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| The wedding =D |
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| Aunt, Uncle, and brother! |
-Em
21 down, 129(ish) more to go!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Day 32
Hey all! So, today marks the start of our VACATION JOURNAL (number 120) woohoo! So, I'm starting off, since I went to my cousin's (basically, our mom's were best friends growing up) wedding (all the way up in PA) and from there we drove about an hour farther to stay with an aunt and uncle. It was really great to see them again, and we had a nice few days relaxing and catching up.
Not too much exciting happened there, but it was still fun. My brother, dad, and uncle had lots of fun playing pool together, while, my mom, my aunt, and myself enjoyed hot tub-ing. Also, apparently my uncle and I have a "who has the worst tshirt" contest going on (or so my mom says). So, some background, I found a shirt for him that says "I swear to drunk I'm not God" that we got for him for Christmas one year. We didn't notice until we got home that the back says "I got river faced on shit street." Oops. Haha! So, we have a picture of us together, and then, when we went up to visit, you can see, my shirt says "Ever Damn Day." Anyways, this is kind of a short post, since it's not the actualy journal and I guess the guys will add on to today's entry when they go on vacation. Maybe it'll get them to write again :). Hope you all are having a great summer, tune in soon, the plan is to hopefully have done the numbers we agreed to do individually!
-Em
21 down, 129(ish) more to go!
-Em
21 down, 129(ish) more to go!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Day 31
Hey everyone!
We're trying to be better about not having huge gaps in between what we do, so here are a couple of online activities for today, some that didn't get knocked out on our online day. So, here goes number 132. Become a tattoo artist. Honestly, I wasn't really a big fan of this game. I thought it was actually kind of creepy. I mean, it's a neat idea, because it's a very different game, but I was definitely creeped out. You have to tattoo designs on people, staying in the lines and there's a pain meter for your customer. The other online number for today is number 145. Spin a drawing. This was basically awesome. You draw lines and when you spin them it rotates your lines so you can see what it would look like in 3D. I had tons of fun with this one and would highly recommend it. Hope you guys are all also having an adventurous summer!
-Em
20 down, 130(ish) more to go!
We're trying to be better about not having huge gaps in between what we do, so here are a couple of online activities for today, some that didn't get knocked out on our online day. So, here goes number 132. Become a tattoo artist. Honestly, I wasn't really a big fan of this game. I thought it was actually kind of creepy. I mean, it's a neat idea, because it's a very different game, but I was definitely creeped out. You have to tattoo designs on people, staying in the lines and there's a pain meter for your customer. The other online number for today is number 145. Spin a drawing. This was basically awesome. You draw lines and when you spin them it rotates your lines so you can see what it would look like in 3D. I had tons of fun with this one and would highly recommend it. Hope you guys are all also having an adventurous summer!
-Em
20 down, 130(ish) more to go!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Day 28
Oh hey guys. Bet you thought we forgot all about this. Well, lucky, or maybe unlucky, for you, we didn't. Between three of us working and traveling things have been a little crazy. Plus, with so many of the items on the list requiring outside supplies, we figured we should shop for lots of materials first. So, we've gone on a couple shopping excursions and gathered most of the supplies we'll need. And, for those of you counting, I know today isn't actually Day 28, Day 28 was actually two days ago, but this is the first I've been able to post, and, it would seem the guys haven't gotten a chance to post either..."forgotten" I suppose. Just kidding. HOPEFULLY they'll post asap :). Anyways, back to Day 28: Fourth of July cookout, on the Fifth. Yeah, I know, we're pretty cool. So, we really wanted to knock several items off the list because we hadn't done anything in a while, so let's start with the big one, 89. Not keen on all the traveling? Have a potluck instead. Well, we didn't have an actually potluck, deciding that a cookout is close enough. Everyone came over to my house, including some other friends as well. We cooked hot dogs on the fire and did number 27. Microwave s'mores. Or peanut butter s'mores. We actually didn't micromave them. Since we had a fire we just roasted marshmellows on the fire!! Delicious :) Before all the eating of food though, we did number 13. Get some friends together and play blindman's bluff. This was pretty fun to start with, but after a couple rounds we were ready for something else. It did make for some hilarious pictures.
