Sorry, this is just Ventsville lately.
I don't get it. I really don't. My sheltered upbringing was just too sheltered for some things of this world.
Last night a 15-yr-old girl hosted a boy/girl party where they were watching a movie with kids 15-18. Our kids know they have to ask us for permission to watch movies. One of our kids asked to watch "GrownUps". Hubby has seen parts of this movie and said it was filled with RAUNCH. He said "no" to the movie, especially in mixed company.
I am wondering: WHERE are the parents of this 15-yr-old girl? WHY would it be okay with them that she even watches it, let alone show it for a mixed-group party? WHY is she allowed to date her boyfriend before she is 16? and were her parents even around while this is all going on?
My son told us they would watch RIO instead. Yeah, right! This whole group of kids are GOOD KIDS as far as I know. They all knew that we had forbidden our son to watch it, they all helped in the lie by showing it anyway and by telling us they were watching something else.
I hate raunch. It has always offended me. I am just now learning that good kids tolerate it. They even WELCOME it. I don't get it. I just don't get it.
One time in high school, my basketball coach gave in to peer pressure to a raunchy girl on the team and rented an R rated movie for the TEAM (ages 14-18) to watch at the hotel at the State playoffs.
I sat by myself in my hotel room wondering what the heck. I didn't get it then, I still dont get it.
This party was primarily people on the swim team. I have already learned to be skeptical of anything "swim team". They sit on each others laps at the meets to stay warm in nothing but their swimsuits; they have parties so that they can play "kissing tag;" they have video parties and watch something raunchy. Most of them are "the good kids".
These good kids should be sticking up for what's going to help them get to the temple. (Wait a minute, they did that earlier in the day). And helping each other stay clean-minded while they are still so young.
Wow, I am really naive aren't I?
Now, I understand why my other son was not invited to the party.
He can't stand raunch either, which makes him "un-cool." ...
..."un-cool" to the "good" kids!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Molasses Candy
Grandma Woodbury’s Molasses Candy
2 c sugar
2 c cream
4 T. butter
12 oz (1 1/2 c) sorghum or molasses
Cook, stirring constantly, until brittle, then add almonds and 2 rounded tsp. soda. Stir briskly only until the soda is mixed in and pour into buttered pan.
Notes: This is the candy I remember Grandma almost always had around. Not just at Christmas-time, too. I preferred it to be a little on the softer side -- you might be in danger or removing a filling, otherwise. =)
I have hand-written notes on my recipe card that say 1 cup molasses, cook until brittle or soft, and use 1 rounded tsp of soda. I'm not sure who made the adjustments, but I thought I'd be thorough and offer all options. =)
Uncle Clair says that sorghum makes a better candy. He said the molasses works but makes it more crispy than the sorghum.
2 c cream
4 T. butter
12 oz (1 1/2 c) sorghum or molasses
Cook, stirring constantly, until brittle, then add almonds and 2 rounded tsp. soda. Stir briskly only until the soda is mixed in and pour into buttered pan.
Notes: This is the candy I remember Grandma almost always had around. Not just at Christmas-time, too. I preferred it to be a little on the softer side -- you might be in danger or removing a filling, otherwise. =)
I have hand-written notes on my recipe card that say 1 cup molasses, cook until brittle or soft, and use 1 rounded tsp of soda. I'm not sure who made the adjustments, but I thought I'd be thorough and offer all options. =)
Uncle Clair says that sorghum makes a better candy. He said the molasses works but makes it more crispy than the sorghum.
I am feeling like I want to make some of this soon. I jsut need someone willing to stand there and stir for a half an hour.
Kauri's funnies Finally another one
Kinzie started reading her a book called Throwing Tantrums, and Kauri ran away to my bathroom and slammed the door shut behind her so she wouldn't have to listen to it. lol
UnBestBuylievable
Did any of you hear about the great Best Buy dabacle?
Here is just OUR version: We researched the laptops. We spent hours doing it. We finally settled on one and placed our Cyber Monday order.
The next day we were sent an email informing us that it was out of stock. They didn't know when they would get any, and if we wanted to cancel our order, here's how to do it. Okay, we would just wait and see. We didn't need the laptop anymore anyway.
The next week, the email said that it was still out of stock and it would ship as soon as it became available unless we cancelled our order. Fine.
The next week, the email said about the same thing.
The next week, a few days before Christmas, the email informed us that none of this back ordered item would be coming in and our order had been cancelled!
What the heck? No "here's an item of comparable value and comparable savings instead"?
I was mad. Really mad. How could a national chain of such reputation get away with this?!
I found on the website how to email the company, and I let them have it.
I told them: We missed out on 3+ weeks of good deals at other stores, because we were told that this was coming in eventually. Now it was 3 days before Christmas and we had no chance to replace this deal.
I told them I couldn't believe they didn't offer similar value in-store for us.
I told them I was infuriated at their lack of customer service.
I told them I would never be able to trust BestBuy dot com again.
We went to Best Buy locally to see if there was any sort of deals left or anything available in general. I absolutely expected to hear from them with them offering us a similar deal.
I heard on the news that there was quite a backlash for BB doing this to so many people. They mentioned that BB would be offering an instore credit of $30 to all its affected customers.
When I got my email with the credit in it, I couldn't believe what I read.
The laptop was on sale for $329. They gave us an instore credit of
$310!!!!
You read that right. I wondered if I read that right. I wondered all the way to the store till I had the gift card in my hand!
No need to spend non-tax deductable money on a tax deductable item.
We went to Costco and got a laptop there! Insert smiley face here!
Here is just OUR version: We researched the laptops. We spent hours doing it. We finally settled on one and placed our Cyber Monday order.
The next day we were sent an email informing us that it was out of stock. They didn't know when they would get any, and if we wanted to cancel our order, here's how to do it. Okay, we would just wait and see. We didn't need the laptop anymore anyway.
The next week, the email said that it was still out of stock and it would ship as soon as it became available unless we cancelled our order. Fine.
The next week, the email said about the same thing.
The next week, a few days before Christmas, the email informed us that none of this back ordered item would be coming in and our order had been cancelled!
