School's Out -- Freshman Year is in the Books!

Let's have a hip-hip-hooray for the end of the

school year!  Yippee!

It was a busy year for Miss Mads and as you all know, freshman year is

a huge adjustment!

Managing classes, homework, studying and cheerleading all

kept her very busy.

Add to that her new love of tap dancing (once a week lessons), guitar (weekly lessons) 

and her burgeoning sewing business -- that girl had it going on!

As she would say about homework -- the struggle is/was real! 

And she made it through!

Finals ended this morning!

Her summer looks bright with cheer practices starting

in full gear in July again.

So, the month of June will most likely be devoted to having her wisdom teeth removed, 

working on an online PE walking class and  her

sewing business.

Her sewing skills are exploding!  She is improving and trying new projects.

She watched a you-tube tutorial and sewed up

the infinity scarf in the photo for me

for Mother's Day and promptly borrowed it for photos! :)

Of course, her main sewing business remains doggie bandanas!

I'm so proud of all her hard work -- she's sold around 280 bandanas

since the end of January!

There are some stylin pups out there!  :)

Mr. Tennis and I are super proud of her and all her determination

and hard work during freshman year!

Way to go Miss M!

TGIT and who knows how to Putt Putt

TGIT!!

It's been a long week friends!

High school has been super stressful this week

as the teachers try to cram every single thing

they can into my highschooler's brain, load on the homework AND also

give tests this week -- just a few days

ahead of final exams!

Hmmmm -- methinks they should be reviewing 

for final exams, but no one asked moi! ;)

Do you know all 73 books of the Bible . . . in order????

Anyhooooo -- we are putting the stress aside and

going to the movies Friday night to see the newest Wimpy Kid flick!

Those books and the movies are a hoot and a half!

Looking forward to laughing a LOT!

Back to Putt Putt!  

Our miniature golf facility in Omaha

was known as Putt Putt Golf!

Oh my word -- that was fun!

We have mini-golf here in Lincoln too -- not Putt Putt

but loads of fun!

Maddy and I put my old skills to the test last Sunday

for our Mother's Day golf outing!

It was 94 degrees and sunny! 

I'm sure that's what hampered my game!

Miss M, however, got a hole-in-one!!

It was a blast -- am hoping the next time we go - 

it isn't quite so crowded and the temp is more manageable -

and am sure I'll get a hole-in-one too! 

Have a super weekend friends!

Mothers and Daughters

Mother's Day 2013

Thinking of my sweet Mother on Mother's Day weekend!
She never really wanted a fuss for

Mother's Day or thanks for the five million and one things she

did for all of us kids and my Dad.  She did everything so well and made
cooking and baking look like a breeze!
We were all special in her eyes and somehow she made each of us feel like
her favorite!
Of course, I really was! :)

She was absolutely the best hugger ever!

I try to carry on that tradition as best I can and am training Maddy in the
art of giving good hugs!  She's doing a great job!

Maddy, Mom and Me - 2009

A few throwback photos I found of me and Maddy together on past
Mother's Days.

She's such a sweet daughter!  Bonus -- my hair actually looked

halfway decent in these pictures.  If you know me, you know how 

much my hair torments and taunts me, frizzes up at the 

mere mention of humidity and basically drives me crazy about 

90% of the time.

Mother's Day 2008

Hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!
Give somebody special a hug!

Weekend Update

Hello Friends!

Wow -- the month of May is going fast already, isn't it!

Last weekend was the marathon here in Lincoln as it is

in many cities.  

No, I didn't run.  My training (ha - what training!) is not sufficient for me

to attempt to run a marathon, but my son, Philip, ran the half-marathon.

The route goes about a block away from my house so I ran up to watch 

the runners and look for him. 

 Out of the the 10,000 runners, I wasn't

too sure I'd see him. 

 But after about 10 minutes of scanning each runner who went by,

 I spied him running along at a good pace!

Later, his family found him at another spot in the marathon.

I think it was his 4th half-marathon

and he got a personal best time.

Congrats PTB!

Too adorable that Janie dressed up as a kitty and Walt as Darth Vader!

Later, Catherine and the kids came over for muffins and chocolate milk!

After that healthy snack, Mr. Tennis gave them all a lesson in 

flower planting and watering!

Such a fun start to Sunday!

Happy May Day!

Hello May!

Oh my word --after monsoon rainstorms all weekend long,
 we nearly had snow last night -- what happened 

to lovely warm spring temps???
Seriously -- there should never be snow in April or May please!

Here's a little flashback to May Day 2010!
Wow -- I loved that cute haircut on her!!

In any event, we are ignoring the ridiculous rainy and almost snowy weather 

and forging ahead praying for warm and sunny days!

And ha -- we have the same May Day bags this year!
Not to worry we're not using the same popcorn from 2010 --
it's fresh and terribly yummy!  I had to sample, of course!

Happy May Day y'all! :)

"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!