LOOK WHO'S HERE!!!!!!

WELCOME, VERA MAE LOUISE EBAUGH!!!!!!!!!!

7 lb, 15 oz 10:37 PM August 22, 201

Please check out her HAIR...she has more than I do, LOL!!

Vera, Nannie and PopPop love you already!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS

to our son, Travis and his beautiful wife, Rachel!

Rach, you did GREAT!!

(Guess I need to lose the creepy floating baby in the left column!)

Caveat emptor, Allbrands. Well played..

I wasn't sure I would ever see it...
I even doubted its existence,
kinda like my unicorn there...

But, TA-DA!!!!!!!!!!!

LOOK WHAT CAME FROM ALLBRANDS YESTERDAY!!

And it only took FOUR PHONE CALLS,

COUNTLESS EMAILS,

and TWENTY-NINE DAYS
for ALLBRANDS to fix THEIR OWN MISTAKE.

Caveat Emptor, Allbrands.
Well played.

I'd Rather Swim...or Run...or ANYTHING

Maybe I'm just ignorant or naive, but it seems that in many sports, athletes can't totally crash and burn. Not like in gymnastics, anyway. They might not win, but they're not going to totally fail.

I mean, if you know for a fact that your swimming or running time is usually way faster than the rest of the field, then you're pretty well set. Short of sucking in a bunch of water or pulling a hamstring, you're gonna finish okay.

Not so with gymnastics. US Olympic vault specialist McKayla Maroney is widely known as the best in the world.

She usually does this

and gets reactions from jaded judges like this

Unfortunately, yesterday she did this

The NBC jinx commentator had JUST said something like,

"All she needs to do is land on her feet..."

Thanks, NBC.

Maroney STILL got the silver medal. She totally messed up her vault, landing on her rear end, and STILL was only about a tenth of a point behind the winner.

Crashing and burning in gymnastics...

few other sports can compare.

But What About Her Hair??

In a stunning performance,
Gabby Douglas took gold.

She was rock-solid with nerves of steel.

And all some people want to do is criticize her hair?!??

Are you kidding me??

Hair haters, can you do THIS?

When's the last time you ate breakfast doing THIS?

Yeah, NEVER.

CONGRATS, GABBY!!

I sure am wowed by your athleticism,
strength,
determination
and mental toughness!!

And I don't give a flying flip about your HAIR!

Not Even Remotely Wordless Wednesday - Way Back When

Way back when, I was a gymnast. I was good at what I was able to do, but by the time I got into it, I was old enough to realize that this is a great way to become paralyzed for life.

 Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate our
US gold-medal-winning Olympic gymnasts.

U S A!! U S A!!!

Bite those medals, ladies!
LOL
GREAT JOB!!

Allbrands...BLECH...But in the Meantime...

I leave you with this nice picture of the top of our fridge.

This picture of Kirby (aka Mr. Katz) summarizes why I love cats.

They do what they want.

They go where they want.

They don't care if you think they look ridiculous.

They're HAPPY.

Allbrands Says...PLEASE WAIT

Okay, Allbrands, I'm waiting...kinda like the graphic below. The saga continues...

So yesterday, I got an email from

yet another person at Allbrands.

(TWO WEEKS after I informed them

that they'd sent me the wrong hoop.)

He said he'll forward my info

to yet ANOTHER person at Allbrands.

 

THAT person is supposed to email me a return form.

Then I can print it and mail the hoop back.

THEN they will send me the correct hoop.

*SIGH*

Imagine if it were MY mistake in the first place...