What the heck? No "here's an item of comparable value and comparable savings instead"?
I was mad. Really mad. How could a national chain of such reputation get away with this?!
I found on the website how to email the company, and I let them have it.
I told them: We missed out on 3+ weeks of good deals at other stores, because we were told that this was coming in eventually. Now it was 3 days before Christmas and we had no chance to replace this deal.
I told them I couldn't believe they didn't offer similar value in-store for us.
I told them I was infuriated at their lack of customer service.
I told them I would never be able to trust BestBuy dot com again.
We went to Best Buy locally to see if there was any sort of deals left or anything available in general. I absolutely expected to hear from them with them offering us a similar deal.
I heard on the news that there was quite a backlash for BB doing this to so many people. They mentioned that BB would be offering an instore credit of $30 to all its affected customers.
When I got my email with the credit in it, I couldn't believe what I read.
The laptop was on sale for $329. They gave us an instore credit of
$310!!!!
You read that right. I wondered if I read that right. I wondered all the way to the store till I had the gift card in my hand!
No need to spend non-tax deductable money on a tax deductable item.
We went to Costco and got a laptop there! Insert smiley face here!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
In case you missed it.
This was in the paper on Dec 23.
Man, daughter arrested in connection with suspected kidnapping
ST. GEORGE — Police arrested a St. George man and his daughter Wednesday
after a neighbor reported seeing the man attempt to kidnap an unrelated 11-year-old girl.
Donald Kevin Alldredge, 52, 35 W. 300 South, was arrested on charges of kidnapping a child, unlawful control of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for an officer, interfering with an arrest and a warrant.
His daughter, Daphne Sue Alldredge, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Just after 11 p.m. Wednesday, St. George Police received a call of a suspicious incident at 35 W. 300 South in St. George of a man driving off with an unrelated, screaming 11-year-old child, said SGPD Public Information Officer Capt. James Van Fleet.
Van Fleet said a neighbor of Donald Alldredge was being dropped off by a friend that night. The friend’s 11-year-old girl was left in the vehicle while the neighbor and friend went inside for a brief moment.
Donald Alldredge walked across the road, sat in the driver’s seat of the vehicle and started to back the car away from the residence, Van Fleet said.
The girl began to scream, and Donald Alldredge stopped and got out of the
vehicle, Van Fleet said.
The girl immediately locked the doors and started honking the horn, at which point the girl’s mother came out and observed Donald Alldredge standing by the car, then running toward his residence, Van Fleet said.
When officers arrived, Donald Alldredge was in a vehicle with his daughter, Daphne Alldredge, Van Fleet said.
The man exited the vehicle and started to walk toward his residence, but when officers commanded him to stop, he started to run, Van Fleet said. Officers caught and placed him in custody, but he refused to cooperate, Van Fleet said.
When officers spoke with Daphne Alldredge she showed signs of being on a controlled substance and failed a field sobriety test, Van Fleet said.
Donald Alldredge was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $250,103 bail, and his daughter was booked on $8,008 bail.
Poor Grandma. Both of her "babies" in jail on Christmas. I guess Daphne wasn't there. I suppose someone had enough to bail her out. I looked up the list of registereds at the PCF "Inn" and Kerry is also there (been there 2 months already.) Just 2 cell blocks down from Kevin. Holy Moly! I guess Kevin got to spend Christmas with his firstborn, anyway
after a neighbor reported seeing the man attempt to kidnap an unrelated 11-year-old girl.
Donald Kevin Alldredge, 52, 35 W. 300 South, was arrested on charges of kidnapping a child, unlawful control of a motor vehicle, failure to stop for an officer, interfering with an arrest and a warrant.
His daughter, Daphne Sue Alldredge, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Just after 11 p.m. Wednesday, St. George Police received a call of a suspicious incident at 35 W. 300 South in St. George of a man driving off with an unrelated, screaming 11-year-old child, said SGPD Public Information Officer Capt. James Van Fleet.
Van Fleet said a neighbor of Donald Alldredge was being dropped off by a friend that night. The friend’s 11-year-old girl was left in the vehicle while the neighbor and friend went inside for a brief moment.
Donald Alldredge walked across the road, sat in the driver’s seat of the vehicle and started to back the car away from the residence, Van Fleet said.
The girl began to scream, and Donald Alldredge stopped and got out of the
vehicle, Van Fleet said.
The girl immediately locked the doors and started honking the horn, at which point the girl’s mother came out and observed Donald Alldredge standing by the car, then running toward his residence, Van Fleet said.
When officers arrived, Donald Alldredge was in a vehicle with his daughter, Daphne Alldredge, Van Fleet said.
The man exited the vehicle and started to walk toward his residence, but when officers commanded him to stop, he started to run, Van Fleet said. Officers caught and placed him in custody, but he refused to cooperate, Van Fleet said.
When officers spoke with Daphne Alldredge she showed signs of being on a controlled substance and failed a field sobriety test, Van Fleet said.
Donald Alldredge was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $250,103 bail, and his daughter was booked on $8,008 bail.
Poor Grandma. Both of her "babies" in jail on Christmas. I guess Daphne wasn't there. I suppose someone had enough to bail her out. I looked up the list of registereds at the PCF "Inn" and Kerry is also there (been there 2 months already.) Just 2 cell blocks down from Kevin. Holy Moly! I guess Kevin got to spend Christmas with his firstborn, anyway
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Crashed a TrunkorTreat Party!
This doesn't do it justice at all...
He handed out candy out of Indiana Jones' hat.
The skeleton glows with the black light.
Behind the baby mummy is a pile of bones that light up.
Don't forget about the baby mummy eating candy out of the trunk.
Make sure to see the cauldrons hanging from the hatch!
Yeah, we pretty much OWNED that TrunkorTreat!
The party was put on by our ward that kicked us out a month ago. We went anyway. Party started at 6:30. At 6:00 we were still trying to come up with an idea. People were so glad to see us. They'd be like, "We're so glad you came! We were wondering what this party was gonna be like without you guys!"
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
This Is HALLOWEEN!
at our house.
