Hannah did well this weekend in Quincy IL for the regional swim competition. Here's what she swam and where she placed. The time to the left is how fast she swam the event. The time to the right is how many seconds she took off of her best time. She has another year to swim in this bracket so coming in in the top 10 in all these events is great.(yes, she did beat her best 500 by 47 seconds). On March 14th/15th she will go to state as part of 2 relay teams: medley(backstroke) and freestyle.
6:51.16Y Women 10 & Under 500 Free 7 th--- -47.09
39.02Y Women 10 & Under 50 Back 10th --- -0.31
3:03.63Y Women 10 & Under 200 IM 9th --- -1.63
2:36.45YWomen 10 & Under 200 Free 4th --- -1.61
1:11.90Y Women 10 & Under 100 Free 8th --- -2.69
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Sad Conversation with Hannah
We were sitting at the table Monday morning having breakfast. I had the Today show on in the background, getting the latest news on the NIU tragedy (my nephew attends there and praise the lord was not involved.) An article came on about Lindsey Lohan posing as Marilyn Monroe.
I asked Hannah, "Do you even know who Marilyn Monroe was?"
"Yeah, she was like the most beautiful woman in the world when she was alive."
"Do you know how she died?"
"No."
"She was so unhappy with her life that she killed herself."
"Oh."
"Do you think that's a good person to be imitating and immortalizing today?"
"No. It's stupid."
"Do you know who Mother Theresa was?"
"No."
"She devoted her entire life to bettering the lives of the poorest of the poor in India. She lived to a ripe old age and died of natural causes. Do you think she was a beautiful person?"
"Yeah."
"Seems like that would be a better choice for a role model and for the cover of a magazine."
"Yeah."
I asked Hannah, "Do you even know who Marilyn Monroe was?"
"Yeah, she was like the most beautiful woman in the world when she was alive."
"Do you know how she died?"
"No."
"She was so unhappy with her life that she killed herself."
"Oh."
"Do you think that's a good person to be imitating and immortalizing today?"
"No. It's stupid."
"Do you know who Mother Theresa was?"
"No."
"She devoted her entire life to bettering the lives of the poorest of the poor in India. She lived to a ripe old age and died of natural causes. Do you think she was a beautiful person?"
"Yeah."
"Seems like that would be a better choice for a role model and for the cover of a magazine."
"Yeah."
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Hannah
I haven't updated you on Hannah for awhile so I thought it was time. I have to get better about taking pictures of this one because she is always on the move!
She is taking piano now and just started the level C book. We all love to hear her play. She also made the honor roll this quarter.
Next weekend is her last chance to improve her swimming times. So far she has made 3 regional times and may go to state as part of her relay team.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
A Toy Story
Late 2007, maybe around September, I was having a garage sale. I was putting out a bunch of old Barbie and Polly Pocket toys when my neighbor, (who always get's first pick of all my garage sale stuff because that's what neighbors do) told me that some of my stuff had been recalled by Mattell. Went on-line and sure enough, 4 of my heavily used items were recalled for lead paint and small magnets. So, I pulled those puppies right out of my sale and filled out the internet form to get the free mailing label to return the toys to the company.
Waited the suggested amount of time (several weeks) and then submitted another internet form because still no mailing label. After waiting another several weeks to no avail, sent an email requesting my label. Customer service emailed me back to say they couldn't help me on-line and I would have to call.
Called the number in the email and got an endless loop VRU that kept directing me back to the website. Called back and madly hit zero at every VRU option until I finally got a customer service rep.
Customer service rep said we had a bad connection and I would have to call back. I thought htis was odd because I could hear her okay. I moved to another room closer to the phone base and asked "Can you hear me now?"
Rep immediately responded- "Nope, still can't hear you. I think you will have to call back."
No. I am not making this up.
Proceeded to not hang up and insist on getting my mailing label. Rep informed me that they had been having trouble because Mattel emails the labels to customers (don't ask me what you are supposed to do if you do not have a printer!) and many times people's spam filters delete them. I explained that my filter didn't work that way and since I had recieved their customer service response from the same address, that must not have happened in my case.
She offered to snail mail me a label and after gathering the spelling of my last name proceeded to read me back my address. Seems they had my information readily available.
Anyways, several weeks later I recieved the mailing label. I put the toys in a big box and mailed them back to Mattel. This week my persistance paid off. Got a voucher in the mail for $66 for my old garage sale junk!! ! Woohoo!
Now here is Mattel's revenge. I have to use the voucher by April 30th and I have to spend the entire amount in one pop because no change can be given. And, the good stuff - American Girl - is excluded. HMMM. :(
Waited the suggested amount of time (several weeks) and then submitted another internet form because still no mailing label. After waiting another several weeks to no avail, sent an email requesting my label. Customer service emailed me back to say they couldn't help me on-line and I would have to call.
Called the number in the email and got an endless loop VRU that kept directing me back to the website. Called back and madly hit zero at every VRU option until I finally got a customer service rep.
Customer service rep said we had a bad connection and I would have to call back. I thought htis was odd because I could hear her okay. I moved to another room closer to the phone base and asked "Can you hear me now?"
Rep immediately responded- "Nope, still can't hear you. I think you will have to call back."
No. I am not making this up.
Proceeded to not hang up and insist on getting my mailing label. Rep informed me that they had been having trouble because Mattel emails the labels to customers (don't ask me what you are supposed to do if you do not have a printer!) and many times people's spam filters delete them. I explained that my filter didn't work that way and since I had recieved their customer service response from the same address, that must not have happened in my case.
She offered to snail mail me a label and after gathering the spelling of my last name proceeded to read me back my address. Seems they had my information readily available.
Anyways, several weeks later I recieved the mailing label. I put the toys in a big box and mailed them back to Mattel. This week my persistance paid off. Got a voucher in the mail for $66 for my old garage sale junk!! ! Woohoo!
Now here is Mattel's revenge. I have to use the voucher by April 30th and I have to spend the entire amount in one pop because no change can be given. And, the good stuff - American Girl - is excluded. HMMM. :(
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