Friday, April 22, 2011

Earth Day - Memory Lane Friday

Memory Lane Friday is a weekly blog carnival where you can link up with your memories.  All are welcome.  This week's theme is Earth Day.  While that might seem like a challenging topic, it really isn't.  You could blog about a nature hike you took, a craft you made using recycled items, a pet frog - anything that celebrates the earth!  Earth Day just happens to be one of my favorite holidays.  I love that it embraces the earth and doesn't involve candy or presents.

My sophomore year of high school I was tormented by a little subject called CHEMISTRY.  Oh how I suffered through that class.  In the spring, when Ms. Bohince gave us an optional extra credit project, I was all over it. I needed all the help I could get.  The challenge was to create a costume out of recycled items for Earth Day. 

I raided old milk cartons, newspapers, cardboard boxes, rope, construction paper, string, an old wooden dowel, and a can of silver spray paint.  Here's what I created:

A knight costume!  Not so bad, eh?  I did get my full extra credit, and I think I managed to pull a B in the class when it was all said and done.

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20 comments:

  1. Sonya @ Under the Desert SkyApril 22, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Aw, man . . . chemistry tormented me, too! That was my hardest class, ever, in high school.

    I love the costume! How creative!

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  2. AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    I loved chemistry although I couldn't tell you any of the symbols on that crazy chart anymore.

    LOVE THE HORSIE!!

    Di

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  3. AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    What a wonderful outfit! I hate light the burner to do the experiments! Thankfully my lab partner loved to.

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  4. TexanApril 22, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    I liked the class pretty much. :O). I had a very odd teacher for that class though. LOL

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  5. JennyApril 22, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    How cute! I have forgotten my chemistry grade - probably for the best.

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  6. NancyApril 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    I somehow managed to graduate from high school without having to take the dreaded chemistry class.

    I love your outfit. Very creative. :)

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  7. TexWisGirlApril 22, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    too funny! great job!

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  8. AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Brilliant! You look FIERCE! My sons make castles out of old boxes and egg cartons and bottles and yarn. They're of that Renaissance ilk.

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  9. Valerie BoersmaApril 22, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    I had to take chemistry in high school too. I wish Mr Rudd (I still remember the first day of class-he said "Rudd. It rhymes with mud, crud and blood!") had given us an opportunity to do extra credit. Instead, he let me withdraw at the end of the semester with a D--. (About as low as I could go!)

    Great job on your costume! It was worth every extra credit point.

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  10. KatieApril 22, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I linked up with Family Farm Memories. Thanks so much for hosting! I love your costume picture but I don't want to remember how HORRIBLE I did in Chemistry. Earth Day is a great day to celebrate family farmers who care for our land and grow safe and healthy food which is why I featured farm memories today.
    Katie

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  11. JaneApril 22, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Lisa, you are so talented I love your creation!!! Chemestry is a hard subject. Blessings jane

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  12. LeontienApril 22, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    oh my gosh, i had a hard time linking up and i coudn't do it with my own logo... but i did it... YEAH!!!

    Thank you so much for hosting and i linked up with the memories of me and my husband's love story!

    Thanks
    Leontien

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  13. UnknownApril 22, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Great Post. You were a knight in shining armour, and you should have gotten an "A" in CHEMESTRY

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  14. Ginny HartzlerApril 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    This is very clever, and I love the horse! Perfect for Earth Day!

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  15. SandyApril 22, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    I loved Chemistry! My high school was college prep and I took 4 years of chemistry. In my Chemistry 101 course in college we used the same text book I had used my senior year of high school, made for an easy A. I love the costume. You were creative even back then it seems.

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  16. Chatty CroneApril 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    Oh GOOD KNIGHT - I hope you got an A!
    Love and Blessed Easter. sandie

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  17. LBBApril 22, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    HA! Great costume!!
    Extra credit was my friend too :)

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  18. KimApril 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    Why, oh why, couldn't my chemistry teacher offered extra credit projects like that? All I remember is having to memorize the periodic chart!

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  19. jp@A Green RidgeApril 22, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    I think I LOVE that outfit! How original and innovative, Baby Girl...:)

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  20. JeremiApril 24, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    this is great!!

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