Yeah! We put on a GOOD SHOW!!!
Our Neighbors LOVE it, and we get plenty of them thanking us for our efforts.
Our Neighbors LOVE it, and we get plenty of them thanking us for our efforts.
Candy Reaper!!
We had a BLAST on Halloween!
This was
my
BEST IDEA EVER!!!
We put our "organ" out by the cemetery and got a
Mr. Grim Reaper
to come by and play us some tunes!
Some creepy tunes: Halloween Theme,
This Is Halloween,
Bach something.
It was a HIT! A BIG hit!!!
We put a Halloween bucket on the organ for candy "tips."
He got half a bucket full!
His scoutmaster even gave him $2!!!
This was
my
BEST IDEA EVER!!!
We put our "organ" out by the cemetery and got a
Mr. Grim Reaper
to come by and play us some tunes!
Some creepy tunes: Halloween Theme,
This Is Halloween,
Bach something.
It was a HIT! A BIG hit!!!
We put a Halloween bucket on the organ for candy "tips."
He got half a bucket full!
His scoutmaster even gave him $2!!!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Day7: I took it down and reloaded it, ...
....because the last one was too poor of a quality to get the best effect.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Day3: On A Cold Day...
A Mummy's gotta do what a Mummy's gotta do.
Wear a coat!
Kinzie's coat is JUST RIGHT!
Wear a coat!
Kinzie's coat is JUST RIGHT!
Day1: CJ The Bus Driver
asked Kinzie, as she was getting off the bus, who was visiting at our house...
LOL,
It's ON!
Day 1: Our "visitor".
A 5'4" MommyMummy!
A 5'4" MommyMummy!
Booed Twice
Apparently, my 2-yr-old found our
"We've Been Booed"
sign and took it down out of our front window.
HAHA
We got carmel-white chocolate apples last night!!!!
That totally beat the snickerdoodles we got a week ago.
We need to figure out the right timing for this:
leave
the sign up long enough
for the "boo-ers" to see we are playing the "game"
so as to not offend anyone,
yet,
have it come down
at the right time
as to get
"Boo-ed"
AGAIN,
and AGAIN
and AGAIN!!!!
If you'll excuse me,
I have to go make some more cookies...
and some more boo signs....
Sunday, October 9, 2011
PR on my BD
So, I had a birthday.
I decided that I would try to get a personal record in honor of me being so oldish.
My furthest I have ever run is 5K without stopping or walking.
3.1 miles.
I have done it once.
For my birthday gift to myself I wanted to show myself that I could do it again!
So I did!!!
But this time I ran 3.25 miles.
Running is not ordinary for me.
I don't "get it".
I don't "love" it.
It will never be an addiction.
Some days I can run a mile without even feeling it,
and some days I can't even run 100 yards.
?????
Well, yay for me to even run another 5K
in the same year I ran my first one!!
I don't think it will happen again very soon.
It seems that the muscles around my lungs give out before anything else does.
But, one day I am gonna invent a wrap around screen for treadmills,
so that I can pick my scenery each day.
I like to control my surroundings (not running in cold or hot or dodging cars or pushing a stroller),
so one day, I hope to run through a forest or on a beach while in my house.
I can only dream, I'm sure.
Friday, October 7, 2011
PVHS Drama Team
The girl who got voted Homecoming Queen a month ago was late for cheer practice this morning.
She didn't hear the announcement to be at the game at 6:00 tonight instead of 6:30.
They needed to hand out shirts for the cheer clinic girls at 6:30.
Since she was late for practice, she got demerits PLUS she had to sit out of the first half of the game.
Since she was late to the game, she got more demerits PLUS she had to sit out the second half of the game.
It was SENIOR night!! and she is a SENIOR!!!
Another girl, Kim, didn't even hear that they were to be there at 6:00, so she started cheering with the team.
Then the coach pulled her to the sideline and wouldn't let her cheer either.
None of the game.
Her mom has been best buds with the coach. Not any more!
(A total of three girls sat out the whole game.)
On a sidenote!!!
After the game tonight, the mom of the cheerleader that left in tears the other day, came and told me how awesome Kyson is.
The cheerleader told her mom what happened with the "therapy session".
The first thing she told her mom was that Kyson was the only one that came after her.
He hugged her and told her that he thought she was a great cheer captain.
That meant the world to her daughter.
The mom cried the whole time she was telling me.
Koby was about to get up and tell her,
but saw that Kyson was already and thought Kyson would get mad at him for copying him.
Haha probably right.
Kauri got a lot of oooohs and aaaahs tonight when Kyson put her above his head like he does with the other cheerleaders.
She was smiling so big.
Then she got to do her cheer clinic cheer for half-time.
She had a good night.
She didn't hear the announcement to be at the game at 6:00 tonight instead of 6:30.
They needed to hand out shirts for the cheer clinic girls at 6:30.
Since she was late for practice, she got demerits PLUS she had to sit out of the first half of the game.
Since she was late to the game, she got more demerits PLUS she had to sit out the second half of the game.
It was SENIOR night!! and she is a SENIOR!!!
Another girl, Kim, didn't even hear that they were to be there at 6:00, so she started cheering with the team.
Then the coach pulled her to the sideline and wouldn't let her cheer either.
None of the game.
Her mom has been best buds with the coach. Not any more!
(A total of three girls sat out the whole game.)
On a sidenote!!!
After the game tonight, the mom of the cheerleader that left in tears the other day, came and told me how awesome Kyson is.
The cheerleader told her mom what happened with the "therapy session".
The first thing she told her mom was that Kyson was the only one that came after her.
He hugged her and told her that he thought she was a great cheer captain.
That meant the world to her daughter.
The mom cried the whole time she was telling me.
Koby was about to get up and tell her,
but saw that Kyson was already and thought Kyson would get mad at him for copying him.
Haha probably right.
Kauri got a lot of oooohs and aaaahs tonight when Kyson put her above his head like he does with the other cheerleaders.
She was smiling so big.
Then she got to do her cheer clinic cheer for half-time.
