And the winner is…

Posted on October 24, 2010 by ThePeachy1 in It's Juicy, The Peachy Tree

Hi Guys ! If you have been reading along on here, facebook or through twitter then you know My 9 yr old Prince entered exhibits into the county fair for the very first time this year.

He did a lot. One particular project nearly got me a ticket to the nut hut when I found myself hot gluing the bugs he had caught to pins and found out panic attacks aren’t reserved for tall bridges.

So last night ( Saturday) on the spur of the moment I decided to have a contest. My FIRST EVER contest. My contest required no retweets, joining groups or standing on your head while using your left foot to hula hoop. My simply said, ” Look at the pictures of what he submitted, then guess how many, if any 1,2 or 3 place awards he received. I made sure to let everyone know I don’t count participation or honorable mentions. Because my kids are not special snow flakes, and they can learn to accept failure so they can appreciate success through hard work.

In the interest of full discloser here were the guesses-

from my Facebook

Sandy B I looked and Sandi my guess is 5. He has done very well on the items he has done. 🙂 Being in 4-H with my kids I have seen a lot and for his age he is very good 🙂

Irene M C Mixed Media

Jeff A he won them all…15

Matthew M throwing darts here, 8 since he is your kid and all 🙂 wait hes lloyds kid also…..ah heck ill stay with 8

Kristie R G lucky 7 and thats only because you some kids mom is on the board….

The blog comment entries are

Belinda says: He will win ribbon on all exhibit that he puts in if they qualify. So i Say 15 ribbons

Miley says: I’m going to go with 6.

Marti says: My guess is 7

Jesse says: my guess is 8

Holly B says: 13..

Melissa says: My guess is 5.

Miss Nikki says:

The original acrylic will win 1st.

The mixed media is getting a 3rd.

The insect collection gets a 2nd.

The bookmark gets a 3rd.

That golden dog thing gets a 1st.

…and that is my honest opinion. But he may get 6 or 7 prizes all together. This kid has some talent to him! Cool!

Justin says: I say 4

Melisa says: Eleven!

rwwells says: I’m taking the Vegas over/under and going with 7. Come on lucky number 7, papa needs a new pair of shoes!

Nicola says: Ok ok.. i’m guess 1. Only since he’s competing with a bunch of kids.

meredith says: my future husband will ribbon in everything, OF COURSE

************ And now the results***************

Prince entered 16 exhibits into the county fair and won them all

That’s the work right there, with the ribbons.

Here’s the breakdown-

1st Place ( blue ribbon) – 11 Ribbons-

Sand Art in a bottle, pumpkin bread, Canvas craft ( yarn photo frame) , extra credit school project ( solar system) , Crab ( sea shell art), Dough Animal ( lion), Sand Art Picture, Framed Puzzle, Original Acrylic, BookMark ( the Caterpillar), Insect/Bug Collection.

2nd Place- 3 ribbons-

Mixed media ( the framed puppy dog in the frame), The Handmade Birdhouse, Colored Pencil Drawing, ( and the homemade candle they forgot to put in the computer so that means he had 16 entries not 15 as I had announced in the contest.)

3rd Place- 1 ribbon

Painted or dyed craft made from wood cut outs.

So technically that’s 16, that are 1st ,2nd , and 3rd place, but there is a kicker. Not only did I accidentally think he only entered 15 items and gave you guys that number to base your vote on, he won some other stuff.

Judges Special Award for the youth division which is Purple. I guess that’s like the highest honor you can get because they even pull it from the regular spots and showcase them at the front of the exhibit hall, which I must admit was ubber cool.

I wasn’t that surprised that the Bug collection got 1st place and the special honors award. But to be honest, I was super surprised to find out that Birdhouse that is real and hard work and the mixed media didn’t get 1st, those were my favorites. Honestly he is happy, I am happy, it’s all unicorns and butterflies around here. He used his fair prize money to take his best bud to the fair today. Yes there was some freaky weather event that nearly killed all of us and I will write about it and include diagrams and such on another day. But for now we need the winners.

drum roll……………………………….

Jeff A for guessing 15 out of 15, because if I had said he had 16 instead of 15 he would have guessed 16.

