Category Archive:Family

Thatsamahgorlie! She was all teeth and shivers when she crossed the finish line today. We have no clue what her time was – just that, OMG! that woman is FAST in the pool!!!

She had staff from the Anchorage newspaper there completing an interview begun last week and taking photos – of her – of her hubby – and of me – as she swam, left on the bike leg, and came across the Finish line.

It was a gloriously sunny and HOT day – well, hot for us Alaskans, that is – and what a great job the producers of the Gold Nugget Triathlon did!

Congrats, Ladybug! I am EVER so proud of you and your accomplishments!

So – in a couple of hours I am headed off for the big city – going to spend the night and then bright and early tomorrow morning will catch the shuttle to go and watch #443 compete in her first triathlon. Yup, the Ladybug is doing it!
She has worked so hard for it over the past 9 months – she has lost 83 pounds – she has gottern herself into tip-top shape – and she is a WINNER! in my book – no matter the outcome.

I trained for 10ks when I was her age – I NEVER even thought to try a tri. I’m proud of her.

Pics will be forthcoming.

You all have a wonderful weekend!

celticmother.jpg What a pretty piece this is!

This is my wish for all of you (received in an email from a cousin – not my own words, but heartfelt and agreed!) It’s a bit long, but I think there is so much good in it, I’m not sure what I would cut. By the way – if you know the author’s name, please email me or post it in a comment below so I can attribute it properly. Thanks!


MOTHERS and MOMS

This is for the mothers who have sat up
all night with sick toddlers in their arms,
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So, daughter Lessa – she who designs my PurpleMoose, btw – works at night to support her family. She designs websites AND she writes for 451Press.

She writes for Survivor fans
and
She writes for Rachael Ray fans
AND . . .
she writes for Big Brother fans.

Be sure to go over to Big Brother Craze today and see what she is now offering – a t-shirt for fans of (pick one) evil doers OR think pink-ers. Gotta love the girl’s sense of humor.

Notice – adult language alert – if you are put off by certain epithets, do NOT go there. Okay?

but . . . be sure to support the girl – thanks!!!

shrinking woman!

look closely at these two pictures . . . count, if you will, the lines above the heads of the two women in the pictures. You would THINK that Ms. Thang would be smiling because . . .

she is (at least) one inch taller than her gramma!!!!!

sigh!
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pictures taken at the Ohio Historical Society Museum in Columbus, Ohio. This is the museum which houses the mummy behind which said gramma received her first kiss (awwwwwwwww) when she was only 15 . . . from the hubbymoose, btw . . . who was also 15 at the time.

Again with the awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

but will you just LOOK at how short the moosie is getting! Sheesh! I used to be 5′ 41/2″ – somewhere along the line I lost an inch and she found it! Too bad all that height is going to my girth. lol

We had a great time – this despite the red devil eyes on Ms. Thang and her look of abject misery at (once again) being photographed by her doddering (short) gramma.

😉

hubby moose and I reinacted “the kiss” for her – at her request – so she could get a shot. Unfortunately (or maybe not) that picture is on HER camera.

and, about the angle of my head. Hubby mentioned that I might have been tilting it backwards and so it just seemed that I was an inch shorter. Awww, isn’t he sweet? Even if I had been tilting my head one way or another – the girl is STILL taller than I am. (much to my dismay) but thanks for trying, hubby.