She had a good night.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Double Jeopardy-Alive and Kicking on the PVHS Cheer Team
Here's the skinny:
There was a cheer clinic scheduled.
Each of the girls on the squad were given tickets to sell.
They had 10 days to sell 10 tickets.
Or get 4 demerits.
If you get 21 demerits between May and Feb, you are off the team.
Late to practice or game =2. Miss a game assignment=4.
Not wearing the right bow or hair-do=? (We don't need to worry about this one.) etc.
Koby forgot about one game, slipped his mind. (They cheer for volleyball which has two games a week, JV football, and Varsity football.)
Kyson couldn't find his uniform one day, and made Koby late to the game.
Koby got 2, and Kyson got 4 that day.
Somehow they are adding up quickly.
We found out late on day 5 of the ticket sale that my boys were supposed to be selling tickets also.
They got their tickets on DAY 6!
Here's my beef.
1. My boys and MW are in the same ward.
All 3 are competing for the same 15ish girls that they know of to sell 30 tickets to.
2. Only girls are invited to come to this clinic, so my boys are at an automatic disadvantage since they don't keep tabs on who/where all the little girls are.
(ALL the cheer leaders agree that it seems a little creepyish for them to have to go find little girls to sell tickets to.) Not to mention the fact that MW has probably babysat all the girls in our ward, knows them well and, they would do it cause they like her.
3. My boys have 4 days to sell them, not 10.
4. My boys only know of the same girls, and don't want to go door-to-door, nor do they have time.
We called many on the phone. Koby rode his bike a mile away to try to sell them. Everyone was too busy.
5. The team was promised that they would get demerits if they didn't get all 10 sold.
We decided that the demerits would be worth it to not have to worry about it anymore, since we weren't even getting close.
The task seemed impossible, and all the girls were complaining everyday that it was impossible.
Only 6 of the 22 cheerleaders got all 10 sold. (There were still 200 girls at the clinic.)2
When the cheer team showed up on judgement day, the demerits were handed out.
Then, somehow, the punishment changed.
6. Now, it was going to be that the non-10 sellers were now going to be punished by having to cheer at the volleyball games on Tue. and Thurs.
And the sellers, had those days off.
How do you like that, volleyball players?
The cheer team cheers for you, because it is their punishment!
Well, certain boys on the cheer team have COLLEGE classes.
with REAL college professors.
Okay, both of them do.
The Senior has 16 college credits!!
And he has to go to 4 hours of high school on top of that.
And 2 hours of cheer "practice"1 every morning.
Not gonna mention that there is also 2 hours of swim team practice at 5 am every morning.
He has his college professors dictating his life pretty much.
He has tests scheduled that HAVE to be taken by a certain day.
He has to take this test on Tuesday night.
Oh, wait, he has to CHEER? on Tues. night in Hurricane (an hour of drive time) as his punishment.
7. With only a day's notice!
Wait, his punishment was the 4 demerits that he had agreed to previously.
So, my boy being the smart boy that I raised him to be :), decided that he didn't want to get a 0 on the college test, so he had to miss the game.
I had called the coach and told him there was no way Kyson could make it, and it was ridiculous for him to expect him to miss the test to go, and that Kyson shouldn't be getting punished for missing the game for a COLLEGE test he already had scheduled.
Kyson didn't have time to call them, so I called every cheerleader that wasn't "punished" to see if someone would "take his place," since this would get him off the hook for getting demerits for missing the game. Four couldn't cover, and 2 wouldn't cover.
8. I told the coach that potentially, Kyson could get 12 demerits for missing that one ridiculously unfair assignment if, by chance, he couldn't go to the game on Thurs.
9. The coach didn't see it that way.
He said he'd talk to the cheer advisor and Kyson in the morning about it.
That didn't happen.
He just simply told Kyson that he got 4 more demerits for missing the game.
10. Key word there being MORE. He had already been punished for the non-sell.
Here is where I throw in the definition of double jeopardy:
The defendant may not be punished twice for the same offense. In certain circumstances, however, a sentence may be increased. It has been held that sentences do not have the same "finality" as acquittals, and may therefore be reviewed by the courts. Sentence increases may not, however, be made once the defendant has already begun serving his term of imprisonment.
(The sentence in this case was added to after they got their demerits.
My boys both think that the girls who sold the 10, got to decide the harsher punishment of the added two volleyball games after the promised punishment of demerits had been given out!)
Kyson never even had a chance.
He already had this college test scheduled.
The 5th Amendment: just in case you had forgotten.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
1 Practice is in quotes, because it isn't what you would think of as a practice. My boys explain it as a lot of talk, talk, and more talk, about the same issues over and over. Drama. Drama. and more Drama. Mind you, the cheer coach is MALE. Shouldn't be drama, right? According to both of my boys, he creates 80% of it.
And, he is constantly telling the team that they suck.
2. The clinic had no adult supervision.
Several of the moms were mad, mad, mad to see their $25 had bought them Duck, Duck, Goose games. They taught them the dance for Friday's half time and for the breaks, they would play DDG games.
They didn't even spend more than 10 minutes teaching them cheers.
In case you are wondering, Kyson thinks he is up to 18 demerits now. Three more and he is OFF THE TEAM!!! All because he was expected to sell to little girls in less than half as much time as the rest of the girls who couldn't even do it.
Can you imagine him not on the team? He is the ONLY reason to watch them. He is in on EVERY good stunt performed. He is one of only 3 on the team that can tumble decently. The crowd LOVES him. The crowd responds better because of his constant "LOUDER" and "YELL IT" through the megaphone. The parade crowds only respond to our cheerleaders after he does his 10 back handspring-in-a-row passes down the road. Everyone on the team loves him to pieces!
In case you are wondering, if Kyson is kicked off, I will be pulling Koby off the team, too!
He can't tumble anyway, because of his injured elbow, and I will be in no mood to support the cheer team at all anymore.
PS. The coach couldn't make it to the game in Hurricane, cause his dog had surgery, and it couldn't be alone, so he called me to go act as the supervisor. You would have been appalled to see the girls as they showed up. They all looked like they were there as a punishment. Some of them even barely went through the motions for the cheers. They booed silently to each other when our team would score, because it meant that they had to stay longer. Four girls were late, 3 by 7 minutes and 1 was 40 minutes late. The cheer girl in charge told coach everyone was good.
