National American Miss

Yesterday, a few of us went to the National American Miss pageant in Bellevue.......bet you didn't even know there was such a thing, did you?! If you have ever come across the TLC Show Toddlers and Tiaras, it is a scaled down version of that..... Marcia has a friend whose daughter was in it. She is probably 5 or 6 years old...really a cute kid and, when she didn't win anything besides the trophy everyone gets, didn't seem to be upset at all. It cost $15 to get in and even the parents and siblings had to pay that - on top of everything else they had to shell out for in the process of getting to the finals. They started out with presenting the top five "modeling" winners. Next came the top five "talent" kids - one of whom was an incredible gymnast.....talk about agile - that kid had rubber for bones. Naturally she won the talent contest. All I could think about is that my granddaughter Maggie had much more personality than any of those kids and she certainly could sing better than any of the talent up there - the big difference being she wouldn't want to do that in the first place, I'm thinkin'. .. So - once those events concluded we went on to award the other stuff they were there to receive. First they presented all 30 finalists in their "evening gowns"- some of which were completely appropriate for girls of their ages and others that were completely over the top. There was some serious money up there on that stage! Then came the "awards".....like for the Miss Congeniality.....the best "thank you note" writer....the best community service girl....of course the talent and model winners......It went on and on - and I decided I needed to invest in a trophy company - they gave one to runners up as well as winners - and - every girl who entered got one too. The girl who was out going American Miss Princess was a cute little red-head who lost a few teeth during her reign.....but she stood up there handing out trophies with a huge grin in spite of the gaps in her teeth. The girl who won this year was not memorable....the gymnast, however, took first runner-up. As we were leaving we heard lost of anguished sobbing - particularly from little girls who couldn't hold all the trophies they had won.....I went out of there shaking my head!

Not much other news....Fritz is well again, much to my relief.....He is on his second week of pills which I now hide in a spoonful of canned dog food....gobbles it right down.

Tuesday after volunteering I get my eye fixed....I can't wait.....it is so annoying!! The doc promises it will only take 20 minutes and I'll be able to drive home. Yeah!!