Delta S - Journal

Friday

12Mar2010

Terminator

Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:35 PM

Today I learned Superman has his phone set the play the Terminator theme song when I call. I'm not sure what to think about that. He says it's a really cool song. I'm not sure it's a good thing to be associated with... the Terminator.

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I just finished reading "The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words Or Less" and am now freshly inspired to record the truth of my family's unique legacy. So much of the book reminded me of my Grandma and her love for words. I like to think I inherited a little of that love, but I'd like to inherit a lot more of her joy and sense of humor too!

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Early one morning just as the sun was rising

Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:50 AM

This morning I was awakened by a piercingly cheery little voice exclaiming, "LOOK, Mommy! The sky is pink!"

Perhaps a better mother would have floated out of bed, happy to scoop up her oldest daughter and cuddle while watching the sunrise and gladly welcoming a beautiful new day.

This mother groaned and said the following, "Val, please turn off the hall light. And yes, the sky is pink. Go back and watch it more. You might miss some other colors! Hurry!" Then I rolled over and hoped she wouldn't wake up Elaine. She did, of course, as evidenced by the excited shrieks a few minutes later.

This mother is not a morning person.

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Val

Wednesday

10Mar2010

Wieners!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:01 PM

Guess what folks? My brother's a WIENER! (OK, fine. Winner.) TAB and the team went home with the Organizer's Choice award which means they were generally all-around AWESOME and I think they even scored $500. In nickels, of course. And a rusty old trophy made from car parts.

Despite having a giant wiener flopping around (ok, it was actually pretty hard [you can only imagine how stimulating it was to talk about the car all weekend]) on the roof, the car placed 56th out of 147. Not bad at all! They got only two black flags (MUCH improved over the last race, which was everyone's first time) and sang their way (Oh I wish I were a Nascar Mayer Wiener....) out of one penalty.

Press coverage (kinda) of the team and their Wienermobile!

REAL press coverage!

Perhaps most notable of all is that they raise money for non-profit organizations each time they race. This time they raced for Anastasis Ballet.

Go, Bandits, GO!

(To all Lent police, I realize I linked to two Facebook pages. I thought an exception could be made in this case.)

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Monday

08Mar2010

Soup's on

Monday, March 8, 2010 at 5:42 PM

Val, it's time to eat. Are you ready for soup?

"Um, no not yet. I'm reading."

Well it's ready for you!

"OK, let me get a spoon!" She ditched her library book and ran for the silverware drawer.

I wonder if bedtime would go differently if I tell her the bed is ready for her. =)

beck |

Sears Pointless

Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM

My little brother TAB will be racing at Sears Point this weekend in the 24 Hours of LeMons event. He'll be cranking out record-breaking laps behind the wheel of... this...

WHAT is that, you say? I'm so glad you asked. THAT is a Nascar Mayer Wienermobile (finished touches to be added at the racetrack.) Go Bandits, go!

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