Belinda for saying he will win for every exhibit he turns in that is approved ( which is what really happened.

and

OH! That Mereidith- for saying ” my future husband will ribbon in everything, OF COURSE”

So I have 3 winners here. That my friends means 3 prizes. So if you are a winner as listed here please send me your name and mailing address via email to beingpeachy@gmail.com

Thanks to everyone for playing along. It was indeed several months of very hard work ( and 5 days of panic attacks pinning those bugs) but it was so worth it.

xo

PEACH OUT

Your Guess is as good as mine.

Posted on October 23, 2010 by ThePeachy1 in It's Juicy, The Peachy Tree

OK so we are about ready to leave to go to the Fair. The fair where my 9 Year old Prince entered 15 exhibits. We are going to see if or what he won. So I am holding a contest giving you the chance to win.

The person who guesses the right number of winning exhibits for him gets a prize. If there are more than 1 person who guesses correctly then you will both get something.

You are only allowed 1 guess, here or on my facebook status. So you can enter the same number here as on my facebook, or just here.

Here’s what he entered.

Natural Science- Instect/bug collection- that nearly killed me.

Original Acrylic

Mixed Media

Book Mark

Hand Made birdhouse

Small animal Dough Craft

Sea Shell critter

Quick Bread ( pumpkin with walnuts)

School Project

Plastic Canvas and Yarn ( 5×7 photo frame)

Sand Art Picture

Sand Art in a bottle

Candle Making

Colored Pencil Sketch

Framed Puzzle

Painted Wood Cut outs

The pics are on my personal facebook under the photo album labeled fair. But I will give you a couple here.

alex built a bird house with his pawpaw and 99 year old mentor Mr Ralph

The bird house

The Prince entered 15 exhibits into our local fair

here are 4

school project, shell critter, dough animal, sand art bottle, candle, bookmark and insect collection

OK so that should give a good enough idea of what my 9 year old turned in.

He is competing against the entire county including the schools. So to be fair he may not win anything. But turn in your guess.

Only 1st, 2nd, 3rd place will count as wins, participation and honorable mentions do not count as winning. So leave your guess in the comments. I will reveal the winners tomorrow.

xoxo

PEACH OUT

Funny Stuff Friday

Posted on October 22, 2010 by ThePeachy1 in Funny Stuff Friday

It’s here people the day I used to love more than cheap wine. Now I love my lazy comfy Sundays. But Friday is still in my top 3, and 3 out of 7 ain’t so bad.

What do you say? Let’s get a laugh on. mkay?

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A Cabby’s Halloween Kiss- via my Daddy

A cabbie picks up a Nun in San Francisco. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won’t stop staring at her.

She asks him why he is staring. He replies: ‘I have a question to ask, but I don’t want to offend you.’

She answers, ‘My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.’

‘Well, I’ve always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.’

She responds, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.’

The cab driver is very excited and says, ‘Yes, I’m single and Catholic!’

‘OK’ the nun says. ‘Pull into the next alley.’

The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.

But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.

‘My dear child,’ said the nun, ‘Why are you crying?’

‘Forgive me but I’ve sinned. I lied and I must confess; I’m married and I’m Jewish.’

The nun says, ‘That’s OK. My name is Kevin and I’m going to a Halloween party.’

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and now for some visuals that have been emailed to me by some of my Juicy Fruits. I have no clue as to who to credit for these photos since they were emailed to me, so if the picture is yours please write in and let me know . beingpeachy@gmail.com

From Amber O –

Yes we all know idiots can cause serious food poisoning.

and this beauty sent in from Stinkin Thinkin

: Fake it till ya Make it. Do you think thats his law school fin?

From Anonymous-

Wow, they are really serious about this rule.

From BKW- to Holly at MidWesternMamaH, Miley and Justin, they will know why.

get me a sandwhich while you do felatio during the game

I could use a sammich right now babe, but hurry up while it's still half time.

From My sick sick sick friend across the pond.

and that although funny is the stuff Eye Wash stations are made for.

Ok people it appears we have reached THE END of this post ( hardy har har).

have a kick butt weekend enjoy every moment.