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FreePlay Friday (6 Packs, Music, School, Toes)
Posted on August 1st, 2008 in Free Play Fridays by Fred McKinnon
(special thanks to Jason Church (Confessions of a Worship Leader) who took me up on the weekly request for a “FreePlay Friday” graphic. If you’d like to make a “FreePlay Friday” graphic header, email it to me, and I’ll plug you right here!)
Hey Everyone, it’s “FreePlay Friday” (view all “FreePlay Friday” Posts) … the day where I post whatever I want, on whatever topic(s) I want, with no regard to whether or not it does (or doesn’t) apply to the main theme of this blog, which is worship, worship leadership, church life, and music. What makes “FreePlay Friday” so much fun is that I want YOU to participate by either commenting on my topics or by entering your own, totally random “FreePlay Friday” thoughts in the comments section of the blog. So all you hundreds of RSS Readers need to just click on over now and finish the post on the site so you can participate. (please?)
Last Week’s “FreePlay Friday” Comment of the Week:
I love all the comments and dialog that happen on “FreePlay Friday” … last week, I laughed really loud at Jeff T’s comment. He seemed to appreciate the fact that I dislike Circuity City so much I won’t even give them the blog etiquette of a link. Jeff said, “Thanks for the warning sorry about your bad luck. “not worthy of a link” That’s comedic genius! I’ve always thought that THIS is the kind of stuff the FTC should deal with…”. Thanks, Jeff.
Will McKinnon, 6 years old, downs a 6-pack:
My 2nd oldest son, Will McKinnon … so, he walks into the room bright and early the other morning. He has a certain spark in his eye and skip in his step for pre-7:00 AM.
It’s clear to me that Young William (as his Uncle Rick likes to call him) is on a mission of some sorts.
Me: “Good morning, Will”.
Will: “Dad, can I have some yogurt”?
Me: (somewhat puzzled) “Um … sure, Will
I dunno, I write it off that he just woke up with some weird craving for yogurt.
Well, for those who know Will (or feel like you know Will from reading this blog), he always has a plan. Joy and I discovered his plan a few hours later.
Will single-handedly downed the whole 6-pack of Trix Yogurt. The whole thing.
Here’s the deal … it wasn’t the yogurt he was craving. It was the $10,000 PRIZE he was searching for. Seems Trix Yogurt has a big advertisement on their box claiming that some lucky yogurt partaker will peel back the foil lid to see the revelation “You’ve Won $10,000″. This became evident when next to the six empty yogurt cups, there were six foil lids with those depressing words, “SORRY – Play Again”.
“Restore My Heart” – Worship/Prayer Song on IndieHeaven.Com “FanFaves”
Many of you will remember this song I wrote. The founder of IndieHeaven.Com encouraged me to constantly keep one of my songs on IndieHeaven.Com’s “FanFaves” charts. It’s the 2nd most visited page on their site, and the higher the rating of the song, the more chance you have of getting your song included on their main radio show. Hey, radio and compilation royalties are nice, I have 4 kids to feed … but I’m more interested in the message of this song being expressed to everyone else out there that ROYALLY SCREWS UP in their relationship with God daily. (I’m a pro at this endeavor, which is why I wrote the song).
As of today (Friday, Aug 1), “Restore My Heart” is sitting at #44 on the FanFaves chart. Would you click over and vote for the song every day? (tie a ribbon on your finger to remind you). Oh yeah, don’t just vote. Listen. Make the song your prayer. Plus, Kim Dixon sings the 2nd half of this song – that alone is worth the listen. Her voice is angelic.
“School”
Back to school August 13. Except Joy is still torn about homeschooling. There are so many pro’s and con’s. Earlier this Summer, Joy was 99% on the homeschooling side. Now, she’s slipping back the other way. A decision must be made soon. Pray for us.
“Toes”
Andrew, our 4th child … he’s two years old. He’s beyond adorable. He’s talking quite clearly now. A long time ago, he scraped his toes when Rebekah was pushing him too fast in the “Cozy Coupe”. C’mon, you guys remember these things, right? Did you have one? (comment, hint hint)
It’s like a Fred Flintstone car almost. You put your feet down and scurry along. Problem is, when your older siblings decide to come behind you and push fast … and your feet and toes drag along. Or when your older siblings get the idea to tie the Cozy Coupe to the back of their bicycle and pull it along when you aren’t looking.
