Wednesday, August 13, 2008

"Around the World..." the fans are cheering!

So, it's Day 5 of the Olympics and I haven't been to bed before midnight yet!


I stayed up last night to watch Michael Phelps kick butt in 2 more events, winning 2 more gold and setting 2 more world records. Man, he and the rest of the swimteam rocks!!

I also watched as our women's gymnastics team was forced to settle for Silver and I want to say to the federation who is in charge of this "new" system - it's broke and you need to fix it! It shouldn't take 10-15 minutes to judge a 2-3 minute routine! The US lost the gold because poor Alicia couldn't maintain her high level of adrenline and maintain focus for 15 minutes. The US Olympic "in charge" guys say it was due to TV issues but here's a clue from someone watching the show: you showed her standing around for 10 minutes ON THE TV buddy... it wasn't to line it up - you kept cutting back to swimming because she was STILL waiting... As a former athlete - I know how hard it is to wait for that period of time, standing on a stage waiting to start. It's not like she was able to put her headphones on or talk to her coach... she was forced to stay up there and walk around which is difficult. It messed with her head and her start and ultimately affected her floor exercise as well. Good job, judges, you handed the title to China again... Plus - I would love to know how Shawn got almost an identical score with the Chinese chick when she had only one bobble... only one on that sideways flip... and the Chinese girl was checking her balance all over the beam. What a crock! Home team definitely has an advantage - especially when it comes to using underage athletes. China - please! Look at your girls and tell us with a straight face that they are 16. The little one looks like my 10 year old neighbor. Same body figure, same missing teeth... Don't assume the world hasn't figured out that you faked their passports. It will come out, like the steriod usage has. And then you really will look like a bunch of cheaters!


I am super proud of all our athletes and how well they are doing - USA rocks!!

Phew! Now that I've had my 2 minutes on the soapbox, onto other stuff...

A couple of days ago, I mentioned a contest for the Olympics.
Last night, I put together the prize pack with over a dozen sheets of paper (patterned and cardstock), rubons, buttons, felt and acrylic shapes (flowers, stars, etc...), tags & journaling blocks, and over 7 feet of ribbon. All you have to do is post a link here showing your pride in teamwork, sports, the Olympics... Here's a pic of the summer themed prize pack...



So get those entries in before the closing ceremony on the 24th of August and I'll post the winner in the 25th.

So, back to fun stuff...

Today was Annde's Preschool Olympics Celebration. They "competed" in various events (egg walk, water balloon tossing, pie throwing, obstacle course, sack race, balloon tennis, fishing, bean bag toss) to win prizes (as well as get tattoos and faces painted). These are the medals that each kid received at the end of the day for participating and they were very excited about them. Annde and I made them last night as well as the celebratory cupcakes (chocolate frosted with 'olympic' colored sprinkles in the batter and on the frosting). The cutting(mom) and glueing(Annde) was a little ragged on the medals but they came out so cute and Annde was so proud of her work that I didn't go back and fix them after she went to bed.

Annde had fun participating for the most part. She was sad because her 'boyfriend' Jeff was also partnering with Zoe, another buddy. Since Jeff is no longer at her Preschool (he goes to Kindergarten in the fall), she doesn't get to see him like Zoe does (she lives across the street from Jeff). And Zoe was being very territorial about Jeff. So there were a lot of tears about 'I want Jeff to be my partner and Zoe isn't sharing!' I actually got a picture of Zoe, Little Jackie (another girl), and Annde all pulling at Jeff and saying "I want Jeff to be my partner!" Sigh! It's already began, eh? Jeff's dad and I just shook our heads. I'll put some pics up later in the week of all the fun. Actually, the funniest part was when I turned around to help one of the teachers and Brandon (That little stinker!) hit me smack dab in the stomach with a water balloon... The whole middle of me got wet and it looked like I had an accident! And, I didn't have time to change before I had to go back to work... Luckily, it somewhat dried quickly and stopped being noticable.

Lastly...

This weekend, Pink Sketches premieres and I am super excited about the page I did for the first week... You will have to wait until the weekend to see it but here's a little peak about it... The page involves the last week of fun from the PGA. It's a traditionally Jana page with lots of embellishment and memorabilia from the weekend. The page is a bit on the busy side and I am still waiting on Steve to write his notes from the experience to put on the hidden block (see below) but I LOVE it and hope you will too! Check the site on Sunday for the big reveal!



Have fun tonight and catch the swimming tonight at 11pm EST as Michael Phelps goes for some more gold! I'm off...

PS: While there are probably a bunch of songs named "Around the World"... the one I picked off my IPOD is by the Red Hot Chili Peppers...



1 comment:

GinniG said...

Jana, I agree about the judging and the Chinese gymnasts! Who do they think they're all kidding?! Puh-leeeze!!! The medals you and Annde made are adorable!!! Can't wait to see the pics of all the fun times!