We wrapped up of evening of doing things from the list with number 79. Build edible cookie houses with cookie wafers, candy and frosting. Customize them for upcoming holidays. Christmas has gingerbread houses, so why shouldn't Labor Day or Thanksgiving have houses too? We made a lovely 4th of July house. It actually turned out pretty epic, but all of us icing and sticking cookies together at once made for a huge mess! The guys insisted trying to make a guy with a machine gun to put in house and when I tried to stop it, their response was "How do you think we got our independence?" Touche guys, touche. Not that a Twizzler is much of a machine gun...
To end the evening, we brought back telephone pictionary, because it's so fun and because we couldn't wait to see how it would get distorted this time, with four more people playing! Let me tell you, nine people playing telephone pictionary makes for some pretty funny interpretations. Anyways, hopefully we'll be getting together soon to do some more stuff, bye for now!!
-Em
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| This would be laying on the ground to try and avoid being tagged |
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| So, this is sideways, but it's my brother, trying to hide in a tree |
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| If you look closely, you'll see someone behind Zach, trying to use him for a shield |
We wrapped up of evening of doing things from the list with number 79. Build edible cookie houses with cookie wafers, candy and frosting. Customize them for upcoming holidays. Christmas has gingerbread houses, so why shouldn't Labor Day or Thanksgiving have houses too? We made a lovely 4th of July house. It actually turned out pretty epic, but all of us icing and sticking cookies together at once made for a huge mess! The guys insisted trying to make a guy with a machine gun to put in house and when I tried to stop it, their response was "How do you think we got our independence?" Touche guys, touche. Not that a Twizzler is much of a machine gun...
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| All of us, with our creation |
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| Close up of the final product. Note our flag. And our festive icing. |
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| What was left, after we ate it |
-Em
18 down, 132(ish) more to go!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Day 7
Hey Everyone!
So, today was the day of our tea party: #68. Plan a tea party with real tea cups and little sandwiches — you know, the ones with the crusts cut off. Very exciting, I know. Especially for the guys :P. But, actually, it was lots of fun. We went to Toca's house, since he was the only one that had real tea cups. We had tea and peanut butter and jelly finger sandwiches. Okay, so maybe not the classiest finger sandwiches, but definitely a classic. It was lots of fun. We just sat around, drinking tea, eating sandwiches, and talking. The only thing our tea party was missing was a giant life sized teddy bear. I guess we'll have to do that at the next tea party xD.
Next, it was on to #99. Use crayons and wax paper to create faux stained glass. So, you can use the link if you want, but we decided just to color straight on wax paper, while still drinking our tea, of course. It's a little difficult, but still fun. Okay, so actually I didn't read the link until after we had just colored on the wax paper, but when we did look at the link we decided ours was better. Either way, we had fun! Anyways, that's all for now. As you may have noticed, many of the things on the list require prior preparation or materials, so hopefully when we meet next we'll be shopping for some of the things that we need so when we get to that number, we can just do it! Thanks for reading, and hope you're having your own summer full of adventure.
-Em
14 down, 136(ish) more to go!
So, today was the day of our tea party: #68. Plan a tea party with real tea cups and little sandwiches — you know, the ones with the crusts cut off. Very exciting, I know. Especially for the guys :P. But, actually, it was lots of fun. We went to Toca's house, since he was the only one that had real tea cups. We had tea and peanut butter and jelly finger sandwiches. Okay, so maybe not the classiest finger sandwiches, but definitely a classic. It was lots of fun. We just sat around, drinking tea, eating sandwiches, and talking. The only thing our tea party was missing was a giant life sized teddy bear. I guess we'll have to do that at the next tea party xD.
