How Cool is This?

Hey, Terry Twins! You two are so jealous of me right now. You don't even know it yet. I got something in the mail today......from Maria V. Snyder! And it's signed and personalized! How cool is that?
(For those of you who may not know these books, check this link out for summaries and excerpts, if you are so inclined.) I found a contests page on that website. I got five people to email Maria Snyder to tell her I told them about her books. Then I got an email from Maria herself!

So, thank you to:Lisa (my sister), Donnica (my V.T. comp and friend), Su (my mom in law), Steph and Mel (just my all around good friends) for taking the time to humor me. I love all of ya.

First Day of School

Today is the first day of school. Hooray! I am so ready for the kids to be gone all day. My four year old starts school tomorrow. My six year old was so excited to see all her friends from Kindergarten. She is a really slow eater so I gave her this big lecture about how she needed to eat her breakfast and lunch really fast so she would have time to finish and she wouldn't be hungry. In response to my lecture, she shoved a whole triangular piece of her quesadilla in her mouth. Yeah, it choked her and she had to throw it up. Lovely. Then the bus was 5 min early so we had to make a run for it. Starting the year off right, it seems.

Clogging Fever

The first full week of August is the Johnson County Fair. The fair grounds are right here in Gardner. In fact, before we moved from our little rat hole, we were only two blocks away from the fair grounds. Usually, it is the hottest week of the year, but not this year. The weather was perfect! Last night, we went to see all the animals, walk the booths and have some dinner. I love fair food. But most important to me was the Cloggers. I had to see them! I made sure we got to the little stage about 30 min early because I had to be able to see their feet, right? The kids about didn't make it, but the show started and it was so cool to hear the sound of the double taps again. It made me all nostalgic because I was a clogger in a former life. My older brother and sister clogged too. I quit when I was 13. In these pictures, I think I am like 5 or 6. Check out my awesome 80's bangs. Sweet.

The clogging group that preformed are out of Belton or Raymore Mo. They offer classes for adults too. So now I'm thinking: How long does it take to get to Belton? How much would a pair of clogging shoes cost nowadays? What the heck happened to my old clogging shoes anyway? I want to clog!

It's Here! Finally!

It's here! It's here! I know you were all worried about it. Okay, I was worried about it. I'm so excited!

P.S. I have resorted to using my daughters Fisher Price digital camera. It only has 2.1 mega pixels, the upside to that is that I can upload a ton a pictures in about 10 seconds. The downside is that the pictures are blurry.

Up In The Night

It's 4:51 am. I have been awake since 3:20 am. This happens frequently. My four year old comes and tries to get in bed with me. I cuddle him for a few minutes then get up and take him potty. Then, I go lay him back down and take his cup downstairs to get a drink for him. I climb the stairs, give him his drink, and go lay back down. But I am wide awake. Sometimes I'll lay there for awhile. Then, I have to go potty, and I have to eat something. After all that, there is no hope for sleep until probably 6am and then I just have to get up in an hour or so to take care of the children. So, it's a good thing I have the Internet to keep me company on nights like tonight, because seriously, I hate infomercials.

Arrrggggg! or Why I will Never Pre-Order From Amazon Again, Even if it is Cheap.

Emily has read it. Amy has read it. My old friend Andrea has read it. I almost accidently read a spoiler yesterday on the Internet. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I WANT MY COPY OF BREAKING DAWN, AND I WANT IT NOW!

Found in a Box

While rummaging through an old box I found some old treasures. Most interesting of these being a stack of concert tickets. Seems like there should be more.

1 concert ticket to:
Neil Diamond 8-30-99
Elton John 8-11-98
Reba and Brooks & Dunn 12-10-97
Reba and John Micheal Montgomery 11-12-94
Brooks & Dunn And Reba 11-28-98
Ricky Martin 11-27-99
The Osmond Family Christmas 12-18-95
U2 Popmart Tour 5-3-97
Colin Raye and Terri Clark 5-21-99

and 3 unused Styx tickets 7-17-97