Today’s Deep Thought
- The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
-Jack Handy
Molly’s first Official Gymnastics Meet
Molly competed for her first time today in an official USAG meet. She was soo stoked!
A little nervous at times, but she didn’t show it. I think she was more overwhelmed. But she handled it all really, really well.
She took 4th over all in her age group on bars (excellent!) and did very well in vault. I think she got the short end of the stick on her floor routine, the judges were very harsh and her balance beam wasn’t her best.
She finished 10th over-all (which is the combined scores in all events). Not too shabby for a newbie.
Afterwards she wanted to do it again. 🙂 She was ready to go.
Later on the way home while talking to Grandma, she told her “She could go through it again if she had too”.
I took about 600 photos of her and the other gymnasts. Once I get them sorted I’ll post them to the gallery.
Another Bengals Season Is Over.
I’m not a big “What if” kinda of person, and I don’t like to second guess. The Bengals got it handed to them today by Pittsburgh. Sure Carson got hurt on the second play of the game and that didn’t help. The ‘D’ surprisingly stopped the run better than anyone expected at least for the first half.
Kitna actually played better than anyone thought he could. He gave us hope. But the D couldn’t keep it close enough for him to win. It wasn’t meant to be.
The Bengals made it to the playoffs and I suppose that should be good enough. Would the results have been different had Carson been able to play the entire game? I don’t know. Closer probably, but I don’t know. It’s not really worth debating really. It is what it is. We now have a winning team and next year to look forward to.
At least we weren’t shut out like NY 😉 and scored more points than the Jags.
That’s all very positive. We just need a few key players on D and perhaps a better backup.
Construction Update
We have a new roof.
Our roofing contractor who is also doing gutters and fixing the eve’s has completed phase one. The roof on the upper part of the house. This included installing two new fancy sky-lights. One that opens (cranks open, and has a screen), yet we can pop it open and continue to use it for roof access. This should be much better than the home made sky light that’s been in the roof for who knows how long.
I should have taken before and after photos but I didn’t.
We were a little frustrated at first, we were clear that we wanted ‘English speaking folk’ working on the house. We’re not prejudice, we don’t care about their nationality, or what color they are. They can be pink, purple or blue. Heck they could be midgets for all I care. But what’s important is that they are able to communicate with us when they are here working on our home.
The crew that showed up didn’t look very American, but we’re assured they are employees and do in fact speak English, they just don’t like you to know they speak English. Go figure. We recommended this flat roofing company in London.
The job is done, I haven’t climbed up there yet to inspect. They still have to come back and do the eve’s and gutter work and we’re still on schedule for new doors and windows in the attic.
Molly’s First Meet
Molly has her first Gymnastics Meet this weekend in Columbus Ohio!
We’re getting excited, as is she!
She still gets to compete as an 8 year old this weekend which will be a bonus, after this weekend though, she gets booted up into the 9 year old bracket. We wish her well! Mom and Dad are proud of her.