Start of the Season

Every year, just before cheer starts - you get really excited. You forget how much money you spent the past year, how hard it was on your family to constantly drive to and from practices and competitions. Those mom's you talked crap about last season seem kind of nice all the sudden and you wonder if you could be friends this year? It's like once Nationals are over, the slate is washed clean and all you have is the great memories of the year.


Then, you start fundraising, and the bills start coming in, and moms are fighting over who's child will be moved up a level and which ones should stay down. Now I can handle most of this, just to have the smile below and see the confidence she gets from putting on that uniform, but some days I still wonder.....how can a company possibly charge $260.00 for Lycra and sequin?

A burst of color

I absolutely love color...I do not like white anything...which is odd, because that is what my dishes have been for my entire 15 years of marriage. I think that maybe I was so paranoid about something not matching that I was afraid to take a risk. Whatever the case, my ab-fab husband took me to the white sale at Dillard's an low and behold, I have COLOR! It may be the first time that I willingly washed a dish with such vigor,life is good!

Flip Flops $2.50 Walk $0.00

Seriously, this is for every parent who's shild has said "mom, I SWEAR I will walk this puppy....I will feed it....alnd clean up after it....and no, I SWEAR I will walk it if you JUST LET ME GET THIS PUPPY!

Well........this is one of MANY casualties that have left our home in a trash container. I can't even break in a pair without at least some puppy teeth indents.

I can tell you that my kiddo has since started walking the dog every day and she has not eated any more shoes. Unfortunatly, she has moved on to the coach. Anyone want a puppy?