Challenge #2 Finally Completed!!

Woohoo!! I have finally completed challenge #2!! When I started this challenge, I did not think that it would take me this long to complete it. Here was the email that I received.

Today we will test your craftiness. Please visit http://cubeecraft.com/genre/pop-culture/

There, you will find several pages of paper craft designs, with over 240 options ranging from Indiana Jones to Storm Troopers to characters from the Princess Bride. You need to find at least 3 of these designs that you like and build them. Your progress and final results should be photographed and chronicled on your blog.

I completed the first character in 1 night as shown in the picture below.



Then I got busy preparing for a friend's baby shower. Tonight I was able to make the other two. So my question to you is....

Who would win in a celebrity death match between
John Locke from Lost,
Brain from Pinky and the Brain,
or
Dwight from The Office?

My money is on Dwight!!

Challenge #4

Well, I have completed and passed challenge #4!! Woohoo!!! Here are the details of the challenge. I was to find a box that was at least 4 inches x 3 inches x 8 inches. I had 1 day (Friday) to hide the box somewhere in the house, and James had 2 days (Saturday and Sunday) to locate the box. He looked and looked and looked with no luck. When he finally decided that he couldn't find it, I told him where it was.

So where do you think I hid it? .....







Any guesses? .....







It was in the dryer wrapped in a t-shirt!!! Go Lindsey, Go Lindsey!! This was a fun challenge because it gave James and I something to do together. We had a good time taunting each other about who was gonna win. Well, I have received Challenge #5, and I am starting to work on it. Wish me luck!!

Christmas Pics for 2009

I wanted to share this year's Christmas pics. Enjoy!!

My sweet little man.

My beautiful little girl.

Too sweet!!

Peek-a-boo

So serious :(

There's our happy girl :)

Daddy and Little Girl

Wow!! We are all actually looking good. No weird faces.

Me and Little Man

Little Man and Daddy

The Whole Family

Challenge #3

Well, I am still working on Challenge #2. It is a little more difficult. Here were the directions that I received for Challenge #2.

Today we will test your craftiness. Please visit:

http://cubeecraft.com/genre/pop-culture/

There, you will find several pages of papercraft designs, with over 240 options ranging from Indiana Jones to Storm Troopers to characters from the Princess Bride. You need to find at least 3 of these designs that you like and build them.

Your progress and final results should be photographed and chronicled on your blog.

Back to my post :) So I have made one of the dolls. It took me a while to cut it out and to assemble. You will have to come back to my blog to see what 3 I picked. That's a little cliff hanger for ya!! I have already completed Challenge 3 though. They sent me the following email:

Black Lily,

Decode the attached barcode to complete Challenge #3.

Good luck!

The barcode to the left was attached to the email. It wasn't a normal UPC code. After a lot of research, I found out that it is a 2-d barcode called a QR barcode. I found a website that would decode it for me. Once it was decoded, it gave me a web address to go to. Here is what I found at the web address.

I will post again once I have completed Challenge 2. Have a great day.

Where do I begin?

Well, this is my first ever blog and post. I am excited to see where this will lead. I started the blog because my husband signed me up for something called the "Christmas Challenge 2009." I got an email tonight that told me the following:

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Congratulations! You have been nominated and selected as a participant in the 2009 Christmas Challenge.

Over the next 25 days, you will complete 25 daily challenges of varying difficulty. With every successful challenge, you will be one step closer to reaching the end. However, with every failed challenge will come both a replacement challenge and a penalty task, both of which will have to be completed to continue.

You are not competing against anyone else in the Christmas Challenge. Instead, your opponents will be the challenges themselves, and you will find that some (such as today's) are trivial, while others are far from it.

At the end of the Christmas Challenge, you will be evaluated and given a score. This score will be based on both objective and subjective factors such as accuracy, speed, creativity, obedience to the rules, etc. With this score you can judge how well you performed in this year's challenge, and, should you be selected for future challenges, gauge this year's performance against future challenges as well.

So, without further ado, let us begin.

**Rules**

First, we must establish a few rules:

-- All rules, once given, are in effect throughout the challenge unless otherwise stated.

-- You may not question anyone about the Christmas Challenge.

-- You may not question anyone about their or anyone else's involvement in or knowledge of the Christmas Challenge.

**Task #1**

Your first task is a simple one. You must sign-up for and create a blog.

All of your challenge-related activities must be documented in your blog. If it isn't documented, it does not count. Obviously, the more detail, the better.

Good luck, and congratulations again on beginning your journey!

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So--as you can see I had to start a blog in order to complete my first mission. It has taken me a while to get the blog started and now I am about to fall asleep so I am heading to bed. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings and what mission awaits me!! Until tomorrow this is the Black Lily signing off. (Black Lily is my code name for the missions :)