Track Star

I have nothing of importance to blog about today. Oh wait yes I Do! My youngest sister who stands at barley 5 feet tall and about 105 lbs give or take is a track superstar! You'd think by looking at her she was just a tiny little distance runner but no, not Melissa. She was smokin' last night at the 4A State Track Meet. She came in second overall in High Points, behind another girl on her team who is a Senior. That means next year, Melissa will probably get High Point at the track meets. I do realize that the picture below had nothing to do with a track meet, but I don't have any track pictures, I just wanted to show you how little Melissa was compared to us. She's the second from the left. I'm 5'3" and I was wearing 4 in heels. Melissa was wearing heels too! (Melissa, if you read this, don't get offended. I'd love to be your size!) Her size just makes her accomplishments so much more impressive!



Melis placed second in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.23. She placed second in the 300 hurdles with a time of 47.28. She help her relay team win second in the 400 meter relay with a time of 49.99, she also helped her relay team win the 1600 meter relay with a time of 4.09, barley missing the State Track Meet record of 4 minutes .04 seconds. She was also second in the Long jump, 16-10 by one inch (winner was 16-11) Melissa actually jumped 17 feet but her butt hit two inches behind her feed, barely. And last but not least she was third in the high jump, jumping 9 feet 8 in. Lets add all that up, 1 first place finish, 4 second place finishes, and 1 third place finish, Wow, pretty impressive for a shrimp. It's amazing how long her strides are with those short legs, she's all muscle though, it makes me jealous! Why didn't I get the athletic genes??

I Wish I was a Dog

A poem by Shel Silverstein

(I found his book in my closet last night and thought I'd share a few)

Lazy

lazy

lazy

lazy

lazy

lazy

Jane. (Banjo)

She (He)

wants

a

drink

of

water

so

she (He)

waits

and

waits

and

waits

and waits
and

waits

for

it

to
rain.

This is How I Feel

This is how I've felt the last few weeks...

Rain

I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

I step very softly,I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand--I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--
I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.

Shel Silverstein

WooHoo

WOOHOO! Kris made the finale!! Did anyone else get the feeling that the judges were disappointed that Kris made it to the final two?? Or was it just Simon and the face he made when they announced it was Kris? Does his hair remind anyone else of a dish scrubber? No? Just me?

Ok well anyway, I'm super excited about next weeks finale, our Bible Study group is throwing a Finale party and we're going to watch it after a quick Bible Study. I'm sure Got will understand...we want to pull for Kris, especially because of what a great example he will set for Christians and Non-Christians everywhere!



Ok moving on...So how many of you have gotten the sales call that warns you about your warranty expiring? How many of you, like our work phone, get them more than once daily? Well guess what!? Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed a law suit, along with 40 other states against three warranty companies. They are guilty of Spoofing, which is intentionally making wrong numbers come up on caller ids so us as phone owners can't screen their calls. The are also using automative call lists and contacting people on do not call Lists, both which are illegal. How do these companies stay in business? Does anyone really buy this warranty service? I guess they are about to be out of business, thank goodness I don't' think I can handle any more phone calls!

Well the weather man just forcasted rain for tomorrow.....again, my hands are starting to shrivle we've gotten so much rain. Have a great rainy Thursday!