Fun Friday: Remember Being a Kid at Christmas!?

Christmas reminds me of being a kid! 

Waking up and unwrapping a bunch gifts,
then getting to play with them! 

Although today isn't Friday, this is your Fun Friday post, and it is Christmastime!
 So check out this link and have some fun!

You deserve to feel like a kid again!

Happy Holidays to You and Yours!

Tech Troubles?

Just visit this well-known comic for a laugh...

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1yw47M/www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/

Then unplug it...Just kidding. 

After you check out the comic chalk up your tech issues to the fact that I think your computer went home early...

It is Friday, after all.

Enjoy your weekend!

Truly,

Amber

Cannon Ball Run or Geocaching Anyone?

In the early 80’s Burt Reynolds starred in a movie called Cannonball Run.

Fast and Funny, this movie was very popular. The object of the game was to race the streets in fast cars; the first one to the end (and solving the clues) won a pot of money.

The movie was so popular, in fact, I think some kids from my senior class decided to make up their own Cannonball Run. It was Illegal and I don’t believe it turned out very well.

But, if this type of adventure interests you, there is good news!  

You can do it legally!

See World Cannonball Run: http://www.cannonballworld.com/

‘ The U.S. dates for the Cannonball Run Rat Race are set for Sept. 3, 2011 in New York City's Central Park and will end about 3,000 miles away in Southern California on Sept. 9 or 10, 2011.’(Quoted from the site listed below) 

 

 http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20059771-48.html#ixzz1LmITEdSQ

The Rat Race ’11

‘Drivers and their machines will roll out of Central Park, New York – 3rd September, 2011. Drivers will be handed Mission Packs along with a key. This key will gain you access to a hidden locker on the West Coast. Mission packs containing clues will navigate drivers across the country. [...]’ (Quoted from the site below)

http://www.cannonballworld.com/events/

So if you have a fast car and like scavenger hunts here’s an event for you!

Maybe you could win some money! (Though there is an entry fee - the pot, I’m sure, is huge.)

Now, if you don’t like driving fast but enjoy thinking fast, try Geocaching!

I just learned about this myself and it sounds quite fun. I know somebody who does this every year and they love it!   

You can travel anywhere, seeing the sites while using your GPS to search for things people hide.

Check out Geocaching  at: http://www.geocaching.com/

(Also, some Geocachers around the world enjoy doing good for the environment with Cache In Trash Out.)

Check it out here: 

http://www.geocaching.com/cito/default.aspx

Either way, these two events tell me that no matter how grown-up we grown-ups are supposed to be, in the end we still like to have fun!

HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU!

Truly,

Amber

Swing into Spring

My little man...last year...practicing his Swing

The first day of Spring is Sunday, March 20^th, and golfers everywhere will be celebrating!

For the upcoming occasion I have collected some quotes I found from golf movies.

Enjoy!  

 

Truly,

Amber

 

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

“My dear young lady, I'm not losing my temper. I'm merely trying to play some golf.”

– David Huxley (Cary Grant) 

Caddyshack (1980)

 [Judge Smails is taking an inordinately long time to hit his drive on the first tee, while Al Czervik waits in the next foursome]
Al Czervik: While we're young.

Happy Gilmore (1996)

Bob Barker: I can't believe you're a professional golfer. I think you should be working at the snack bar.

Bob Barker: This guy sucks.

Happy Gilmore : That guy is driving me crazy.   

Bob Barker: You know what’s driving me crazy? You not getting the ball into the hole.

Tin Cup (1996)

Roy McAvoy: When was the last time you took a risk?
Dr. Molly Griswold: Well, I'm with you, Roy. I'm with you.

 Legend of Bagger Vance( 2000)

“There's a perfect shot out there tryin' to find each and every one of us... All we got to do is get ourselves out of its way, to let it choose us... Can't see that flag as some dragon you got to slay... You got to look with soft eyes... See the place where the tides and the seasons and the turnin' of the Earth, all come together... where everything that is, becomes one... You got to seek that place with your soul"  

My Mad Lib Answers

Today I got up at  ____noon_____ and put on some ______designer clothes____________  for a change. I went out into the ____library_____________ and grabbed a _______________book___________________ and sat down in the _____garden_______________.

_____Ryan___________  came in while I was ____reading_________ and offered me a  __crepe__________________.

It had been  __5____ years since I’d had that for breakfast.  After I had the maid _____cook breakfast_________ AND _____take out trash_______________  I decided  to go to __the book store ____________ .  I saw _________Taylor________________  and asked her to go with me.  On the way we decided to grab some lunch at ______sushi restaurant______________________.

