And that’s how Cold Stone went out of business

Yup.  Another update on this year’s Project 365.  Here we go….


Day 230 (2012-08-17) ~  While out shopping with my hubby, Scope, the Blue Angels flew by and I managed to grab a quick shot of them before they rocketed out of sight.  I used a poster filter on this pic because I loved how it made the icky puke-yellow building in the shot a nice shade of Smurf-blue just like the sky.  (Oh.  And this is a slight cheat because I took this pic on the 18th, not the 17th.  Whoopsie!)





Day 231 (2012-08-18) ~  We had dinner at Pei Wei and I loved the MASSIVE red lights they had hanging over the tables.





Day 232 (2012-08-19) ~  I found grapes growing in the local community garden.  (Sorry.  Another slight cheat on this shot too.  It was taken on the 20th, not the 19th.  My days got a bit jumbled up after the trip to Seattle.  Oy!)





Day 233 (2012-08-20) ~  Cute.  Another find in the community garden at the local elementary school.  I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a sunflower or the sun, but I like it anyway.





Day 234 (2012-08-21) ~   Can you believe that I actually know two people with the first name “Aspen”?  TWO!  Just watch, Aspen will be the new Jennifer one day, you’ll see.  But anyway….  I had to giggle when I saw “Aspen” spray-painted across a bench near my house.





Day 235 (2012-08-22) ~  Hey, looky!  I found a Smurf house!





Day 236 (2012-08-23) ~  Any guesses what it is?





Day 237 (2012-08-24) ~  The view out of my living room window.





Day 238 (2012-08-25) ~  Wednesday and I made waffles to celebrate the happy purchase of some tickets for an upcoming vacation.  Any guesses where we’ll be going?!….   (WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!)





Day 239 (2012-08-26) ~  Just a rainy day.





Day 240 (2012-08-27) ~  Out on a walk, I found this gorgeous clematis climbing all over an iron gate.  (Yeah, oops on this shot too.  It's from the 28th, not the 27th.  *sigh*)





Day 241 (2012-08-28) ~  Just a shot from one of my eBay sales because I ran out of time on the 28th.





Day 242 (2012-08-29) ~  I saw these sunny, happy fellas while walking from the train station.





Day 243 (2012-08-30) ~  So.  Wednesday and I weren’t in Chicago for five weeks.... and our neighborhood Cold Stone closed down.  Coincidence?  I think not.





Day 244 (2012-08-31) ~  Well, it appears that the only picture I took on August 31st was this feeble one of my daughter's SIMS 3 game when the Grim Reaper killed off the character she modeled after herself.  Pitiful, I know.





Day 245 (2012-09-01) ~  Lacking ideas today, I just decided to illuminate a rug with an LED flashlight and be done with it.  Eh.





Day 246 (2012-09-02) ~  So, the remnants of Hurricane Isaac blew through town the first two days in September and it was really not that noticeable, frankly;  a little mist in the air and a slight gust of wind or two.  Eh.  No biggie.  However, there MUST have been a big gust of wind that I missed somewhere along the line, because all of a sudden this pinwheel came out of nowhere and landed on our deck.  Have I mentioned that we live on the third floor?!  Isaac REALLY wanted us to have that pinwheel.  Clearly.





Man, we are just burning through these things this week!  Hopefully we will be all caught up soon.







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Who knew Smurf butt cheeks were so darn cute?!?!

Aaaaaaaand now for another update on this year’s Project 365….


Day 36 (2012-02-05) ~ I toyed around with a levitating Froot Loop a couple of weeks ago and thought I would take another whack at it with Valentine Conversation Hearts this time. I definitely like the Froot Loop one better, but this one makes me giggle too in its own way.




Day 37 (2012-02-06) ~ Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone…. Yes. It's a Smurf butt. I was taking pictures of a Valentine's Day cupid Smurf I have had since I was a little kid and I couldn't resist turning him around for one last picture from behind. Of course, the behind picture ended up being my favorite by far, because.... well.... how often do you get to see a Smurf derriere?!

Day 38 (2012-02-07) ~ A proud mama moment. Wednesday brought home her first semester Freshman report card and it’s straight A’s! And she’s in the extra-tough honors classes too! Incredible.




Day 39 (2012-02-08) ~ I took this macro picture of my deck and I can't stop staring at it. Seeing it so up close, looking all rickety like this just makes me marvel at how buildings even manage to stand at all, really. Just amazing.




Okay, so I’m 10% done with the project now. Woot!

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Not to be confused with his brother, Psycho

Okay, so you remember when some idiot painted “Papa Smurf” on my mom’s car a couple weeks ago, right? (Don’t remember? Click HERE for a refresher.)

Well, my mom’s car wasn’t the only car that got vandalized that night. Most of her neighbors’ cars were painted too. We’re talking dozens of cars and THOUSANDS of dollars in damage caused by a few idiots with paint cans and no common sense.

When I first heard about it, I was half horrified and half amused that someone would be so moronic as to paint the name of a Smurf on someone else’s car. Then I started wondering what they had painted on all the other cars….?

I called Mom up and asked her. She told me the word “mad” had been painted on every single car, along with other random words, but that she couldn’t remember what had been painted on any of the other cars except for her nearest neighbor’s. She said her neighbor’s car, just like hers, had the name of a Smurf painted across one side.

“Which Smurf?” I asked.

“I don’t know how you pronounce it,” she said, “but I’m sure it’s a Smurf name because I’ve seen it before. It starts with ‘S-C-H’”

A Smurf name that begins with S-C-H? What the—?

School Boy Smurf?…. Nah. Schindler’s List Smurf?…. Nah. Schwing Smurf?…. Surely not.

I was stumped.

When I flew into town a week ago, Mom picked me up at the airport and on the way to her house we started talking about the mysterious Smurf name on her neighbor’s car again. She told me her neighbor still hadn’t bothered to have the car repaired, so the S-C-H Smurf name was still scrawled across it and I would be able to see it for myself.

When we arrived at Mom’s house, I took a look at the “Smurf name” on her neighbor’s car and this is what I saw….




Yeah. That’s right. “Schizo.”

SCHIZO.

Are you kidding me?!

I’ll have you know that I died that day. Died right there in the carport. I freaking died laughing. My mother—my very own mother—thinks there is actually a Schizo Smurf.

Oh God, I love that woman!

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Listen, I know we're all excited to see The Smurfs... but this is ridiculous!!

Seriously, people? Really?! Look what someone spray painted on my mom's car yesterday.




Yeah, that's right: "Papa Smurf".

*blinking*

Um…. okaaaaaayyyyyyy….

I know it's not funny, but I can't help but laugh. I mean, what kind of smurfhead goes around painting Smurf names on cars? (Gargamel and Azreal, I'm looking at YOU.)

But wait—it gets better! What was Mom wearing when she discovered her car had been smurfed up?.... A blue shirt and white pants, of course.

*snicker*

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