The Rhythm of the Marketplace

     The marketplace was bustling today.  I had a monstrous list of things I wanted.  My little boy looks forward to market days with so much to see and do!  Still after traipsing through the stalls and waiting in endless lines, he becomes restless.  

     While waiting at the bakers he became fascinated with the metal wastebasket reserved for the wrappings that accompany the samples.  He stood drumming happily on the lid a musical rhythm to the amusement of those surrounding us.   With him occupied, I busied myself filling my basket and purchasing an assortment of fresh-baked breads for the upcoming week.

This is a fictional tale in response to the picture prompt for the  Write Tribe 100 Words on Saturday writing prompt.  A special thank you to Vidya Sury for providing the picture for today's prompt.

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The 4th and the Aftermath

    The fourth of July lived up to all my expectations.  It was a busy day here on the home front and we got a lot done from finally filling the swimming pool with water, setting up a volleyball net in the backyard so we could play volleyball or badminton, to my husband putting new brakes on our truck so we could come to a stop which is an important function to have.  You can’t just run into things to stop…you have to have brakes that work.  It seemed like we were doing something at every single moment!!

    I had special plans to barbecue chicken, cook corn on the cob, and make homemade potato salad and I managed to get that done too…although it happened kind of late in the day.  While that was going on I realized I had bought absolutely nothing to blow up.  I simply couldn’t have that.  I mean…it was the 4^th of July.  It is the one
day of the whole year that it is perfectly legal to blow shit up.  So we rushed out just before dark and bought a few fireworks to set off. 



        I was in my element!!  I was out there in my lawn chair with my camera in the dark focusing on the sky.  My camera has this “firework” setting that I had never tried before and last night was my chance to test it out.  I figured out in a big hurry it was like a time release drug.  You pressed the button…and then you waited crossing your fingers and your toes that you actually captured the burst of color before it disappeared from the night sky.  I honestly took more pictures last night than I did at Christmas!!

      All in all it was a holiday for the record books followed by a day of running about everywhere.  We went to the mall, Toys R Us, and Wal-Mart and did the look around.  We even hit my favorite store which is Barnes and Nobles.

        After all that looking about, we finished off the evening at the Golden Corral eating literally everything in sight!!  The best part was that they had cotton candy.  I thought I had literally died and went to heaven!!  I just know in my heaven they will have wall to wall cotton candy.  They even had a chocolate fondue fountain!!  My family dipped everything from strawberries to watermelon in that glorious chocolate and my son, to my disgust was marinated in chocolate in every available orifice when he was through.  I ordered my husband to the men’s room to hose him down and clean him up.  My husband wasn’t happy about doing it, but my son is 7 and had no intention of stepping into the ladies room.

      Speaking of clean up, I discovered the wildest thing in the toilet.  Actually it freaked me out a little.  I went and did my business and then after washing my hands hit the button to turn on the hand dryer.  Holy Shit!!  It was like unleashing a mini tornado with 100 mph winds.  It literally shook the skin on my hands!!!!  I felt a little better when it did the same to my daughter.  At least then I knew it wasn’t moving my skin in ripples because it was old and saggy baggy.  I thought that crazy thing was going to blow my skin off.  All in all it was an awesome day and I managed a blog after all.  Day 5 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is in the books!! 

     

Great Deals on Favorite Sports Equipment

    Kids can have varied interests and need some means to blow off steam.  Participating in sports is a great way to keep them active and make friends.  The only problem with that, is that every sport known to man needs equipment of some sort and that equipment can add up to big bucks.

     What can a parent do??  The answer is as close as your home computer or your laptop.  At become.com, you can comparison shop to find the best price on one convenient website!  Maybe your teenager is begging for a new snowboard.  At become.com, m3 snowboard reviews are at your fingertips so  you can choose the perfect snowboard to suit your needs. 

     Recently my daughter was considering going out for the volleyball team at school.  Since she has never played volleyball except in Physical Education classes, I am in the market for discount volleyball shoes that will be at a great price but have enough quality to outlast the season. 

      On the flipside of the coin, my 6 year old son often has anger issues.  What would  be better than an outdoor punching bag to take his frustrations out on??  A lot better than beating the crap out of his sister or a classmate.  With an outdoor punching bag, he could go outside and take his frustrations out on it!  That even sounds like something I could use at times!! 


      With all these completely different types of sporting equipment to buy and a limited budget to make miracles happen, what could be better than a site like Become.com where I can go to read reviews and comparison shop?  Whatever your sporting good needs, chances are Become.com has got what you are looking for!

Just in Time for Christmas! : Quality Scrubs at Affordable Prices!

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