Next, it was on to #99. Use crayons and wax paper to create faux stained glass. So, you can use the link if you want, but we decided just to color straight on wax paper, while still drinking our tea, of course. It's a little difficult, but still fun. Okay, so actually I didn't read the link until after we had just colored on the wax paper, but when we did look at the link we decided ours was better. Either way, we had fun! Anyways, that's all for now. As you may have noticed, many of the things on the list require prior preparation or materials, so hopefully when we meet next we'll be shopping for some of the things that we need so when we get to that number, we can just do it! Thanks for reading, and hope you're having your own summer full of adventure.
-Em
14 down, 136(ish) more to go!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Day 5
Hi All!
We had quite the day today! We met at my house at 9 am and we just wrapped up our day's adventuring. First, we kayaked on the James River, it was the three of us (of course), my dad, my brother, and his girlfriend. Lots of fun. Kayaking involved EPIC splash fights (which I maintain that I won) and going all the way to Bosher's Dam and seeing the fish ladder. We had to power through strong currents (well, once) and avoid hitting rocks. Not as easy as it sounds. But, all in all, it was tons of fun, complete with sunburn for me and a few others (the only bad part) and also getting completely soaked (at least for me, but I don't think I was the only one...). We also tried semi-ridiculous things, such as paddling with your hands (that part wasn't too hard, the hard part was not letting your actual paddle fall when you did that) and at the end we tied our three single person kayaks together to make one big kayak. Not really that effective, but decently funny. And, as the people we passed pointed out, the guy in the back (Toca) had the right idea, seeing ashow he couldn't really paddle and so was "forced" into just being towed along xD. So, this completes one of the ish's on our list of 150(ish) things. It took us about 7 hours from the time we met at my house to the time we got back, but that includes loading all the boats. Quite a process. But, when we got home, more fun was to be had! After we ate lunch, we chose some more of the list to do.
So, it was lucky #91. Play telephone pictionary with your friends that was next. The three of us played with my brother and his girlfriend. TONS OF FUN. If you've never played, I highly reccomend it. In fact, go play now!! It's pretty excellent. Basically you start with a phrase and you alternate doing pictures and phrases as the paper is passed. Here's a link to the rules though, unfortunately the one linked to the list is broken :(. http://www.rule0.com/archives/23. We had tons of fun and tons of laughs as the phrase "explosion" turned into "pong", "orange chicken" turned into "applebees", "dark chocolate truffles" turned into "screen door", "lego" turned into "HAPPY BIRTHDAY", "life is a mystery" turned into "MARIO!", "Ke$ha" ended up as "person with a push pop", and "I'm not thinking of purple gorillas" turned into "bear playing handball" and many many more outrageous ones. However, "frogger" stayed "frogger" as did "plunger", "magic tree house" and "guitar hero". Go figure.
To end the day, we did #141. Concoct a baking soda volcano. It turned out pretty sweet. I may have used a bit too much red food coloring though. xD. Still awesome. Anyways, stay turned for next time, when we will (probably) be having a tea party (gotta say, the guys are less than thrilled about that one...meaning, of course, that I'm even more excited!)
-Em
Hey, this is your blog photographer here. We have been having an immense amount of fun thus far, I hadn't been kayaking in forever so that was a great experience and at first I managed to stay relatively dry. However, our other two bloggers saw fit to double team splash me since I was barely wet from the first couple battles. :P (good thing I brought my camera in a zip lock bag)
We were fortunate enough to see several blue herons and not so fortunate to see a snake in the water, but we both just avoided each other and continued on our daily adventures.
Telephone pictionary was surprisingly entertaining. We went through about ten rounds of it before stopping and the more people there are, the more entertaining it becomes; especially if you have some people that can't draw well. Hope the you've been enjoying the photos so far and continue to read about our crazy summer adventures. :)
-Scenery shots-
-CCC
12 down, 138(ish) more to go!