We hopped into my ______Lexus________ . And on the way we talked about ______books_______________ _______and _________movies______________.  We stopped at ______shoe store_______________ and bought _10_  _____shoes_______________________ ___ ‘s  then we were on our way.

While at the restaurant  _________Oprah________________ joined us for lunch and afterwards she/he invited us onto the set of the show __________Oprah Winfrey Show ____________________.

_____Wow______________! That was fun! 
It was about time for us to be going because I had to pack for ______Hawaii_________________! 

I dropped ______Taylor_____________ off at her house and went home to get my  _____feet___________massaged.

I couldn’t wait to leave; it was going to take ___10__ hours to get there by ____plane_________________ .

Since I would be away for__10___  weeks, I left a list of things to be done while I was gone;

1.       ____clean cat boxes________

2.       ____laundry_______________

3.       ____sort socks_____________

4.       ____clutter clean____________

5.       ____wash slip covers_________

6.       ____clean furniture__________

7.       ____grocery shop___________

When I arrived at my destination the temperature was ­­­­_75____degrees and I was thrilled to finally be there.

I could smell the               roses______ and the _______ocean__________. The time flew by so quickly. 

While I was there  I enjoyed ___horseback riding_____,  __spa ____,

____massage________________, ______shopping______________, and  learning      ________golf_______________.

For dinner every night I ate __pasta & seafood_______________,  sipped  _____champagne___________________ by the ________sunset_______ and had ____teri me su___ for dessert .

 As I crawled into my bed at the hotel on my last night, I dreamt that every day could be like this one.

The next morning, when I woke up to the sound of ____ocean on the shore_____ I thought, ‘I will miss  ______Hawaii____________________  but I really miss ________Taylor, Tatum, Justice, Ryan _______________ and ________________my own pillow and my pets____________________________ more….

Life swap was nice, but I can’t wait to go back home.

'Joy is the feeling of Grinning inside.' - Melba Colgrove, Phsychologist
                 
     Happy Friday!
If you are interested in doing this Madlib, refer to last Fun Friday's post: Life Swap (3/5/11) and use the list to compile your words...then  use Saturday 3/6/11- Life Swap Cont'd post to fill in the blanks! Have Fun!

 

Truly,

Amber

Life Swap (Cont'd)

LIFE SWAP-Mad-Lib Time!

I hope you’ve got your word list handy that you created from the last post! –Ready? Fill-in-the-blanks!

Today I got up at __ _________ and put on a____ ______________ for a change. I went out into the _________________ and grabbed a ___________ _______________________.

Then I went into the   ________________ .

 ______________ came in while I was _____________ and offered me ______ ______________.

It had been ______ years since I’d had that for breakfast.  After I had the maid do _________ AND ____________________   I decided to go to __________________.

On the way there I saw _________________________ and asked him/her to go with me.  On the way we decided to grab some lunch at ____________________________.

We hopped into my ________________ and headed there. On the ride we talked about ______________and ______________________________.  We stopped at _____________________and bought ____________________________ ___‘s..

At the restaurant _________________________ joined us for lunch, and afterwards invited us to the set of  _________________________________.

______!That was fun!

It was about time for us to be going because I had to pack for _______________________.

I dropped _______________ off at his/her house and went home to get my ________________ massaged.

I couldn’t wait to leave; it was going to take _____ hours to get there by _____________________ .Since I would be away for_____ weeks I left a list of things to be done while I was gone;

1.  ________________________

2.  ________________________

3.  ________________________

4.  ________________________

5.  ________________________

6.  ________________________

7.  ________________________

When I arrived at my destination the temperature was ­­­­_____degrees and I was thrilled to finally be there.

I could smell the________________________________________________ and the _________________________________________.

While I was there I enjoyed ______________, ________________, ____________________, ____________________, and I even learned   how to _______________________.

For dinner every night I ate _________________, and sipped ________________________ by the _________________________________________ and had _______________________ for dessert.

The time flew by so quickly. And as I crawled into my bed at the hotel on my last night, I dreamt that every day could be like this one.

The next morning when I woke up to the sound of ______________________ I thought, ‘I will definitely miss _____________ but I really miss _________,_________,_________ , _________, ______________________ and ____________________________________________ more.

Life Swap was nice, but I can’t wait to go back home!

   Because real life can sometimes be mundane, I thank you for daydreaming with me!                  

        I hope you had as much fun with this as I did!  (I will post mine later:)

But in the end, I trust you felt like Dorothy, Toto and the people who chose to Wife Swap…..

        ‘There’s no place like home.’

