Week #7

This is my week #7 of my Pic-A-Day Challenge! Hope you enjoy!

Day 43: Phil and I had carved 3 pumpkins the night before, so I decided I need to toast those seeds! There was a lot of them but still not enough! I love pumpkin seeds!

Day 44: This Monday was the day that I got to work half-a-day! Easy money for only 2 patients, and both of those patients were kids, so doubly easy! It felt so good to get back into the swing of things, too bad I can't do it more often. This is a pic of my instruments in their cases by the way!

Day 45: Mom and I went to go pick out my parent's pumpkin and I saw these pretty flowers while doing so.

Day 46: I had got a small pumpkin that I wanted to paint black, cut holes all around it, and put some pretty black glitter on! It turned out pretty good, but I have yet to find one of those pumpkin lights that are battery operated that is not strobe! I can't find them anywhere.

Day 47: Thursday was the first day of the Pumpkin Festival in Milton, WV. Mom and I used to go there every year when I was little but it had been awhile since we had gone. Every time we went I got a beaded pumpkin ring. This year I got pumpkin ice cream! YUMMY!

Day 48: This Friday started off good enough. I was at Phil's house and we decided to go down to the gas station about a mile from his house when a deer decided he/she wanted to hit us. Phil's car did not enjoy that at all. So that was the rest of our evening :-( Poor car, but we were fine cause we were only going like 35mph.

Day 49: Saturday I went to the Pumpkin Festival again with Phil and his mom. There were a lot more vendors there this day, but there was also a lot more people and it was much hotter. It took us around an hour just to get into the park and then we only stayed there an hour. This is the covered bridge in front of Pumpkin Park.

I hope everyone enjoyed the gorgeous fall weather of this past week and that you didn't have a run-in with an animal like Phil's car did!

The Day I Ran Away From Home

I was about 5 or 6 years old on the day I ran away from home, but I actually didn't even run away or leave home for that matter. I remember hiding under my bed and thinking it would be funny if my parents couldn't find me. So there I stayed. I heard them calling for me, opening the doors outside and yelling my name out into the neighborhood. And there I was under my bed giggling when my parents were freaking out. This seemed to go on forever in my little kid mind so I came out and yelled "Surprise!" and laughed a whole bunch. I don't remember getting in trouble for this, but this was probably because my parents were so relieved!

Did you ever run away from home?

Have you ever played a prank on your parents?

I'm A Guest Blogger Now!

Hey everyone! My friend Jennifer Fabulous over at I know, right? let me write a guest post on her blog! Go check it out, it's Audrey-rific!

PPQ: Autumn Morning

Picture: Edenpics.com (retouched)

Autumn Morning

©Mariah Smile

There is a hazy cloud hanging low to the ground

In sight when awakened by the songs

Of birds outside my tent that is warm

With body heat

The Autumn smell is all around

The trees are so vibrant

With shades of crimson, orange, and gold

The pines’ brilliance surviving the cold

Bundled up in layers of clothes

I walk out into the crisp air

That touches my cheeks and nose

I am the only one around

Week #6

Here is the long-awaited (maybe) Pic-A-Day post I have to share with you today! 6 weeks down only 46 left to go!

Day 36: It was rainy as I drove home from Phil's house this Sunday evening and I got inspired to take a picture while listening to Delilah.

Day 37: So I've decided that I'm going to make a t-shirt quilt. This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands. Also, see Day 39. Anyways, this is one of my very favorite t-shirts, as you might be able to tell from the holes all over it. This night I got out all my old t-shirts I wanted to use for the quilt, but I didn't have the heart to cut this one up! *Also note it says "THE Band of the Mountain State"!

Day 38: Pretty day out and the ferns wanted their picture taken.

Day 39: I'm also going to make a yarn wreath for Halloween in my spare time. Don't judge.

Day 40: Thursday I went to this dental office, with the cool-looking brick, for an orientation to the clinic I would be working at the following Monday (today in real time). This was only a temporary job for the one day, which actually turned into half-a-day... booooo! At least I was making money and not crafts! See Days 37 & 39.

Day 41: I made Phil put on this hat at The Walmarts (as the lovely people around these parts like to call it) and pose for me. I think it suits him... or not.

Day 42: Saturday was pumpkin buying/carving day for me and Phil! We found a greenhouse nearby, but my dream is to pick them from the actual field. Anyone know where a place like that is close to me???

Thank you for patiently waiting. Now to go sell my soul to SimCity once again.

Oooops!

Soooo... I had planned to put all my pictures together for my pic-a-day week #6 tonight, but Phil got me SimCity to play and I got all wrapped up in it and forgot all about my pics! (sorry, run on sentence!) Now it's too late to do it cause I gotta get up in the morning to go to a temporary job I got for the day! Will try to post later this evening or tomorrow! Hope your Monday isn't too bad!

The Day I Learned How To Ride A Bike

It wasn't until I was in 3rd grade that I decided I wanted to learn how to ride a bike (without the training wheels). It seemed like all the kids in my class had already learned and I was starting to feel a little left out. So I went home and told my dad that I wanted to try. We went out on the street in front of my house, and that is where I finally learned how to ride a two-wheeler!

I was so proud of myself until my neighbor, who also happened to be my 3rd grade teacher, came walking by and saw me. The next day in school she announced to the whole class that I had learned how to ride my bike. I was so embarrassed and could hear the snickering around the room. I did take great pride though that this is what was known about me and that I was not the kid who sat behind me and stapled his own thumb on purpose!

As I look back on it, I still don't think my teacher was trying to brag on me in a good way. She always was not very nice, even when she followed me to middle school. At least I wasn't in her class then! And then there was her schnauzer that used to bark and chase me when I played outside...

• When did you learn to ride a bike?
• Do you have any embarrassing classroom stories?
• Did you have a certain mean ole teacher?