We had quite the day today! We met at my house at 9 am and we just wrapped up our day's adventuring. First, we kayaked on the James River, it was the three of us (of course), my dad, my brother, and his girlfriend. Lots of fun. Kayaking involved EPIC splash fights (which I maintain that I won) and going all the way to Bosher's Dam and seeing the fish ladder. We had to power through strong currents (well, once) and avoid hitting rocks. Not as easy as it sounds. But, all in all, it was tons of fun, complete with sunburn for me and a few others (the only bad part) and also getting completely soaked (at least for me, but I don't think I was the only one...). We also tried semi-ridiculous things, such as paddling with your hands (that part wasn't too hard, the hard part was not letting your actual paddle fall when you did that) and at the end we tied our three single person kayaks together to make one big kayak. Not really that effective, but decently funny. And, as the people we passed pointed out, the guy in the back (Toca) had the right idea, seeing ashow he couldn't really paddle and so was "forced" into just being towed along xD. So, this completes one of the ish's on our list of 150(ish) things. It took us about 7 hours from the time we met at my house to the time we got back, but that includes loading all the boats. Quite a process. But, when we got home, more fun was to be had! After we ate lunch, we chose some more of the list to do.
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| Preparing for battle? |
So, it was lucky #91. Play telephone pictionary with your friends that was next. The three of us played with my brother and his girlfriend. TONS OF FUN. If you've never played, I highly reccomend it. In fact, go play now!! It's pretty excellent. Basically you start with a phrase and you alternate doing pictures and phrases as the paper is passed. Here's a link to the rules though, unfortunately the one linked to the list is broken :(. http://www.rule0.com/archives/23. We had tons of fun and tons of laughs as the phrase "explosion" turned into "pong", "orange chicken" turned into "applebees", "dark chocolate truffles" turned into "screen door", "lego" turned into "HAPPY BIRTHDAY", "life is a mystery" turned into "MARIO!", "Ke$ha" ended up as "person with a push pop", and "I'm not thinking of purple gorillas" turned into "bear playing handball" and many many more outrageous ones. However, "frogger" stayed "frogger" as did "plunger", "magic tree house" and "guitar hero". Go figure.
To end the day, we did #141. Concoct a baking soda volcano. It turned out pretty sweet. I may have used a bit too much red food coloring though. xD. Still awesome. Anyways, stay turned for next time, when we will (probably) be having a tea party (gotta say, the guys are less than thrilled about that one...meaning, of course, that I'm even more excited!)
-Em
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| Shot done by our 3rd blogger who will be posting tomorrow. |
We were fortunate enough to see several blue herons and not so fortunate to see a snake in the water, but we both just avoided each other and continued on our daily adventures.
Telephone pictionary was surprisingly entertaining. We went through about ten rounds of it before stopping and the more people there are, the more entertaining it becomes; especially if you have some people that can't draw well. Hope the you've been enjoying the photos so far and continue to read about our crazy summer adventures. :)
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| Thunderstorm getting ready to roll in as we head back to the docks. |
Couple other pics from the trip.
-CCC
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| Our 3rd blogger |
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12 down, 138(ish) more to go!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Day 4
Hi Again!
Well, we're back, this time with something not quite as outdoorsy as walking a dog. Okay, make that, something not quite outdoorsy at all. Not even a little bit. Today, we're going to knock off some of the numbers on the list that are online games. As I'm sure you noticed, being the observant reader that you are, we have less than 150 days to do 150(ish) things. And, we aren't posting every day. Which means (unfortunately) we aren't adventuring together every day and that, even if we were adventuring ever day, we'd need to do more than one thing on the list each day. Because of that, many of our blogs are going to cover more than one thing on the list. Let's see how many we can knock off today.
12. Find 10 gnomes in 10 minutes: personally, I didn't really like this one. I've never really been a fan of "I spy" type things, and that's what this is. But maybe I'm just bitter because I couldn't even find one gnome in ten minutes, let alone ten (this was level one). Oops. While a clever idea, I think it was a bit too challenging to come back to. I also lost interest in this quickly, so that didn't help. However, it did take up time if you're looking for something to do when bored. And if you are a fan of "I spy," go for it and more power to you.