Truly, Amber

Life Swap

Remember the show Wife Swap?

It was a reality T.V. show which took a wife out of the country and put her in the city, a home school mom went to live with a family who had public schooled children, and a wife who had old fashioned values  was replaced with the bread winning suburban one. It might even still be on T.V. for all I know.

That show probably started with just a few men and women who truly wished they were living other lives, and who longed for the days where they could be someone else, somewhere else.

Where they pictured the grass to be greener and the flowers would smell much better than their own.

Today is Fun Friday and I would like to give you a task; a FUN one of course! You must like to play. If you think that you can hack a little bit of silliness and you feel you’re mature enough to participate, put your answers in the blanks below. Otherwise stop reading and go back to work.

Treat this like the Mad Libs we had as kid’s.

You know, the ones where you had to fill in nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc., and then when you read the story back it’d be the most hilarious thing you, and your friends, had ever heard!!

This time fill in the blanks today with dreams and things you love and then on Saturday morning (or any time after midnight) return to Yellow Inspiration and use your words to fill in the story!

Sit back, Relax, Have Fun and use your imagination!

A specific time on the clock–

An item of clothing you’d love to wear –

Room in your home you wish you had-

Another room (or area in or around your home) in which you wish you had-

 Something you like to have first thing in the a.m.-

Something you wish you could have for breakfast more often-

A person in your family-

A leisurely activity-

Something you love to eat-

#-

2 something’s you hate to do-

1.

2.

Somewhere you love to go-

Your best friend-

Favorite restaurant-

Dream car-

Something you love to talk about-

Something else you love to talk about-

A place you love to shop-

#-

Something you never have enough of -

 Celebrity you wish you knew-

A TV show you don’t want to live without-

Exclamation!-

A dream vacation destination- 

Your best friend-

A part of your body-

#-

Favorite way of traveling-

#-

List 7 things you hate to do-

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

A # above 70-

Something you love to smell-

Something else you love to smell-

#-

A sport-

A luxury activity-

A relaxing activity-

An expensive activity–

A sport you would like to learn-

Your favorite food (s)-

Your favorite drink-

Aspect of nature you love to see-.

 Your favorite dessert-

A  relaxing sound (s)-

The same dream vacation destination-

People you love-

1.       ________

2.       ________

3.       ________

4.       ________

2 things you can’t live without-

1.       _________

2.       _________

 Come back to Yellow Inspiration on Saturday (anytime after midnight tonight) and read your Life Swap Mad Lib with your answers!

Truly,
Amber

      

Happy Pre-Valentine’s Day!

             

     

Since it is Fun Friday again, it’s the perfect

day to give you some flowers!

At Flowers2Mail.com you can send anyone, anywhere, a bouquet of virtual flowers!

Choose the color and style of vase, flowers, leaves and fillers. Pick the card

and clip art for the occasion. Write your own message, input the receivers email and

the specific date you would like it sent, & you’re done! Sound like fun!?

Visit www.flowers2mail.com and give someone a bouquet, you might

just make their day!

Truly,

Amber

Luxury Igloo Hotel...

A REMINDER IT’S :

Fun Friday!

On fun Friday, I will feature a story, photo or link that is fun.

It may, or may not inspire you, but the main idea is to have fun with it relax, SmileJ & Enjoy

Ice Igloo Hotels

ICE HOTELS:

I’m thinking this has got to be some sort of an oxy moron…

Okay, so we have seen enough snow and ice for one month, maybe even for a few months. But, the good news is, it goes away!

And look on the bright side; at least we don’t have to live IN it!

I mean honestly… I can see going on a trip to Alaska in the snowy months, I can even understand skiers vacationing in the mountains, but at the end of the day, isn’t it just crazy to jump into a bed of ice to relax??? EEESH.

No thanks ;) I like the snow, but this is ridiculous. I could not see this as a vacation…

Carry on, northeastern blizzards.

 I’m going to (warm) bed.

Truly,

Amber

Visit this site to learn more about this ice hotel in Sweden...Brrrrrr.

http://www.travelchannel.com/Places_Trips/Travel_Ideas/Getaways/Winter_Getaways/Ice_Hotels

Fun Fridays

I’m generally very serious and many of my posts revolve around real life events that are pretty intense. 

But I am a fun person too…

and I would love for you to know that about me

ever Since I First Started Blogging

Yellow Inspiration & Family Matters I’ve always wanted to do a

‘Fun Friday’ Post

On fun Friday, I will feature a story, photo or link that is fun or funny.

It may, or may not inspire you, but the main idea is to have fun with it relax, SmileJ & Enjoy