This happened at least 6 months ago. The toes are all healed. Yet, almost everyday Andrew says “toe hurt, toe hurt”. It’s his universal expression of “anything wrong”.
He had a little 2-year old fit by the swimming pool a couple of days ago. Screaming and such. Joy told him a few times to stop. He didn’t. So, Joy pulled him away from the pool, held his arm firmly and gave him one *very soft* spank on the hand.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and you know what he said? “Toe Hurt”.
What is YOUR UNIVERSAL EXPRESSION of UNHAPPINESS?
Share in the “FreePlay Friday” love and leave your comments.
Fred
PS: oh yeah, next week will be awesome – I’m on vacation, but the blog lives … stay tuned for daily blog posts from some AWESOME GUEST BLOGGERS!
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That’s hilarious about the Trix Yogurt. When I was there Andrew, the youngest, was running around chanting “Twix Yogut, Twix Yogut, Twix Yogut”…
I think your kids might need a yogurt intervention
My universal expression of unhappiness is…”Poo Monkeys” – No clue why or where it came from.
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Anytime anything bad happens to anyone in the family we blame it on Jackmus. Jackmus is the unseen person who has come to “jack you up” or make your life miserable. If you fall and scrape your knee, Jackmus got you. Pastor fussed at you for no reason, Jackmus was there. Bulletins were printed backwards, guess who? Jackmus.
Hey Fred, I know homeschooling can be tough. We’ve done it now for a few years. If you do decide to go that way, my wife (Joy, how cool is that?) is a homeschool resource diva, and I’m sure she would help out in any way possible.
Just give me a shout and we’ll do what we can to hook you up.
Hello Friday!
Latelast night,(technically Friday), I was trying to catch up on some schoolwork. Overdue. Deadline stuff. My three shih tzus just wanted to sit in my lap while I was typing. So, I had these three little dogs, each one claiming a place by my knees, jumping up and down and lightly scratching to “get up” . I could not get them to stop! So I went to the kitchen and took out a box of Organic Gorilla Peanutbutter flavored “Kix-like” cereal, and began to hand feed them the goodies one at a time. When they became interested enough in this confection, I took a couple handfulls and just threw them across the floor. All three of them SCRAMBLED! Kept them busy about 45 minutes; long enough.
Here’s the strangest thing about these dogs. Dolly Brady and Jojo.
Dolly is the mom. Brady is the hubby. Jojo is one of their puppies, now 2 yrs old.
If I call Jojo to “come here” , he always checks in with Dolly first. If I call Dolly, she comes right to me, but if my son calls her, she checks in with me and runs to me instead.
Brady is the best. he just sits there until I call Brady over and over. But if I say “Good Boy” he bolts to me! I think I’ve actually trained him to think his name is Good Boy!
Happy Friday, all
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Fred, having just had the privilege and blessing of an overnighter with your family – I have heard the “toe hurt” and can really appreciate Will’s plan re the yogurt! He is the man with the plan. In case you don’t know – my (and your Dad’s) favorite expression of unhappiness is “you know what THAT is”. Would you care to explain that to your readers??????????
hey – just was checking the twitpic site and ran across your photo of the varsity. i live in atlanta. what a crazy way to meet people. sweet site, btw.
Fred, as much as it may pain me to say it, my universal expression of unhappiness, as anyone who knows me closely will tell you is (and I have two of them) “SNOT!” and “SNOTRAG!”
By the way, I’ve never liked the “sorry, play again” thing. I think what most of them mean is “sorry, loser!” That’s kinda the way they make you feel
(I have been drawn into many of those contests and yet somehow I still play – talk about consumerism at it’s finest!).
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These are some great “expressions” .. I’ll have to remember them!
Had to peep in on homeschooling. We are in our ninth year. Our oldest graduated and was awarded a full scholarship. I’ll never go back. Of course… I do have rare moments of fantasy, as thinking I’ll be 56 when our last one graduates!
I’d be more than happy to answer any questions. I have family in GA that homeschools as well. I’m always available. Oh, gues I should mention I do a little more than homeschool, I’m an administrator of a homeschool here in Alabama.
Blessings’.