Guys, I hope your weekend is really really superly awesome-great.
Kelly and I are off to Houston very early Saturday to a gymnastics meet. If she does well enough there she will go on to State finals in Dallas next month. It’s all quite exciting. And fun! [Edit on Sunday morning… they took the top 10 girls for State — and Kelly came in 11th. She is First Alternate, tho. If one of the girls cannot compete for whatever reason, Kelly will take her place.
At any rate, she’s has an AWESOME first season!! A newbie who did very very well.]
See you later! I’m off to eBay land now.
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Just Good Stuff, The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 11 September 2012 @ 2:10 AM
I commend that young lady in red, who only weeks ago cried her little heart out after a disappointing balance beam day.
But following utter devastation she got back on the beam, worked harder and…
this past Saturday won 4th at her first-ever gymnastics meet!!!
Ironically, I didn’t catch Miss Athlete #314’s beam score, but see her floor, vault and bars below…
Sooooo proud of her.
And during the 2-hour drive home she said… “Thanks, Mom for taking me all the way there, and for paying for my gymnastics, and everything.”
You’re welcome, Baby. You’re so welcome.
She was only 10 then.
And today ELEVEN!!!!!
Love, Mom
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(Did that bun myself. So easy once you know how!)
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This morning I was up early festooning her old stroller with the bunting I made for her trike when she was 2.
We got to the park about 9:00.
Took a couple of kittehs along in case other families wanted kittehs too.
I think those 2 are both placed!
At 10:00 we paraders were ready to take flight down the street.
And we did!
Had a little problem with kitteh containment at first, but soon they settled down for the 10-minute ride.
Refreshments were yummy.
Greased watermelons were vied for by wrestlers.
Kelly did her best to hold her own in her age division, but a brawnier girl landed that melon to shore.
Now I’m home with her dad watching tv and she’s out with friends behind a boat on that thing.
She’ll get to watch the fireworks at the 360 Bridge tonight with said friends on said boat, here…
I’m happy for her.
And happy I’ll be spending a quiet evening in with her dad, ahhhhhhhhh.
Happy 4th y’all!!! Is it great to be free, or what!!????!!!
xooxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxox
Fireworks photo by Nomad Pursuits.
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A lady once spent
six hours a day bloggin’
‘Til she got a day job
and lost half her noggin.
Somehow her Mothers’ Day
post fell behind.
Now it’s quite late.
She hopes you don’t mind?
So, who could all those
gals be way up there,
ladies with summertime
shine in their hair.
Mom’s on the far left,
the “baby” of the five.
So lucky these
ladies are all still alive!!
And healthy!
Photo was taken
almost ten years ago
outside Saint James’
one day without snow.
Speaking of James’es who
are saintly and such,
That’s mine in the middle,
him I love much.
No, he’s not perfect,
but Honey, who is?
Except for Christ Jesus
in the forgiveness biz.
But back to the story
of the sisters above,
Each of them mothers.
Each of them love.
They are in Canada
while we’re here in Texas.
Next year we might drive up
in an good pre-owned Lexus.
Or fly in the sky in
a seven thirty seven
back home to the land of
Tim Hortonly heaven.
As to Kelly’s Christening
that earlier sweet now,
as to the land where
I learned to milk cows,
the wee one in the photo
with her toes peeking out,
— let’s give that singing
little cutie a shout.
She co-starred in her
school musical last week,
the stow-away in “Pirates”
She was AMAZING. And sweet.
She made me a mother
for which I’m so grateful.
Thus concludes this poem
… only fifteen days lateful.
🙂
And because Jannie loves threes…
there’s one I just took of a notecard sketched by Carol Olson in 1976.
I’m guessing it depicts the town 100 years ago.
The big whole family Kelly’s Christening Day photo was taken in front of the church on the left.
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Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 5 May 2012 @ 4:57 PM
Wow, looks like FOUR new things.
Introducing…
Eenie, Meenie, Miney & Primo…
born between 4:30 and 6:00 a.m. May 4th, 2012 in an empty subwoofer cabinet.
Mieshka “Fluffy Butt” Funster and babies are all doing well.
Kittens, anyone?
This will be Mieshka’s one and only litter so get ’em while they’re hot, if I’ve the heart to let them go when the time comes.
But I’ll have to.
2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 parakeets and 17 fish already fill up this house quite well.
However… the darkest one, Primo (Prima?) the firstborn, would be nice to keep!
🙂
~~ Posted by Jannie xoxoxoxo
P.S. The kittens were 33 hours old in these pix.
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