Happy Post: It's that GISH time again!

[dizzojay]

If I haven't been around much over the weekend, it's because I was busy, along with 8 equally masochistic team mates, humiliating myself in the name of Random Acts.

This was a great GISH, and our team manged to complete 58 items out of the 108 items available!

I personally managed to complete 8 items, three more than the last one-day GISH in April, so I'm rather happy abut that.

Anyway, just for jolly, here are my random and occasionally crazy efforts:




Item no. 19 - Your home is more than your castle. It's swiftly becoming a sovereign nation, and like every nation, it needs a tourism board. Create a one-page brochure or video advertising travel to your house as a coveted destination


Item no. 20 - The Summer Olympics got canceled, but that doesn't keep a focused athlete like you down. Show us your entry in the Socially-Distanced Games in an event like stick-pony equestrian jumping, toilet tissue rhythmic gymnastics, gift-wrap tube fencing, indoor bedsheet "skiing", channel surfing, the long bed-jump, kitchen-table tennis, or other event - you get the idea. Take the gold.



Item no. 22 - Let's see a picture of your favorite hero (real-life or fictional) destroying the evil COVID. You may use any medium you like - pencils, paints, Photoshop, pet hair...

(No prizes for guessing who my favourite hero is!!)



Item no. 39 - Write a haiku illustrating some silver lining of pandemic life that you have discovered



Item no. 42. Some people say that clutter is ugly. Those people just lack vision. Show us a beautiful accessory (a hat, necklace, broach, or corsage), created entirely out of objects from your junk drawer. (You may not use rubber bands or paperclips.)



Item no. 83 - With the help of a grownup, find the oldest ancestral furniture, relic or picture in the house and hear the story behind it. For example, I have my great, great grandmother's cutting board. What's something that's been passed down in your family? Make sure to caption the photo so we know what we're seeing and who it belonged to. FYI, I didn't need a grown-up's help (Unless you count Mr D, who took the photos!)



Item no. 91 It's time for a wild animal parade! Organize all the stuffed animals in your house from tallest to shortest...

(Spot the little interloper ... ;D )



Item no. 97 You are true royalty. Make a paper crown out of flowers, twigs, tissue paper, etc. and wear it proudly.

Comments

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

I love all your entries. Quite fun. You certainly do have a lot and quite the collection of stuffed animals. Has this collection been going on since you were a young'un, or more collected as an adult? That is quite the necklace you created. You should market that. ;) I'm sure it'd be a big seller. You have created quite the crown as well. Reminds me of a movie, that I can't remember the title of, Michelle Pfeiffer was in it and they had flowy gowns and flower/plant head dresses (from what I remember of it.)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you
I am embarrassed to say that all those stuffies are all ones I've accumulated as an adult. The many I had throughout my childhood have either been passed on to charities etc, gone into the loft or fallen to pieces. I've always had a weakness for cuddly toys!

And I'm glad you like the necklace. The only problem was it was very heavy - if I'd worn that all day, I'd probably had put my back out!!

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

What a fun GISHWHES!!

Loved the plush pony equestrian event! I heard you took gold too! <3

OMG! Dean ganking Covid was awesome!!

I remember your Grandpa's photo albums from you mentioning it before! I think it's awesome you have it! We have a table or possibly a desk that was the only piece of furniture to survive a house fire that belonged to my mom's Great Granny. Mom said she thinks it was the first piece of furniture they ever bought after getting married & it's been everything from a desk to a baby change table, to a fish tank stand, to now where it's where my budgie Cookie's cage sits in the den. :D

You look like the May Queen with you floral crown! <3

Not only is that lil interloper adorable, but I LOVE your collection of plushies! :D

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you, it was a really fun day.
That's an amazing story about your table - if only it could talk! Cookie is sitting on a piece of history :)

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcoem! I'm glad you had a fun day! :D

Thanks! Yup! I love having stuff with history behind it! :D I hope that this table can go through the years from family member to family member & that the story isn't forgotten! :D

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Well done, I love all of your items, Chez Dizzo made me giggle and of course Dean would destroy any nasty bug that threatened his Sammy! But it's your showjumping pic that really made me laugh, it's perfect!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a really fun day!

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

These are all so great! My favorite is the Chez Dizzo pamphlet...that is INCREDIBLY funny! Second favorite, the plush pony. You rule, lady!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank 'ee kindly! :D

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

Love the Chez Dizzo brochure. Am considering entering for the kitchen stay. Your jewelry is awesome, too, but I have to ask, why do you have an apple in your junk drawer?

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Good luck - I hope you win the kitchen break ... we can make dinner together :)

Well now, the apple wasn't 'actually' in my junk drawer. It was on the worktop in the kitchen above my junk drawer. It was a bit past it's best (you know how apples go spongey when they get old), and was just going to go into the food recycling bin. So I gave it a last hurrah before it went!

[kattrip033.livejournal.com]

These are all awesome.

The first one gave me a much needed chuckle.

Why is there an apple in your junk drawer? Is it a real apple?

I no longer feel bad about the number of stuffed animals I own.

Very regal!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you - it was a really fun day - and yes, I have a bit of a weakness for stuffed animals - can you tell?
(Mind you, Mr D is a total enabler)

And in terms of the apple, as I explained to Fanspired, it wasn't 'actually' in my junk drawer. It was on the worktop in the kitchen above the junk drawer. It was a bit past it's best (you know how apples go spongey when they get old), and was just going to go into the food recycling bin. So I gave it a last hurrah before it went!