Goings On

Thrill the World happened last night. Thrill The World is an annual worldwide simultaneous dance of Michael Jackson's “Thriller.” Most of you now that I am a big fan of MJ, but my sister, Beth, is probably even more of a fan. She jumped at the opportunity to learn the dance and join in the fun. My mom, Bev, Paul and me went to Portland to watch the dance. It was pretty cool. The "Thriller" dance really is a masterpiece; Michael Jackson is a genius. Beth and her friends looked pretty good, too.

Here is the video of Beth and her friends rockin' it in Portland. You can see Beth at the bottom of the screen wearing a purple dress. The sound quality on this video or horrible, but you can imagine how fun it was hearing the music as they danced.

We have very squeaky doors in our house. After a few months of the squeakiness getting under my skin I grabbed the WD-40 and sprayed every single door. The doors no longer squeak, but they also no longer stay open. Seems I just swapped one annoying problem for another. The only door that really bugs us is the one in Shelby's bathroom. When we are brushing her teeth or fixing her hair the door will close and tap our butts. It's annoying. Last night, Travis was brushing Shelby's teeth and the door kept shutting and hitting his butt. It was really getting to him and after gently kicking the door open a few times he finally kicked the door hard to get it to stay open. That last kicked worked well because the door knob stuck into the wall and the door stopper got stuck in the door. So, NOW we get to fix a whole in the wall and buy a new door. Yay!

Shelby has been into hair bows lately. She has to be wearing them in her hair at all times. The other day I bought out the bow selection at Gymboree. Shelby was in heaven when I came home and showed her all the bows. The next day she made me put all of the bows and barrettes we own in her hair.


A week or so ago I found a student desk for sale at a thrift store. We don't exactly have room for the desk, but I bought it anyway. It is in perfect condition and I knew Shelby would just love it. The only thing I had to do was to re-paint the desk. It started out bright red. Yuck. 2 days after bringing the desk home, Travis and I knew it was a good buy. Shelby spends a lot of her free time sitting at her desk. She has never colored more. We love it! And I love that her mouth is full of candy corn in the first photo.