PSS One of the girls on the team is there only cause my boys are there.
She would quit if they weren't.
She is one of them that wouldn't sub for him the other night.
Oh, the irony that if he gets kicked off, it would be partly just because she wanted to go to YW.
And then he won't be even be there for her anymore.
There was a cheer clinic scheduled.
Each of the girls on the squad were given tickets to sell.
They had 10 days to sell 10 tickets.
Or get 4 demerits.
If you get 21 demerits between May and Feb, you are off the team.
Late to practice or game =2. Miss a game assignment=4.
Not wearing the right bow or hair-do=? (We don't need to worry about this one.) etc.
Koby forgot about one game, slipped his mind. (They cheer for volleyball which has two games a week, JV football, and Varsity football.)
Kyson couldn't find his uniform one day, and made Koby late to the game.
Koby got 2, and Kyson got 4 that day.
Somehow they are adding up quickly.
We found out late on day 5 of the ticket sale that my boys were supposed to be selling tickets also.
They got their tickets on DAY 6!
Here's my beef.
1. My boys and MW are in the same ward.
All 3 are competing for the same 15ish girls that they know of to sell 30 tickets to.
2. Only girls are invited to come to this clinic, so my boys are at an automatic disadvantage since they don't keep tabs on who/where all the little girls are.
(ALL the cheer leaders agree that it seems a little creepyish for them to have to go find little girls to sell tickets to.) Not to mention the fact that MW has probably babysat all the girls in our ward, knows them well and, they would do it cause they like her.
3. My boys have 4 days to sell them, not 10.
4. My boys only know of the same girls, and don't want to go door-to-door, nor do they have time.
We called many on the phone. Koby rode his bike a mile away to try to sell them. Everyone was too busy.
5. The team was promised that they would get demerits if they didn't get all 10 sold.
We decided that the demerits would be worth it to not have to worry about it anymore, since we weren't even getting close.
The task seemed impossible, and all the girls were complaining everyday that it was impossible.
Only 6 of the 22 cheerleaders got all 10 sold. (There were still 200 girls at the clinic.)2
When the cheer team showed up on judgement day, the demerits were handed out.
Then, somehow, the punishment changed.
6. Now, it was going to be that the non-10 sellers were now going to be punished by having to cheer at the volleyball games on Tue. and Thurs.
And the sellers, had those days off.
How do you like that, volleyball players?
The cheer team cheers for you, because it is their punishment!
Well, certain boys on the cheer team have COLLEGE classes.
with REAL college professors.
Okay, both of them do.
The Senior has 16 college credits!!
And he has to go to 4 hours of high school on top of that.
And 2 hours of cheer "practice"1 every morning.
Not gonna mention that there is also 2 hours of swim team practice at 5 am every morning.
He has his college professors dictating his life pretty much.
He has tests scheduled that HAVE to be taken by a certain day.
He has to take this test on Tuesday night.
Oh, wait, he has to CHEER? on Tues. night in Hurricane (an hour of drive time) as his punishment.
7. With only a day's notice!
Wait, his punishment was the 4 demerits that he had agreed to previously.
So, my boy being the smart boy that I raised him to be :), decided that he didn't want to get a 0 on the college test, so he had to miss the game.
I had called the coach and told him there was no way Kyson could make it, and it was ridiculous for him to expect him to miss the test to go, and that Kyson shouldn't be getting punished for missing the game for a COLLEGE test he already had scheduled.
Kyson didn't have time to call them, so I called every cheerleader that wasn't "punished" to see if someone would "take his place," since this would get him off the hook for getting demerits for missing the game. Four couldn't cover, and 2 wouldn't cover.
8. I told the coach that potentially, Kyson could get 12 demerits for missing that one ridiculously unfair assignment if, by chance, he couldn't go to the game on Thurs.
9. The coach didn't see it that way.
He said he'd talk to the cheer advisor and Kyson in the morning about it.
That didn't happen.
He just simply told Kyson that he got 4 more demerits for missing the game.
10. Key word there being MORE. He had already been punished for the non-sell.
Here is where I throw in the definition of double jeopardy:
The defendant may not be punished twice for the same offense. In certain circumstances, however, a sentence may be increased. It has been held that sentences do not have the same "finality" as acquittals, and may therefore be reviewed by the courts. Sentence increases may not, however, be made once the defendant has already begun serving his term of imprisonment.
(The sentence in this case was added to after they got their demerits.
My boys both think that the girls who sold the 10, got to decide the harsher punishment of the added two volleyball games after the promised punishment of demerits had been given out!)
Kyson never even had a chance.
He already had this college test scheduled.
The 5th Amendment: just in case you had forgotten.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
1 Practice is in quotes, because it isn't what you would think of as a practice. My boys explain it as a lot of talk, talk, and more talk, about the same issues over and over. Drama. Drama. and more Drama. Mind you, the cheer coach is MALE. Shouldn't be drama, right? According to both of my boys, he creates 80% of it.
And, he is constantly telling the team that they suck.
2. The clinic had no adult supervision.
Several of the moms were mad, mad, mad to see their $25 had bought them Duck, Duck, Goose games. They taught them the dance for Friday's half time and for the breaks, they would play DDG games.
They didn't even spend more than 10 minutes teaching them cheers.
In case you are wondering, Kyson thinks he is up to 18 demerits now. Three more and he is OFF THE TEAM!!! All because he was expected to sell to little girls in less than half as much time as the rest of the girls who couldn't even do it.
Can you imagine him not on the team? He is the ONLY reason to watch them. He is in on EVERY good stunt performed. He is one of only 3 on the team that can tumble decently. The crowd LOVES him. The crowd responds better because of his constant "LOUDER" and "YELL IT" through the megaphone. The parade crowds only respond to our cheerleaders after he does his 10 back handspring-in-a-row passes down the road. Everyone on the team loves him to pieces!
