Games and Funnel Cakes and Rides! Oh, my!! Beware: Picture Heavy!

It's that time of year again! The weather gets nippy, the leaves change colors, football season starts, and so does the Tulsa State Fair!....Ok, you can forget the "nippy" part because it was freakin' HOT! But, hey! What can ya expect from the bipolar state of Oklahoma? Anyway, here are some pictures. First off we went to my favorite mexican restuarant, Ricardo's.

You are looking at some of THE best chips and salsa ever. EVER. Period.

 

 

I had a Chalupa, enchilada, and a relleno (aka: number 6)...I think.
After eating, we were headed to the fair.

Banah-nahs 'Mon!
Dart throwing..."A game everybody can play." Everybody? Really? Imagine the scenario of a little kid after throwing all their darts and are deciding which prize to pick. And then they spot the little bunny rabbit with a bowtie. Yep, folks...That is in fact the Playboy Bunny you see....next to the Marilyn Monroe poster.

...Movin' on!!

 

"It kinda feels like somebody's watchin' me..."

Next destination!


Pics from the cable car...

What don't they have on a stick?!
I'm not sure if you can see, but there is a channel 8 news crew in this one.

Told ya. : ) " Oh, say can you see..."
Some (meaning most) of these next few pictures are blurry, but it'shard to take good clear shots when you are being pummeled by punks!
"WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE, SALUTE YOU!!!"

And it was all a blur...
"I AM IRON MAN!"
I WAS gonna go on this one, but it looked kinda scary. ; )

They also had "Nessie" at the fair!

Emerging....
TA DAA!!
It noticed I had a camera and started posing! LOL!

Yeah, baybee!

A couple of little girls got their picture taken with the sea lions. They are just adorable! ....The girls were pretty cute, too. HAR HAR! ; D

Please do NOT touch the hillbilly! Pffft! : /

I'm willing bet that this was the director's chair from the set of The Beverly Hillbillies!What do y'all think?

The bacon might not be so bad, but a pickle?! Eww.


Nice!

RVs

Can you say "PINK" ?

This is a playhouse...

...with a skylight.

This was one rowdy little kid! HA!

"CHEESE!"


This is a Highland cow. I. Want. One.

The ostrich was cool although , I was a little intimidated by it...







These are very cool! They're called Jacob's Sheep.
I'd tell you what this thing is, but I can't remember what it is called. Anyway, that pretty much wraps it up!

UNT,

Shelby

Happy Valentine's Day!!

~ Happy Valentine's Day!!! ~
Hope everybody has a good one!


Shelby

Awake and Alive Concert

Back in October, my awesome friend, Hailee, and I

went to the Awake and Alive Tour concert. And I have

some pics of that! I was going to put some videos of it on

here but you couldn't hear it very good...LOUD concert.

Ok, so we walked in the first room of the building and we

decided to look at the tables to see if we wanted to buy

something before we found our seats and I said to Hailee

"If they have a Skillet skillet, I'm buying it!" (Skillet is the

name of one of the bands) and guess what I found!

A Skillet skillet! No, I didn't buy it. I doubt they would

have sold it to me, anyway. I did get a CD though! After we got done looking and buying,

we decided to go get in line...which took FOREVER!

As you can see, this is a very LONG line. And while we
were waiting we took some pictures!

Then we finally got to the doors, through the doors
and in our seats! Then we had to wait some more.

In the meantime, we talked and took more pictures.

Getting the stage ready...

We had to do one! : D

This was right before one of the Radio DJs came out

and talked for a minute and introduced the first band.

This is the opening act (aka; The Letter Black.)

 

Then after The Letter Black was done, they got the

stage ready for the next band, Decyfer Down! One of my favorites!

Decyfer Down was awesome! The next band was Hawk Nelson.

 I'm not sure if you can see him, but the lead singer is in the crowd.

Once again they prepared the stage for the next band.

Which was...

SKILLET!!!

You could actually feel the heat from where we

were sitting!

All the bands were great and we had an awesome time!

Shelby

Bet 'cha can't guess what this is!

This is what happens when you microwave a bar of Ivory soap.

Crazy, huh? Do ya wanna know why it does that?

Of course ya do! Well, maybe ya don't but...oh well.

This was a science experiment that I did.

All you need is a brand new bar of Ivory soap, some other brand

of soap(bar..not liquid), a plate, and a microwave.Why specifically

Ivory? I'll tell you in just a minute. Take the two

different bars of soap and put them in a tall clear glass.The Ivory

should float and the other brand should sink.But why would one

sink and not the other? Could there be air pockets in the one

that floats? Nope. So how is it floating? I'll get to that in just a

minute. Cut the Ivory soap into cubes. Place it in the middle of

the plate and put it microwave for about two minutes.

Then watch. It will start to puff up but don't let it freak

you out! If you have to, you can open the microwave for

a second.Once the two minutes are over take it out

CAREFULLY because the plate will be kinda hot.

Now you can start dancing 'cuz you got yourself

a soap souffle! But..I still haven't told you why it does this.

So NOW I will tell you why! It's actually very similar to what

happens when popcorn pops. All soap contains water both in the

form of water vapor trapped inside air bubbles

(particularly important in the case of Ivory)and water

that is caught up in the form of the soap itself.

The expanding effect is caused when the water

is heated inside the soap.It vaporizes,creating bubbles and

the heat also causes trapped air to expand.You see, the heat

makes the soap become soft. And when the soap is heated,

the molecules move quicker causing them to move farther away

from each other which then causes the soap to puff up. So..now

you know why it puffs up, but you don't know why it has to be

Ivory.Well, here's why. It was accidentally discovered in 1890

by a Procter&Gamble employee. He forgot to turn off his

mixer before he went on his lunch break so it whipped air into

the soap which makes it float. Kinda like when you put heavy

cream in a mixer and whip air into it to make whip cream.So,

now you have learned some history of Ivory soap, why it floats,

and why it expands the way it does.And you can still wash

your hands with it! WOO! Oh! And don't try other soaps in the

microwave.They will just melt and make a terrible mess for

you to clean up.

Shelby

Locust Life Cycle

We were outside letting the dogs out and saw alocust (aka:Cicada) starting to come out of it's

shell, so I grabbed my camera and took a bunch

of pictures! I thought this one was very unique 'cuz it

was more of a bluish green and the ones I've see are usually

are bright green and/or brown.But this one was unusually pale

and bluish. Very pretty. Now before we go to the pictures, I'm

gonna give ya the scientifics of it all. Ahem...They stay

underground for 12 to 17 years (during this time they are in

nymph stage) and while they are down there

they drink liquids from tree roots. After the 12 to 17 years

are over, they climb out and find something to hold on to.

Then they start wiggling out of the old skin and get to

where about half of their body is out of the shell,

then they start shaking the rest of their way out.

Once they are little more than half way out, they lean

back and expand their wings. They do that for a while,

then once their wings are unfolded, they climb back on

the shell and dry out.When they've dried and the new

shell has hardened, they are then in adult stage. Next,

they climb a tree and go on their merry way! Later on,

they find another locust(cicada), mate, lay eggs, and die.

Kinda sad, I know...Lets get on to the little eggs, shall we?

As I was saying, those little eggs will hatch just like every

other egg and little baby locusts will crawl underground

and the whole thing starts ALL over again!

And there ya have it!

WHEW!...Now you can look at the pictures.

Enjoy!