I Turned Nine Back When Mom Had Eardrums

My poor mother had the misfortune of being on the phone with me this evening when I heard the final Idol results. I screamed so loud my throat still hurts.

It makes no sense to me - but WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

OH! And another thing. Remember when Ryan asked Carly if she'd thought about singing another song? And she said yes, but she felt like this one was more her style? Um, how about you chose this one because you were told that it was better for you???? Did she forget we saw that on a video clip????

So now that I turned her deaf before her time.....

Here was the year I turned nine. These pictures were taken outside the Wendys-turned-Starbucks in Kokomo. My choice of an eating establishment. Parents should have been so lucky to have me for a kid. I was a cheap birthday dinner. :) I am looking awed because I am staring at my birthday gift: a guinea pig.

I forget what I named it. That is really bugging me. But anyway, it had been born into our third grade classroom...its Mom's name was Carmel. That I remember. Why can't I think of what I named it? Anyway, my mother was THRILLED to welcome a rodentish type thing into the house, and given my general fear of such creatures, I can't even tell you precisely why I liked them. But I did.


Sorry Lori. I spared you yesterday. Here are the three sisters...aren't we cute? I actually posted this one because behind us up on the wall is the No Smoking sign that always fascinated me as a kid. I used to wonder if the tiny space behind it on the wall was the no smoking area. Clearly my thinking skills needed developing....