In case you are wondering, if Kyson is kicked off, I will be pulling Koby off the team, too!
He can't tumble anyway, because of his injured elbow, and I will be in no mood to support the cheer team at all anymore.
PS. The coach couldn't make it to the game in Hurricane, cause his dog had surgery, and it couldn't be alone, so he called me to go act as the supervisor. You would have been appalled to see the girls as they showed up. They all looked like they were there as a punishment. Some of them even barely went through the motions for the cheers. They booed silently to each other when our team would score, because it meant that they had to stay longer. Four girls were late, 3 by 7 minutes and 1 was 40 minutes late. The cheer girl in charge told coach everyone was good.
PSS One of the girls on the team is there only cause my boys are there.
She would quit if they weren't.
She is one of them that wouldn't sub for him the other night.
Oh, the irony that if he gets kicked off, it would be partly just because she wanted to go to YW.
And then he won't be even be there for her anymore.
To add just a note to the previous post:
The other morning they had a "therapy" session.
The coach had each girl stand up and everybody take turns telling her what they thought of her, but no bashing.
The first couple of girls got up and nobody said much, then the team captain stood up and the girls let her have it in a non-bashing way.
She left in tears, and the coach spent the next 20 minutes bashing the team for bashing her.
They only got through 6 girls.
When Koby came home and told me about it, he was laughing.
My jaw hit the floor, and all I could say
was, "Oh, NO HE DIDN"T! Oh, no he DIDN'T!"
I'm not mad about it, but in a huge amount of dis-belief.
I have boys; they are a novelty, so everyone loves them,
and even if they didn't, my boys could care less.
So I didn't care that they had the meeting, but I can guess there aren't going to be so many good feelings between the girls on the team anymore.
Of course, Koby is laughing as he told me about it.
He couldn't believe it was happening at the time, either.
And everything that was said just made him laugh even more.
Especially when the coach keeps saying that they will not put up with the DRAMA.
Koby is the mildest-mannered, most 10-commandment-keeping person that I know, and he was the first person to tell me that the coach is the one CREATING all the DRAMA.
He had to hide his face behind his hands, cause he was laughing so hard.
Kyson told me later that he, himself, was also laughing in disbelief.
The moms that I have talked to about this are enraged.
They are scheduled to "finish" this therapy session tomorrow.
Me, I'm wondering when they are ever gonna start practicing more stunts and dances?
The coach had each girl stand up and everybody take turns telling her what they thought of her, but no bashing.
The first couple of girls got up and nobody said much, then the team captain stood up and the girls let her have it in a non-bashing way.
She left in tears, and the coach spent the next 20 minutes bashing the team for bashing her.
They only got through 6 girls.
When Koby came home and told me about it, he was laughing.
My jaw hit the floor, and all I could say
was, "Oh, NO HE DIDN"T! Oh, no he DIDN'T!"
I'm not mad about it, but in a huge amount of dis-belief.
I have boys; they are a novelty, so everyone loves them,
and even if they didn't, my boys could care less.
So I didn't care that they had the meeting, but I can guess there aren't going to be so many good feelings between the girls on the team anymore.
Of course, Koby is laughing as he told me about it.
He couldn't believe it was happening at the time, either.
And everything that was said just made him laugh even more.
Especially when the coach keeps saying that they will not put up with the DRAMA.
Koby is the mildest-mannered, most 10-commandment-keeping person that I know, and he was the first person to tell me that the coach is the one CREATING all the DRAMA.
He had to hide his face behind his hands, cause he was laughing so hard.
Kyson told me later that he, himself, was also laughing in disbelief.
The moms that I have talked to about this are enraged.
They are scheduled to "finish" this therapy session tomorrow.
Me, I'm wondering when they are ever gonna start practicing more stunts and dances?
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Grandma's life BORING?
I was delayed getting to the bank. As I finally got in my car to go, I turned on my police scanner which I never have in my car, especially with fresh batteries. I never even listen in on the scanner.
I just happened to turn it on and within 30 seconds I heard D's name. Not many have that name so I became very attentive. When I heard A's name as being on the phone with the cops, I knew that I knew who it was. A was worried about her 8-yr-old daughter seeing the cops with their guns and getting scared.
A., D., and their dad have lived with my grandma for almost their whole lives.
I listened on the police scanner as this whole story played out!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was so exciting that I called my mom and had her on the phone with me too.
They said the older woman had health issues and it would take her a while to get out of the house.
(Right here I am imagining my gma refusing to leave, cause she knows it is nothing.)
They even called for backup for a 4th car. As you can see, there were more that showed up.
I heard them reporting that they were sneaking around the back of the house to the shed.
Every time they would say something, I would have to shush my mom on the phone so I could hear them talking. lol
The radio went quiet for a few minutes before they reported that the house was "clear."
What an exciting 20 minutes I had!
Then I woke up to my sister in Texas giving me the heads up on a story that was in the newspaper today.
Story on the front page of the Spectrum today...
All three live with grandma.
This picutre was on the front page of the paper today:
In this one you can see A, D's dog, and A's 8-yr-old daughter.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this photo.
I also have my own version of a similar photo in my gallery.
I will try to post it in a minute.
D. called 911 and reported shots fired in the shed in the backyard.
Cops had to clear out the house to make sure there was no one in there.
Turned out to be a false report and D was arrested.
My sister had been at the house less than 30 minutes before D called 911.
She said that D was acting VERY strangely. More so than usual.
Word is she is on pain meds for a back injury she got from a car crash in the gorge.
Don't know what drugs she was on at the time of this incident.
If you know my grandma, you can understand why she looks so calm in these photos.
She knows nothing is wrong.
The police, however, don't know, so they had to act accordingly.
I AM SO THANKFUL THOSE COPS DID THEIR JOB RIGHT AND MADE SURE MY GRANDMA WAS SAFE. Even after D admitted to making a false report.
Here's the story in case thespecttrum has it blocked:
ST. GEORGE - Police responded with assault rifles drawn Monday evening to a St. George house after receiving what was later discovered to be a false report of multiple shootings in the house's backyard shed.
