Arkansas State Fair

I love the fuzzy-headed chickens!

October 16, 2010

Zach's college roommate Brandon and his wife Anna invited us to the State Fair. We had a blast!

We looked at all the animals (chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, a few pigs and horses, goats, etc.) and finally got to see some bunnies.

We went on Saturday, which was also the day of the Race for a Cure, and the fair put on a Hoppin' for the Cure rabbit parade in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month and to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The building housing the bunnies was decked out in pink and white ribbons and streamers. (It was much classier than the horse barn full of the rodeo queens blinged-out horseys.)

This sweet white bunny won and was honored with a sugary pink coating like a Peep! Her cage with decked out with the pink ribbons and trophy she won! (I don't know if "she" is actually female, but I think she must be to win...)

And some other cute bunnies:

This goat was sticking his head under the stall to get to some munchies...and us! We also saw chickens packaged in vegetable boxes to be moved: "That's not a carrot!"

[We also watched a cute monkey show, which also included a money-stealing bird and a scary baboon. Zach and I missed the tiger show from last year and the sugar gliders that we always visited in the Hall of Industry for the past two years, but the monkey show was a lot of fun.]

Of course no fair experience is complete without the proper food, and we partook in corn dogs, lemonade, funnel cakes, kettle corn, and fried jalapeno cheese that set our mouths on fire. There was so much from which to choose! I love fair food. :)

I'm glad to know that we're not the only ones who don't ride rides, although I did miss the Ferris Wheel. But there's always next year! Most of the rides are insane and would make me feel like I was in a car wreck. Ick.

[We also ran into Rob, Mechelle, Jamie, and Joyce. Twice. :]

It was so nice to properly meet Brandon and Anna. Hopefully we'll get to venture to their cabin soon!

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

[photo courtesy http://techpp.com/2009/07/14/ultimate-collection-harry-potter-posters-wallpapers/]

August 4, 2010

I love so much about this movie: the snow falling in the Great Hall at Christmas, little frantic Doby, Hermione turning into a cat, Moaning Myrtle, Filch freaking out about Mrs. Norris, a young Hagrid looking like he should be in The Cure (according to my husband), a nice Percy, the flying car, Ron's broken wand backfiring, Gilderoy Lockhart, Ron's cowardly heart (although I can't blame him for hating spiders), Ginny's squeal upon seeing Harry at the breakfast table. :)

I could go on and on and on...

I do not like the skittering of the spiders over the forest floor. *ick*

I stand by my opinion that it's a book (at least partially) examining race: mudbloods, purebloods, muggles, squibs, half-giants, centaurs, etc.

Friday Contained?

This is how my morning started: spilling laundry detergent all over our bamboo basket for which we have YET to write a "thank you" card (sorry Joe & Beth). Not only did it spill all over our pretty hamper, but it also covered the clothes I was about to wash--bad idea when you have to share a machine with 300 people and you have no idea if the bubbles are going to be overflowing--got on the quilt and sheets, and dribbled on the floor...
...and this is how my night ended: SAVE YOUR CHICKEN BREASTS! We stayed in this evening to watch Serendipity and used a KFC [keep from cooking] coupon to get a pink Susan G. Komen's Race for the Cure bucket of chicken. While I find it sweet, it also cracked. me. up!