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D&K's Cafe End of Summer Contest

ItzKatzTime avatar
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:bang: I can't believe it's the End of Summer.....still hot as hello, kids back in school, the pace slowing down, halloween decorations and costumes already out in some local department stores!

Sooooo Let's Have an END OF SUMMER CONTEST!

There will be two winners....1 SoWal Local and 1 SoWal Out-of-Towner

Each winner will receive a D&K's Lunch for Two (with choice of your favorite table set up as a reservation) a baker's bag of mini-muffins, and a Whole Key Lime Pie to take home. And a little surprise I'm keeping to myself!:clap:

Contest.....In 250 words or less tell us about the MOST ________ event you had this summer. It can be comedy or tragedy....you choose. It can be awe inspiring, heart wrenching, extreme, Funn, magical, depressing...you get my drift. With all the talent amongst this group....ya'll should give us nothing but the best!

You can use up to 3 real pictures to illustrate. :chill: :shark: :whack:

Last Christmas we had so many grayt stories......let's see what Summer's stories bring.

Deadline is September 15th......I know ya'll have had a grayt summer so get busy!

:welcome: :wub: Kat

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DD avatar
DDSoWal Expert
#27
Darlene--wonderful!!:clap: :wub:
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#28
darlene, we knew you were talented with poledancin' and all ;-) but who'da thunk it about your poetry. :idontno: :clap: You rock, gull. I :wub: how you made the background art. :cool: :clap: :wub: Quite talented with your computer wizardry too. ;-) :cool:

Minnie, your story is very moving. I just :cry: and 😀 several times. First about you missin' your Dad, then about him bein' there when your gull was born, then the 😀 clever :wub: dating story. That was quick thinkin'. 😀 Sounds like you have lots of grayt memoriies to go on. :wub: Was your mom red-headed? Kinda looks like it in the photo, so full of :wub: and joy.
kathydwells avatar
kathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#29
Darlene--wonderful!!:clap: :wub:

:wub: :wave: Thank you. Sometimes I surprise myself. :cool:
savvytangerine avatar
savvytangerineBeach Fanatic
#30
My most memorable event this summer.​

If I had to say what my most memorable event this summer was ? it would be the day I celebrated my birthday with my close friends. My birthday is June 11th but we decided to celebrate two days earlier to accommodate everyone?s work schedule.​

Let me say, that I have lived in Seagrove my entire life. Well ? ok since I was 6 months old. I have lots of favorite places that hold special memories. However, as a kid growing up here, I spent a lot of time in Panama City Beach. ​

So, for my birthday, the goal was for me and my friends to act like kids again.​

The three of us from Seagrove hopped in one car to begin the celebration.​

First we ate at Thomas?s Donut?s on front beach road. A fourth kid-in-training met us there. We all said ?to heck? with healthy eating, ordered our favorite fried foods and gobbled up donuts. ​

With each of us moaning ? blaming each other for eating so much ? we headed to FunLand arcade. Now this place is very special to me. When I walk in and hear the games blaring, it is like I stepped back into the happiest moment of my childhood. We played one of everything, challenging each other at who could play pool, air-hockey or kill zombies better. ​

The convoy made two more stops and gained two more kids-in-training. The memory that makes me smile the most is being in Ripley?s in front of the motion sensor disco screen, watching two of my favorite people dance like no one was watching. ​

I am a very lucky girl to have such crazy, up for anything friends. :wub: ​

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seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#31
OMG, that sounds like so much funn. 😀 :clap:
Minnie avatar
MinnieBeach Fanatic
#32
Well, I know mine wasn't a "story", but it was written from my heart. Thank you RiverOtter for taking that beautiful picture. I hope you don't mind that I used it. Really, words for me cannot express my feelings about our special place, or this message board. The friends that I have made here will be with me until the end, and I mean that. I try to explain to people that don't "get it" how special it is. I will keep trying until they finally do.:cool:

Your Poem made me think of one of my favorite sayings. I have a calendar a friend sent me and on it each day is a saying, today's is:

One of life's greatest treasures is the love that binds hearts together in friendship

I have been blessed to find this special group and soon my daughter will be a SoWal resident and I can share my greatest treasure with my new friends. Her name is Meredith which is Welsh for guardian or protector from the sea, so I am sure she will be right at home. 🙂

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ItzKatzTime avatar
ItzKatzTimeBeach FanaticAuthor
#33
Ohhh savvytangerine your story gave me the inspiration to do the same thing with some friends next time I have a birthday. What a great story and pictures....and such a clever idea!!!!

HOORAY FOR MISS SAVVYTANGERINE FOR TEACHING US HOW BE A KID AGAIN!!!!​

Loved the story that Minnie shared about her parents.....she and I had sweet conversation about them.:wub: :wub:

And, get ready everyone as she is going to be a regular on SoWal....and she has a lot to say!!!!:clap:
Minnie avatar
MinnieBeach Fanatic
#34
and she has a lot to say!!!!:clap:

Not sure that is a good thing.:floor:

Everyone would have liked my Dad. He was a man of few words, unlike me.

My brother has his PhD in religion and he delivered the memorial service for my Dad. He said that my Dad was never one to do a lot of talking. That my Dad reminded him of something he read once about Abe Lincoln.

"That it was better to say little and have people think you are intelligent, than to say alot and prove them wrong."

I should be more like my Dad. :roll:
LightWorker avatar
LightWorkerBeach Fanatic
#35
Not sure that is a good thing.:floor:

Minnie as Martha Stewart would say (It's a good thing) :wub:
Minnie avatar
MinnieBeach Fanatic
#36
Not sure that is a good thing.:floor:

Minnie as Martha Stewart would say (It's a good thing) :wub:

And we know where she ended up. 😱
ItzKatzTime avatar
ItzKatzTimeBeach FanaticAuthor
#37
Please keep your entries coming in......they are all so wonderful! I may be gone for a while.......I will return.:wub: :wub: :wub: Your SoWal friend Kat:wave:
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Beach Runnerbeats on hood
#38
I took my Mom to the doctor for a regular checkup a couple of weeks ago. Her mental facilities are deteriorating rapidly, and she has lost a lot of weight. The doctor told me that she has Alzheimer's anorexia and that she didn't have long to live. With tears in his eyes, he told me that she would die peacefully and with no pain. He didn't recommend taking extraordinary measures to save her, such as a feeding tube. I totally agree because that would cause her to be institutionalized and suffer pain, when now my siblings and I have decided to pay for someone to stay with her in the security and comfort of her own home. The doctor said that basically my Mom's body is healthy, but she has "left the building." I had come to a realization of this in the past few months, but it was incredibly difficult to hear someone verbalize this. Mom was sitting right there when he said this, and she wasn't lucid enough to understand what he was saying.

I love you, Mama. As a direct quote from you, Mama, which some of you on this board will remember, I will say that "even if I saw you every day, it wouldn't be enough. I love you."
seacrestkristiBeach Fanatic
#39
Oh BR, I am sorry. This must be so hard. It is wonderful that you and your siblings are working together to have a caretaker sit with her and feed her, so she can stay in her home. Prayers are with her and you. :wub:
Allifunn avatar
AllifunnFunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
#40
Wonderful poem, KDW! :wub:
Great story about your mom & dad, Minnie :wub:
Funn idea, Kat.
If I tried to write about my summer...it would be a novel! I had the best summer EVER! :wub: :clap:

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