Here’s a question: do fedora hats put you in a bad mood? Little Goff family fun fact—apparently fedoras completely rub my bro-in-law Mike the wrong way (hmm), but Morgan and Aunt Tera were determined to get him to turn that frown upside-down…
And HOO-RAY—after completing his project over a year ago, Curtis the Eagle Scout had his Court of Honor on Sunday. And in the words of Elastigirl, “now, it’s official!”
Sleeping bag-check; pillow-check; strawberry Greek yogurt, trail mix, and protein bars-check; extra plump and cushy blue pad to sleep on-questionable …
I have never been so thrilled to run and more importantly, to stop running!! 17 miles over the course of a day and a half is a lot of running for me. But then when you get the results that say that your rag-tag team of all-stars placed 18th out of 760 teams in the open co-ed division, wow!! What can I say? I mean, I really thought we did good, like the kind of good where everyone tried really hard, we all cheered each other on, no one completely lost it, and there was just a little bit of throwing up-good. But the computer said we did crazy good --like amazing superstar turbo athletic speed good!! Could it really be true? All of the members of our team didn’t even know each other before we started and yet we were still able to work together so seamlessly—incredible!! Isn’t everything on the internet true??
Alas, there is no possible way that our team finished in 26 hours and 7 minutes, even though the computer said we did. Somehow, there was a glitch, a super special computer glitch that makes our team look supreme, especially amazing for a team that was basically trying to finish somewhere above 759th place—not too shabby!
The down side-I don’t think that we can pull off a repeat 18th place speed performance when we do it again next June, but I do think we can top 759th…
**And little life tip, make sure to wear a headlamp when making a quick visit to the honey bucket at midnight…
Can my baby really be nearly done with kindergarten?? His teacher, Miss Warner, who is absolutely darling and truly wonderful, put on a delightful class program and art gallery (Cael the artist was quick to point out that the tree is actually out of the way of the tiger—ahhh)…
And where would I be without my cracker-jack troupe of good sports that braved the late-May downpour to visit the resting places of those we love…
And then I got to do something I’ve always (well, for several years anyway) wanted to do—go to International Quilt Market!! It was in Salt Lake City this year and I love, love, loved it!! Lunch was muy bueno, the lunching ladies were muy bueno, and getting a glimpse of fabulous new fabric in the amazing booths—priceless.
It’s Easter weekend and we didn’t even see any snow! Just super cousins, grandparents, daffodils, Cadbury mini eggs, chocolate…
And Cael is off and running…
Grampa Randy and Gramma Sharlene played host and hostess with the most and mostest…
And even though our weeping cherry tree has yet to burst into brilliant blossoms (starting to get a little nervous that this is not to be), Goff kids struck the traditional post-Church Easter pose in Easter frocks in front of it-the end…
It is so March, which happens to be one of my most favorite times of the year for a whole host of reasons, yes—whole host!! It is the month of birth of this girl (my sunglass-ed favorite sister, Kari, on the left next to my non-sunglass-ed favorite mom on the right)…
and it is also the month with a holiday that celebrates the sensational color of green!! (“Bertha Waterbury?Sensational girl!” Do you know that movie? If you do, you are probably one of the lovely ladies in photo #1. I think I should start using the word “sensational” more in my day-to-day chit-chat…)
I am feeling lucky that I have a nice neighbor and friend named Char that has a sensational blog
and is hosting a giveaway of some of my “Lucky” burlap pillow patterns!
You can enter (and be dazzled and amazed at the magical things this lovely lady does—was your kid a slurpee for Halloween? I was 0 for 5 in the slurpee costume category, but one of my girls was a nerd and not the candy kind) over at her blog.
Irish eyes could be smiling at you (in my case, they actually would be Danish/Swedish eyes and they would still be smiling)!!
Hmm, so many exciting things (?) have happened over the last few months, where to even begin…
“I want some oatmeal. That means I’m hungry and I need more food.” -Cael, on what he needs in life (plus, his favorite food is eggs and his favorite treat is suckers—all part of the mystique of Cael)…
T-Mobile bill that arrived in January= really not so good… (according to the people that pay the bill)
(**While the photo is not crystal clear, the magic sum of $2, 414 in the “amount owed” section left a little something to be desired. Fortunately, the nice lady at T-Mobile was able to adjust the texting fees to what we thought they were supposed to be—which was significantly less than $2,414…)
So I’m at work the other night, behind the fabric-cutting counter, when a lady I do not recognize walks in:
Lady (turning and looking at me): “Oh! You’ve grown!”
Me (a little taken aback, not sure where she’s going with this commentary, my right hand near my left shoulder): “Ahh, oh my hair has grown a little bit?” (as I touch my brown tresses that really have grown)
Lady: “I am NOT talking about your hair!! The shop has grown--it used to be smaller but it is a lot bigger now!”
Me (feeling slightly sheepish): “Oh, the shop IS bigger now, that’s true.” (And I really hope I’m not…)
Lady (a few minutes later after looking around a bit and coming back to the fabric counter): “I couldn’t care LESS about your hair.”
Good to know…
