump:
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sorry to be so boring there LOL I gotta run to dinner! blog at ya later! B-)
~Linnae
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
So much to tell, so little time.
Yeah it's been a while since I've posted in here. Sad, I know. But you see, I've been having trouble with Picasa lately where it just takes soooo much time and energy to upload that it's almost depressing LOL and by the time I FINALLY get the pics up I really just feel like getting of the puter and going out for a walk or something :P So I've got lotsa stuff backed up to show you pics of. And no time to catch up. Seriously, you have NO idea how insane life is right now O_O but I still wanna share a little with ya anyway just cuz maybe someone cares :P hee hee ;) And anyway I can't do anything else right now cuz I'm mostly numb from the waist down (went for a looooong walk today after a long and stressful training session and I think I really did a number on my lower back :-/ ) So anyway here we go....
About two weeks ago we had a stray dog dumped on us and he adopted us
Dad decided we needed to name him Duke (don't ask me why :P ) so that's what he's called. Poor thing was skinny and timid... now he's getting fatter and braver. But he's not too smart, I'm afraid... I'm trying to train him. Grrr it taketh patience fo sho :P And it doesn't help that he and Danger are completely inseperable LOL though I'm hoping Danger's smartness will rub off :D
mhmm I'm partial to smart dogs :P Well anyway we haz no clue what kind of dog Duke is but I tend to think he looks like a Lab/German Shepherd cross and I could be remembering wrong, but it seems like not long ago someone was trying to get rid of such a dog... hum... Anyway, moving along :D
I been havin' fun takin pics :D
The ice melted
and I happen to love sunrises :D
Even the moon showed up for this one :P
I actually got some good pics of Itty Bitty for a change
Well, good for Itty Bitty :P LOL but Bop decided to not be so photogenic...
Stickin her tongue out and stuff :P (where'd she get that from ;) )
Oh and we can't forget Madame Blueberry. Accompanied, as usual, by Itty Bitty ;)
Maybe it's just black animals, but Duke is hard to photograph too...
See how his ears flop?? haa haa! cracks me up ^_^ the left one sticks straight up, nearly flopping to the right, and the right one sticks halfway up and flops over :P
Ok well I actually have more pictures to share but it is bedtime and I really really need to go to bed (I iz TIRED) so if picasa will be kind enough to load the rest of my pics, I shall continue this tomorrow. I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to see the totally schweeeeeeet pics I took today :D Until then, Peace out my friends B-)
~Linny
About two weeks ago we had a stray dog dumped on us and he adopted us
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Dad decided we needed to name him Duke (don't ask me why :P ) so that's what he's called. Poor thing was skinny and timid... now he's getting fatter and braver. But he's not too smart, I'm afraid... I'm trying to train him. Grrr it taketh patience fo sho :P And it doesn't help that he and Danger are completely inseperable LOL though I'm hoping Danger's smartness will rub off :D
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mhmm I'm partial to smart dogs :P Well anyway we haz no clue what kind of dog Duke is but I tend to think he looks like a Lab/German Shepherd cross and I could be remembering wrong, but it seems like not long ago someone was trying to get rid of such a dog... hum... Anyway, moving along :D
I been havin' fun takin pics :D
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The ice melted
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and I happen to love sunrises :D
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Even the moon showed up for this one :P
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I actually got some good pics of Itty Bitty for a change
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Well, good for Itty Bitty :P LOL but Bop decided to not be so photogenic...
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Stickin her tongue out and stuff :P (where'd she get that from ;) )
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Oh and we can't forget Madame Blueberry. Accompanied, as usual, by Itty Bitty ;)
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Maybe it's just black animals, but Duke is hard to photograph too...
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See how his ears flop?? haa haa! cracks me up ^_^ the left one sticks straight up, nearly flopping to the right, and the right one sticks halfway up and flops over :P
Ok well I actually have more pictures to share but it is bedtime and I really really need to go to bed (I iz TIRED) so if picasa will be kind enough to load the rest of my pics, I shall continue this tomorrow. I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to see the totally schweeeeeeet pics I took today :D Until then, Peace out my friends B-)
~Linny
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Tuesdays
According to my uber-organization schedule (har har) Tuesdays and Fridays are bread-making days. This serves two purposes... well, three. #1, it keeps us "in bread" so we don't have to run to Walmart quiiite so often :P #2, it's an outlet for my occasional obsessive need to make something and to get my hands "dirty" so to speak (I love kneading dough :P ) and #3 it gives me something useful to do so I don't have to feel like such a bum ;) haa haa! :P j/k :D
Here's my unique "bread-making" face
Zeee lovely dough (I forgot what I was doing and doubled the recipe :P Oh well)
After I'd been loafin' :P (unfortunately we only have 3 bread pans, so the 4th loaf had to go on a cookie sheet... kinda French-bread-style :P
And zeeee finished product! Bon apetit!
sorry, no pics of me consuming all four loaves at once... you don't wanna see that ;) j/k! :P
Here's my unique "bread-making" face
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Zeee lovely dough (I forgot what I was doing and doubled the recipe :P Oh well)
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After I'd been loafin' :P (unfortunately we only have 3 bread pans, so the 4th loaf had to go on a cookie sheet... kinda French-bread-style :P
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And zeeee finished product! Bon apetit!
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sorry, no pics of me consuming all four loaves at once... you don't wanna see that ;) j/k! :P
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