St. George Police Sgt. Johnny Heppler said officers rushed to the house on the 30 West block of 300 South with lights and sirens at about 5:30 p.m., secured a perimeter and entered the premises with weapons drawn.
"The only thing we knew was someone was saying someone was shot," he said. "We took tactical positions, so we had cover."
After determining no crime had occurred, police arrested 24-year-old Daphne Sue Alldredge on charges of 911 abuse, providing false information to a police officer and disorderly conduct. Alldredge was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $1,486 bail.
"What she told the dispatchers didn't happen," Heppler said.
Alldredge's father, who declined to give his name, said his daughter suffered from mental issues and had a history with substance abuse. He said he hoped Monday's incident would result in his daughter getting the help she needs.
"I think it was a big cry for help," he said. "I think it was heaven sent."
It was still a scary event for the family inside the house.
Alldregdge's father was the first to encounter police as he walked out the front door to do some yard work.
"I came out to finish the shrubs and saw they were hiding out there with guns," he said. "I didn't know what to think."
Alldrege's sister, who also declined to be named, said she called 911 after seeing the officers as a way to ensure the situation wouldn't escalate.
"I said, 'You tell me what I need to do,'" she said, adding that she was fearful what effect seeing the guns would have on her 8-year-old daughter.
"I was freaking out for her," she said.
Police then questioned the family, searched the house and back yard, and left with Alldredge in custody.
Heppler said police take all reports of criminal activity seriously, adding that Monday's incident wasted resources that could be better utilized elsewhere.
"It definitely has an effect on the available officers at the time it is going on," he said of false reports. "We could be somewhere else taking care of an actual emergency."
Dan Larsen, who was working at his rental property across the street when the incident occurred, said he was glad to see officers make such brave moves.
"They were looking for action," he said. "They've got to do their job to keep us safe."
St. George Police Sgt. Johnny Heppler said officers rushed to the house on the 30 West block of 300 South with lights and sirens at about 5:30 p.m., secured a perimeter and entered the premises with weapons drawn.
"The only thing we knew was someone was saying someone was shot," he said. "We took tactical positions, so we had cover."
After determining no crime had occurred, police arrested 24-year-old Daphne Sue Alldredge on charges of 911 abuse, providing false information to a police officer and disorderly conduct. Alldredge was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $1,486 bail.
"What she told the dispatchers didn't happen," Heppler said.
Alldredge's father, who declined to give his name, said his daughter suffered from mental issues and had a history with substance abuse. He said he hoped Monday's incident would result in his daughter getting the help she needs.
"I think it was a big cry for help," he said. "I think it was heaven sent."
It was still a scary event for the family inside the house.
Alldregdge's father was the first to encounter police as he walked out the front door to do some yard work.
"I came out to finish the shrubs and saw they were hiding out there with guns," he said. "I didn't know what to think."
Alldrege's sister, who also declined to be named, said she called 911 after seeing the officers as a way to ensure the situation wouldn't escalate.
"I said, 'You tell me what I need to do,'" she said, adding that she was fearful what effect seeing the guns would have on her 8-year-old daughter.
"I was freaking out for her," she said.
Police then questioned the family, searched the house and back yard, and left with Alldredge in custody.
Heppler said police take all reports of criminal activity seriously, adding that Monday's incident wasted resources that could be better utilized elsewhere.
"It definitely has an effect on the available officers at the time it is going on," he said of false reports. "We could be somewhere else taking care of an actual emergency."
Dan Larsen, who was working at his rental property across the street when the incident occurred, said he was glad to see officers make such brave moves.
"They were looking for action," he said. "They've got to do their job to keep us safe."
Sunday, September 25, 2011
House for Sale
That's right. My house is now FOR SALE!
At least it is in my heart.
How many times are we expected to be ripped out of our ward family to be put in a new ward family?
In our ward it has been an average of less than 1 1/2 years for each split in the 18 years we have lived here.
We just got ripped away from the people we have been here with the longest. And sent packing the other direction.
We used to be in the ward we just got put back into, but not for 7 years, before one of the 9 changes in the last 16 years. Don't care to ever go to that ward again.
Since I work in the scouting, I don't work with any women. So, of my bestest buddies that I even have, they are all getting left behind in MY ward. The one I just got ripped out of. They took 2 cul de sacs and my main road for three blocks. That's it.
The man who is now the bishop is one I worked with in scouts and just adore. He was so good to work with. One that actually tried to do his job right. I would've liked him to be my Bishop.
And my boys' baseball coach. The one I hand pick to be their coach. He just got put into my ward, that I just got kicked out of. He would've been great to work with in scouts.
How long do you think it would take to sell this house?
They were obviously counting on my family's large number to help out their ward. It would just serve them right if we moved- and took all our kids with us.
You know that feeling you get when you realize you've lost your credit card? favorite ring? or wallet?
The feeling of doom and despair?
During my week of speculation, (and yes, I did get the boundary change EXACTLY on the mark down so-an-so's back fenceline) I had that doomsday feeling as soon as I realized my new ward was taking us in. A week ago. It was an Ah-ha moment of the wrong kind.
Hubby keeps telling me, just say the word, and we're gone. After the third time, I started to feel like he wants me to say the word.
The StPres bragged about how the computer can do all the calculating to get the numbers they are looking for in each ward. He bragged about "taking into consideration the feelings of those being affected." They got it wrong. They really just got it wrong. Go back and take back the people that you took out of their ward 2 years ago. Leave me with the people and friends I have been with for 18 years.
I have a neighbor that has For Sale signs that he's not using. He said we could have them. I am really going to consider my options right now.
And, right now, it feels like my House is For Sale!
At least it is in my heart.
How many times are we expected to be ripped out of our ward family to be put in a new ward family?
In our ward it has been an average of less than 1 1/2 years for each split in the 18 years we have lived here.
We just got ripped away from the people we have been here with the longest. And sent packing the other direction.
We used to be in the ward we just got put back into, but not for 7 years, before one of the 9 changes in the last 16 years. Don't care to ever go to that ward again.