14. Improve your vocabulary and help to end world hunger: Freerice.com happens to be one of my favorite websites (even before this list). It was really big for us in high school too. I love that I'm doing something to help, instead of just playing a mindless game. At least, that's how I justify doing this instead of doing work. But, for real, a really easy way to help people.
16. Or jiggle some virtual jello: This is kind of cool, but it won't take up much time if you're looking for something to take up an entire day. The jello is decently entertaining though.
18. Compose music with your computer keyboard: This one is actually awesome. It can take up as much or as little time as you want. I had fun spelling things (like my name and the names of friends) to determine what song we made. It's also fun to just mess around and hit random letters.
90. Pull teh tail bak and launch teh kitteh to nom nom nom 4 fud: Good game. What's not to love about a cute kitty (in the shape of a ball, basically) that bounces off things. Gets challenging, I haven't been able to beat the game yet, but it was addicting.
103. Get the glass!: Okay, so at first this looks kinda lame, but I ended up really liking it when I played all the way through. The only problem is that it's basically going to take a set amount of time, not too too long and not too too short, so unlike some of the other games you can't really decide how long you're going to play it. But, playing this game is pretty neat. Where else would I have learned that you blink more after a night of little sleep than a night with a good amount of sleep? Or, that your brain waves are always more active at night.
149. Whatever you do, do NOT push the big red button!: So, I was extremely amused by this. The red button was clever, though repetitive. I highly recommend it. And, if you're bored and have extra time to spend, you can even try doing what the big red button says (don't push it). Although, I don't know that that would be much fun. Or much of an adventure.
Well, those are my takes on some of the online links of things you can do when you're bored. You can accept what I say about the links, although I don't suggest it. You should probably try all the links yourself and form your own opinions of them, because apparently I have the interests of a five year old, as my mother told me at the dinner table tonight. Well, what she actually said was that the jokes I was telling that I found so amusing were just like the stupid jokes I used to tell when I was five and think were hilarious. Well, there's my take on things, take it or leave it. Oh, and join us tomorrow, for when we go kayaking!
-Em
10 down, 140(ish) more to go :)
Well, we're back, this time with something not quite as outdoorsy as walking a dog. Okay, make that, something not quite outdoorsy at all. Not even a little bit. Today, we're going to knock off some of the numbers on the list that are online games. As I'm sure you noticed, being the observant reader that you are, we have less than 150 days to do 150(ish) things. And, we aren't posting every day. Which means (unfortunately) we aren't adventuring together every day and that, even if we were adventuring ever day, we'd need to do more than one thing on the list each day. Because of that, many of our blogs are going to cover more than one thing on the list. Let's see how many we can knock off today.
12. Find 10 gnomes in 10 minutes: personally, I didn't really like this one. I've never really been a fan of "I spy" type things, and that's what this is. But maybe I'm just bitter because I couldn't even find one gnome in ten minutes, let alone ten (this was level one). Oops. While a clever idea, I think it was a bit too challenging to come back to. I also lost interest in this quickly, so that didn't help. However, it did take up time if you're looking for something to do when bored. And if you are a fan of "I spy," go for it and more power to you.
14. Improve your vocabulary and help to end world hunger: Freerice.com happens to be one of my favorite websites (even before this list). It was really big for us in high school too. I love that I'm doing something to help, instead of just playing a mindless game. At least, that's how I justify doing this instead of doing work. But, for real, a really easy way to help people.
16. Or jiggle some virtual jello: This is kind of cool, but it won't take up much time if you're looking for something to take up an entire day. The jello is decently entertaining though.
18. Compose music with your computer keyboard: This one is actually awesome. It can take up as much or as little time as you want. I had fun spelling things (like my name and the names of friends) to determine what song we made. It's also fun to just mess around and hit random letters.
90. Pull teh tail bak and launch teh kitteh to nom nom nom 4 fud: Good game. What's not to love about a cute kitty (in the shape of a ball, basically) that bounces off things. Gets challenging, I haven't been able to beat the game yet, but it was addicting.
