Yep, I'm related to them...

You'll never guess what these dresses were made out of...

The first picture won a $500 prize for the best dress made out of toilet paper. The next two pictures are of the second place winner. She received a $200 prize, (I think her dress should of won!) The rest of the dresses shown came in honorable mention, but they are still amazing! Toilet paper?!? Who would of ever thought?
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'because we already don't have enough fried foods...'

NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters Life!) - A new fast food is making its debut at U.S. fairs this fall -- fried Coke.
Abel Gonzales, 36, a computer analyst from Dallas, tried about 15 different varieties before coming up with his perfect recipe -- a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries.
Balls of the batter are then deep-fried, ending up like ping-pong ball sized doughnuts which are then served in a cup, topped with Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry on the top.
"It tastes great," said Sue Gooding, a spokeswoman for the State Fair of Texas where Gonzales' fried Coke made its debut this fall. "It was a huge success."

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It's that time already?!?

Snowflakes? Frost?? Ice on my windshield?!? Fall is my favorite season and I think it got chipped this year. The only good thing about it getting cold outside is that it means Christmas is coming. We still have 60 days until Christmas, so I think that the cold weather should hold off for at least another 40 days...

*sidenote* Bring on Christmas music!!!

a 7x9 inch opening

A toddler gets stuck in a toy machine

When the 3-year-old Austin, Minn. boy crawled through the discharge chute of a Toy Chest claw machine at a Godfather's Pizza here, he ended up on the other side of the glass surrounded by stuffed animals. Rescuers had to pry the door open to get Devin out, though the boy was in no hurry to leave. "When we got it open, he didn't want to come out," Fire Chief Dan Wilson said Tuesday. "One of my firefighters had to reach inside and get him. He was happy in there."

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It's finally here!!!!

http://www.24trailer.com/

after 3 pm

Chef makes wedding gown with cream puffs

Baker Valentyn Shtefano and his bride Viktoriya show off her wedding gown, which Shtefano made out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod in Aug. 27, 2006. The edible dress, made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing in at 20 pounds (9 kilograms), took the 28-year-old baker two months to make. (AP Photo)

UZHHOROD, Ukraine Oct 12, 2006 (AP)— Valentyn Shtefano's pastries were known for attracting stares and giggles as well as lip-smacking murmurs. But even his fiancee was surprised when Shtefano told her he was making her wedding dress out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel.

The dress made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing 20 pounds took the 28-year-old baker two months to make, and by the end of the wedding reception, bride Viktoriya said she didn't want to take it off.

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updates...

Sorry for the slacking in posting. A setting on my computer has been changed and it wont let me get to my blog, and i'm not sure what I changed on it yet. Updates will be coming soon! (Either from my current location on the church computers or at school.)

Count Downs

~95 Days until 24 premiers
~75 Days until Christmas
~63 Days until Kids' Street's Christmas Program
~43 Days until Thanksgiving
~20 Days until Halloween

Fall

I love the Fall season. The leaves change colors, the crisp air, and the pumpkins... (Yes pumpkins, I want to carve one!) This picture is of my neighbors tree and my dog Cody. Yes, he is a DOG not a abnormally large rabbit.

unexpected generosity

Sunday after church a group of us decided to head out to good-ol-Uncle John’s Pancake House. This was my first experience there (I had been told that I was missing out and haven’t lived till I went) and I must say that it exceeded my expectations of it.

After our table’s food had arrived, our waitress brought out three extra plates of Uncle John’s Potatoes. We were a little lost, none of us had ordered them, but the waitress said that her manager told her to bring these out to our table…free food... can’t complain! (If you go there get the potatoes, they are a heart attack on a plate…but SO good!) We finish up our meal, get the bills, and head up to the register to pay. The cashier told the first person in line, from our table, that were good our table has been covered. WHAT?!?

She went on to say that her head manager came up to her and said that he was going to pay for all of our meals. We asked her if she could get the manager so we could thank him but he had just stepped out to do a few errands. I thought it was just so cool that someone we do this for a group of high/college kids and we have no idea why he did pay for our meal. We stopped next door to get a Thank You card so it would be there when he came back.

i like it...

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6

Fellow bloggers

due to their lack of updating a few people are at risk of being taking off of my link list. Beware those who don't update, the time is coming to a end soon.

On a happier note: Check out Ashley's or Andy's blog! They have lacked in updating lately, but they are trying to make up for it! Comments with a few encouraging words from fellow bloggers maybe all they need to keep updating. Keep on updating people!

a favorite...

One of my new favorite shows! It's on Tuesday nights, 8-9:30. Any fans out there?

This week Vivica Fox got voted off, I think that she was one of their stronger dancers this season. Sara Evens, I love your country music, but I think it is time that you exit the dance floor. Then we have Jerry Springer. He is making a great effort and he made it as far as he said that he wanted to go on the show. He wanted to learn the waltz for his daughters wedding and that was last weeks dance, he did what he came to do, now he has been asking to be voted off! (He says he's in too much pain from the dances, understandable) I think that we all should respect that and let him leave. Plus, we'll be keeping the better dancers.

Mario Lopez is my favorite celeb dancer! He's from the show Saved By the Bell, (Slater). So far in the competition, I think he has proved himself as the best natural dancer on the show. Joey Lawrence comes to a close second.

a letter

Wasn't it last Christmas that Target refused to let the Salvation Army ring their bells in front of their stores?

Dick Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans Association wrote.

"Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event.

We received the following reply from the local TARGET management:
"Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education."

So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, then something is reall y wrong at this TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance.

As a follow-up, I E-mailed the TARGET U.S. Corporate Headquarters and their response was the same. That's their national policy.

Then I looked into the company further. They will not allow the Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would not allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to continue their insurance coverage while they were on military service. Then as I dig further,

TARGET is a French-owned corporation.

Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET cannot support American Veterans, then why should my family and I support their stores by spending our hard earned American dollars! And, have their profits sent to France .

Without the American Vets, where would France be today?

"They, most likely would be speaking German and trading in Deutsch Marks"

Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans Helping Veterans

Pic of the Day from Sierra

I want to give a shout out to my friend Serria! She just got back from a trip to NYC, check out her blog for pics!

This one's for the girls...

Last Friday we had our last home football game, surprisingly we won! I'm glad the boys were able to finish with a win. It was Senior Night, always a bonus when you win. I think that we still have 3 more football games left in our season, so if you missed them, check BedfordSports.com and come on out!

Seniors 07'