"Where Are They Now"

Maddy was selected to participate in a
Junior Achievement Pitch Night -- "Where Are They Now?"

segment this week!

Back in middle school [was that only 1 year ago???],

 the students developed, pitched products and sold

items just like JA did back in the dark ages

when I was in high school. 

But . . . we did JA in high school, didn't you?

And no, I am not telling you

how many years ago that was!

Anyhooo -- due to her little booming etsy business, 

her business/computer

teacher, Mrs. B, called and asked her

to be in the "Where are They Now" portion of

the Pitch Night!

It was so much fun for her to talk about the bandana business and
answer questions from the experts (business leaders from our community)
and to visit with teachers/parents from her middle school days.
Proud Mom moment to be sure!
Since the end of January, she's sold over 200 bandanas!
That's a lot of stylish pups out there! :)
Thanks for the invite Mrs. B!

TGIF/Spring Break Report

Yippee Skippee - it's Friday and the sun is shining!
In honor all things spring and her love for Peeps,
Maddy tried one of the Unicorn frapps at Starbucks*
the other day.
Isn't it so pretty!
Pretty, but loaded with sugar and she took two
sips and deemed it way too much!!
Since it had no chocolate in it, I was not interested! :)

In other spring break-type news,
Maddy's break from school is centered around  the holiest of holidays,Easter,
 so a bit later than most spring breaks this year.

We used to head to Disney for Spring Break

and Loved  that so much -- but it was incredibly

busy and crowded.  So we switched and stay home at Easter/spring break and

head to Disney World after school gets out at the end of May!
The countdown is on and at 39 days!

We had brunch with this lovely group on Easter Sunday!

They all look so spiffy and cute, don't they!

I'm not sure why I didn't force ask Maddy and Connor and Mr. Tennis

 to get into a photo, 

but somehow I missed that opportunity!

Mads and I spent a lot of time over spring break visiting

fabric stores and sewing!

The doggie bandana business is going strong - very strong!

We sewed 16 bandanas over Easter weekend 

and are currently working on 10 more!

Hope you had a wonderful week.  After seemingly endless
storms and rain here, we're crossing our fingers for a full day or two
of sunshine!

Happy Weekend!

Cheer News!

Yay !

My freshie cheerleader made the JV squad!

We had such a busy week last week with cheer practices, tryouts 

plus homework plus tests!

Seriously -- she had practices and tryouts - couldn't we 

suspend homework

and tests for one week??? :)

Tryouts were last Friday and Maddy and I had tickets to the 

Midtown Men concert after tryouts!

If you have the chance - go see them - especially if you are

fans of the oldies!  They were in Jersey Boys on Broadway

and are fabulous!  She even enjoyed the performance.

Instead of home, we headed to Pius to see who

made the team as the list was to be posted on the door at 10 PM!

Kind of a scary way to find out!

But some of the other JV contenders were also there. 

Happy to report, all these girls made JV!

Congrats girls!

Yes, it was a little chilly out at 10 PM that night!

On Sunday, it was time for the cheer potluck dinner to

meet all the squads, new girls and families.

It was so much fun!

JV Squad 2017-18!

Uniform ordering is tonight (take the checkbook!!!)

and practices start up in May.

Looks like another fun year with cheer!

Happy Birthday - A Mimi Post!

My youngest grandchild, baby Dorothy, celebrated

her first birthday at the end of March!

So, it's time for a Granny post.

 But wait, the word Granny always reminds me of that really

 old Granny on Beverly Hillbillies - 

anybody remember that show?

So let's call this a Mimi post

since that's what the littles call me.

Seems so hard to believe

that she's hit the 1-year old milestone already!

She is simply a delight and 

they had some fabulous 1-year celebration photos taken.  

She has blue eyes and a really sweet disposition just like me!

Couldn't you just smoosh that little face and

cover it in kisses!

Happy Birthday Sweet Dorothy!! 

Welcome April!

Hello April!

Hello Rainy Weather!

Boo hoo - missing the sun and warm temps here!

I'm hoping that mentioning our rainy and dreary weather will

make it go away! 

Fingers crossed!

In other random news, I took Mr. Tennis to 

the Amtrak station the other morning at 3:05 AM

to catch a train headed East.

Yes, his train departed at 3:20 AM -- not my 

favorite time of day to be out!

I used to take the very same train (well, probably not the exact same train), 

but similar schedule for the train back and forth to college.

I loved riding the rails!  Visiting the club car and  watching Iowa speed by

in front of my very eyes was so relaxing!

Ahhhh - -those were the days my friend!

The el trains I used to take in Philadelphia were not 

quite so clean and relaxing! :)

In other random news -- cheer tryouts are this week!

It's going to be a busy, busy week for Miss M - with cheer practices,  

tryouts and homework too - plus the bandana business 

is going strong and we are sewing a LOT! :)

Soooooo, that's the way our week looks -

hope you have a wonderful week too!