103. Get the glass!: Okay, so at first this looks kinda lame, but I ended up really liking it when I played all the way through. The only problem is that it's basically going to take a set amount of time, not too too long and not too too short, so unlike some of the other games you can't really decide how long you're going to play it. But, playing this game is pretty neat. Where else would I have learned that you blink more after a night of little sleep than a night with a good amount of sleep? Or, that your brain waves are always more active at night.
149. Whatever you do, do NOT push the big red button!: So, I was extremely amused by this. The red button was clever, though repetitive. I highly recommend it. And, if you're bored and have extra time to spend, you can even try doing what the big red button says (don't push it). Although, I don't know that that would be much fun. Or much of an adventure.
Well, those are my takes on some of the online links of things you can do when you're bored. You can accept what I say about the links, although I don't suggest it. You should probably try all the links yourself and form your own opinions of them, because apparently I have the interests of a five year old, as my mother told me at the dinner table tonight. Well, what she actually said was that the jokes I was telling that I found so amusing were just like the stupid jokes I used to tell when I was five and think were hilarious. Well, there's my take on things, take it or leave it. Oh, and join us tomorrow, for when we go kayaking!
-Em
10 down, 140(ish) more to go :)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Day 1
Hello World!
Greetings. As you read in the description (or didn't read, who knows) we are three college kids, home for the summer and are trying to make our summer more exciting. Online, we found a list of 150 things to do when you're bored http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2009/08/150-things-to-do-when-youre-bored.html. Naturally, a challenge was born and we decided to try and complete all 150 things before we went back to school. We're adding a couple of our own adventures along the way, hence the 150(ish) things.
So begins our adventure...
#150. Print out this list and separate the ideas with scissors. Put them all into a jar and any time you're bored, just pick one! Done. See below: our jar.
The first number we picked to do was #9. Walk your dog. Or offer to walk a neighbor's dog. If you can't find a dog to walk, try walking your cat ... or your ferret. Or you could try washing your dog — or your neighbor's dog. I suggested we walk my fish (with the tank, of course), but no one else seemed enthused by that idea, so, a dog it was. Well, it was really hot today, but not wanting to back away from the challenge, we took Mr. Bond (pictured below) on a walk. We went to the park. I think he had fun, he looks pretty happy; or maybe he was just really tired and excited to be home. Also, it just so happens that #76. is Launch your own website or blog. Fill your site with movie reviews or blogging advice, or something else you're an expert at. Or help out someone else who would like to start one but can't quite figure out how. Which, just so happens to be what we're doing now. Thanks for reading, and stop by again to check out our next adventure! 3 down, 147(ish) more to go :)
Signed,
Three summer adventurers
Greetings. As you read in the description (or didn't read, who knows) we are three college kids, home for the summer and are trying to make our summer more exciting. Online, we found a list of 150 things to do when you're bored http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2009/08/150-things-to-do-when-youre-bored.html. Naturally, a challenge was born and we decided to try and complete all 150 things before we went back to school. We're adding a couple of our own adventures along the way, hence the 150(ish) things.
So begins our adventure...
#150. Print out this list and separate the ideas with scissors. Put them all into a jar and any time you're bored, just pick one! Done. See below: our jar.
The first number we picked to do was #9. Walk your dog. Or offer to walk a neighbor's dog. If you can't find a dog to walk, try walking your cat ... or your ferret. Or you could try washing your dog — or your neighbor's dog. I suggested we walk my fish (with the tank, of course), but no one else seemed enthused by that idea, so, a dog it was. Well, it was really hot today, but not wanting to back away from the challenge, we took Mr. Bond (pictured below) on a walk. We went to the park. I think he had fun, he looks pretty happy; or maybe he was just really tired and excited to be home. Also, it just so happens that #76. is Launch your own website or blog. Fill your site with movie reviews or blogging advice, or something else you're an expert at. Or help out someone else who would like to start one but can't quite figure out how. Which, just so happens to be what we're doing now. Thanks for reading, and stop by again to check out our next adventure! 3 down, 147(ish) more to go :)
Signed,
Three summer adventurers
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