Since I work in the scouting, I don't work with any women. So, of my bestest buddies that I even have, they are all getting left behind in MY ward. The one I just got ripped out of. They took 2 cul de sacs and my main road for three blocks. That's it.
The man who is now the bishop is one I worked with in scouts and just adore. He was so good to work with. One that actually tried to do his job right. I would've liked him to be my Bishop.
And my boys' baseball coach. The one I hand pick to be their coach. He just got put into my ward, that I just got kicked out of. He would've been great to work with in scouts.
How long do you think it would take to sell this house?
They were obviously counting on my family's large number to help out their ward. It would just serve them right if we moved- and took all our kids with us.
You know that feeling you get when you realize you've lost your credit card? favorite ring? or wallet?
The feeling of doom and despair?
During my week of speculation, (and yes, I did get the boundary change EXACTLY on the mark down so-an-so's back fenceline) I had that doomsday feeling as soon as I realized my new ward was taking us in. A week ago. It was an Ah-ha moment of the wrong kind.
Hubby keeps telling me, just say the word, and we're gone. After the third time, I started to feel like he wants me to say the word.
The StPres bragged about how the computer can do all the calculating to get the numbers they are looking for in each ward. He bragged about "taking into consideration the feelings of those being affected." They got it wrong. They really just got it wrong. Go back and take back the people that you took out of their ward 2 years ago. Leave me with the people and friends I have been with for 18 years.
I have a neighbor that has For Sale signs that he's not using. He said we could have them. I am really going to consider my options right now.
And, right now, it feels like my House is For Sale!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Homecoming Royalty
Hubby funnies
Setting the table for the homecoming dance for the 4 couples was challenging when we only have 8 spoons that match. Hoping that the spoons are all accounted for, (and clean) Hubby was searching for the ones that haven't been chewed up in the garbage disposal. I pulled out my grapefruit spoon and held it up to him and announced that this one had definitely found it's way into the disposal. He quickly corrected me by telling me that the spoon was really my grapefruit spoon not a disposal victim. I scoffed at him and acted disgusted that after 22 years together, he still can't tell when I am being sarcastically funny.
The couples at the table wanted to know what I was laughing about, so I told them that Hubby didn't know that I was kidding about the spoon going through the disposal. Then one of the girls at the table said, "Wait, isn't that a grapefruit spoon."
Lol, and welcome to my blog!
The couples at the table wanted to know what I was laughing about, so I told them that Hubby didn't know that I was kidding about the spoon going through the disposal. Then one of the girls at the table said, "Wait, isn't that a grapefruit spoon."
Lol, and welcome to my blog!
Monday, August 29, 2011
The first 10 seconds and the last 20 seconds are the best!
and the football team is fun to watch, also.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Survivor Lovers
This season starts in 3 weeks.
It will have two people from Utah on it.
One of them is an English Professor at BYU,
who says she is not afraid to play the game.
(I think that means she is not afraid to lie to people.)
I don't have a problem with people telling lies in this game.
I don't see it as being much different than a board game
I have in my game closet in which you try to decieve
the other game players into thinking you are telling the truth.
Survivor is just an extended version of it.
I do, however, have a problem with people telling lies on
this show if it gets my favorites voted off.
GO, BYU LADY!!
It will have two people from Utah on it.
One of them is an English Professor at BYU,
who says she is not afraid to play the game.
(I think that means she is not afraid to lie to people.)
I don't have a problem with people telling lies in this game.
I don't see it as being much different than a board game
I have in my game closet in which you try to decieve
the other game players into thinking you are telling the truth.
Survivor is just an extended version of it.
I do, however, have a problem with people telling lies on
this show if it gets my favorites voted off.
GO, BYU LADY!!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Interestingly
Our high school football team is highly ranked this year.
Despite the fact that there are only like 2 Seniors on the team.
Where are the rest of the Seniors?
Well, they were not allowed to tryout for the team,
because they wouldn't put in the work!
Yeah, the big group of Juniors last year for some reason
decided that they were not going to go lift weights
with the football team from January on.
So, when it came time to try out for the team,
Coach Hossner wouldn't give them the papers for the parents to sign.
He had been telling them for months
that they needed to come train in order to try out.
They didn't, so Coach kept his word.
Even the coaches own nephew got canned.
Pretty interesting stuff.
And, good for you, coach.
And, good for you, coach.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Kamarie loves Bubble Guppies!
I KNOW IT'S TOO SOON
for her
to be having a birthday already!
But,
the Guppies
insisted that August 18th
was HERE!!!
She LOVES
LOVES
LOVES
her "poke a dot" book.
Ingenious idea.
Cuter name.
Poke the dots like popping bubble wrap,
then
turn the page and poke them back the other way
while counting or singing the song.
Costco!
Do you like
the outfit she is wearing
on behalf of
Bubble Guppies Birthday?
Blowing out candles
could have lasted
ALL night!!!
I know, I know!
I'm Sooooo
Lucky!!!
Again! Again!
She learned how to blow out a match today to practice for tonight.
and
don't you dare try to sing Happy Birthday to her.
We had her in tears tonight, cause we wouldn't stop singing to her when she said to.
It was funny, but yet it was soo mean.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
It's All About Kamarie! It's about time!
Playing in the pool all day while waiting at the swim meet. Loved it.
You can't tell in this picture, but Kamarie is trying to hog the limelight and she is pushing Kauri out of the picture.
A nap, FINALLY!
She doesn't take naps very easily anymore.
This is how I found her one late afternoon.
Family Reunion at Halls Ranch up by Bryce Canyon.This is the dock in the middle of the swimmin'/fishin' hole.
Here, she is just getting back from a ride.
Here, she has just realized that she is not going to get to go on the next ride.
Breakfast! Pancakes!
Kashton and Kamarie playing in the sand together.
Her favorite part of the reunion. Sand.
Koby taking her for another boat ride.
Sand castle contest.
Breakfast! She hardly eats, so I was tickled to have her gobbling all this food every morning.
We only eat pancakes when we camp, and we've only camped this year once until this reunion.
I guess she like pancakes. Yay!
At the top of the hill at the ranch.
Bryce Canyon in the background.
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