"Anan's (not so) Randomness!"

I'm working on sanding our stairs etc. in order to re-paint them. The person who did last time made a mess of it. I cringe whenever I look closely. Incidentally this "person" decided to drop in on us this summer and brag about all the work he did on this house. (i.e. the electrical the floor staining...) Dad had to re-do the electrical and wondered (in a rather un-calm way) who in the world had done it before. I'm sure meeting this guy was a trial.

Lydia E. is coming Saturday (I think) she's staying at Maggie's the whole time I'm pretty sure but we'll no doubt get together. I don't think we would ever sleep if she stayed here. We're the girls who stayed up till at least 1 am talking... Yes, Aaroon I know you've stayed up later...

Our smart Swedish relatives Cecilia and Tommy with their almost 2yo twins Saga and Axel and Cecilia's mother Britt are coming to visit September 1-4. I can't wait!!!!!!! (btw... Swedes rule) Did I mention that Swedes rule? Well they do. And Gotland,Sweden is a close tie with Stockholm (Sweden duh... :-) for the coolest place in the universe.  Axel is pronounced like my name(On-a), "Oxel". NOT like the car part. Hmph.

My cake technically got second place at state fair but they only give out Grand Champion ribbons. No Reserves alas. This actually was their first year awarding Grand in cake so bla bla bla...

Going to bed soon...

"there's something rather magical about ironing. you take your rumpled-up life. spritz a little water on it. run an iron over it. and presto everything's new again. the wrinkles of yesterday have vanished right before your very eyes and there you are. looking fresh. feeling sharp. ready to take on the world." ~deluxe ironing board pad and cover set

LOG and no, that isn't my grammar. <sniff> I'm just so inspired!!!! I think I'll go put this magical ironing board cover on, read the manual to my new iron, and iron stuphph! Yippy!!!!!

I got rid of my cake *again* today. <sigh> Will it ever end? Hey I found a magnadoodle card! Should I stick it in and listen to the music? <sings> The wheels on the bus go round and round... I guess not. I have this really awesome thing from an ironing board cover label that I want to post but y'all will have to wait. Hehehe. Cuz I'm tired.

I may "hate the words 'Grand Champion'" but whether I like it or not, that's what's written on the giant ribbon I found taped to my cake this evening! I couldn't believe it! I walked up behind the person who was looking at it and went "Oh-my-gosh."  It was so weird to have averyone (including peeple I don't know) congratulating me! I also can't believe that the cake is already back home and on the dining room table. Didn't I just get rid of this thing this morning? Ack! But  I need to get it to my cake leader before her store closes on Wednesday and we also need to protect it form little poking fingers. Right after the judging they took pictures and they put them in little frames to replace the actual cakes on the display shelves. <Remembers that not all peeple know everything about 4H> Grand Champion means The Best of all (125ish) the cakes!

Mom was all teary eyed and stuff. 6_9 This is my last year in cake. Yippy! You're not supposed to see that. It's not my last year in 4H though, I just can't handle cake decorating anymore.

<freaks some more> I thought I'd never get a grand champion ribbon! Muffin! (acnowledgments to Mister Sir) Big Shiny Muffin!

BTW... I don't have a big head. NO I DON'T! <hopes that any one who might think so are reading this> :b

I just put the finishing touches on my cake. Yippy! We turned in the pigs and poultry this morning. Since I was at church the boys and Dad loaded up the chickens and forgot about washing them. Ug. The peeple (and the dead fish yuck!) who checked the chickens for bugs kept commenting on how dirty the birds were. <sigh> We're going to go wash them this afternoon. No doubt some high-and-mighty somone will tell us how we were supposed to wash them beforehand. We did... like two times. Bother.

I went to Emmaus this morning, and learned that Pr. S. isn't leaving! Yippy!

Ok I need to go and stuff... yup.