More Pictures from Homecoming! Thanks to Julie!

Homecoming 2009

Hey everybody! I had a most triumphant and excellent adventure last night! IT ALL STARTED........................................earlier this month.................................................................when I opened my front door to 2 female Zelasko's who humbly offered me a sacrifice (of a pink and fuzzy persuasion) in behalf of their youngest brother.

Menacing little creature isn't it? Thank goodness the sisters made it take an oath of...pink-and-fluffy harmlessness...or it may have eaten me for breakfast.
Along with the sacrifice came an invitation to our school's homecoming dance...clever eh??




After weeks of sleepless nights and thoughtful planning, (ok, so it was closer to 48 hours..."weeks" is a bit of a stretch) I finally came up with an equally clever response. I ding-dong-ditched him (for those of you who are unfamiliar with this term, shame on you party-poopers......it means obnoxiously ringing someone's doorbell at least five times...and running away before they answer the door). I left this majestic display on his doorstep.


POOR, POOR GUY...Josh spent a considerably large amount of time rolling the die and trying to figure out how it was supposed to give him an answer. The number of Zelasko members who came to his assistance has not been released. They couldn't figure it out either. Goodness Gracious, I'm terrible! I should've hid in a bush to watch the family undertaking. Fortunately, the oldest sister, Josie, finally came home and inspected the back of the poster.....a maneuver the others didn't even consider.

I wish I could have seen their faces when they realized the answer had been in the die the entire time!

Days went by and early September faded into...uh...late September. It was time to make my transformation. (to be honest, I think the right word for how I looked yesterday in the following attractive "before picture" would sound something like Scarecrow or Bedhead) So we'll call this my transformation from Scarecrow/Bedhead to Pretty Princess. cute huh? It's all in the alliteration my friends...works every time.

OK....THIS IS THE BEFORE PICTURE.....IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT SO PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID PAINFUL INJURY TO YOUR EYES...THANK YOU..PLEASE CARRY ON......AS YOU WERE, PEOPLE..nothin' to see here..keep it movin' phew..we made it to the After picture! Safe and sound...good job, everyone! Now you are free to bask in my glorious beauty at your leisure. Boy, this is fun! The hair is my mother's artwork....don't forget to tell her how amazing she is.

FINISHED PRODUCT

POSTERIOR VIEW ANTERIOR VIEW

Note of extremely high importance: we got the dress at goodwill.........for only $12.99! Beat that!
me....

me...as myself...

me again......small world.

Time for pictures with my number-one hero.

I LOVE YOU DADDY!!!DATE TIME!

Ah, my favorite part.....you'd think I would be able to do this by myself by now. Nope, Mom had to do it again. I still attempted it though, that's half the fun.

There we are....TEAM J......just lookin' good as usual.

And there's the Fantastic Four! From left to right: Jeremy Zelasko, Reina Richarson, Josh Zelasko, "Pretty Princess"(me)

We dined at the Zelasko's home and were served by lovely waitresses as we munched and crunched rare delicacies from foreign lands (Texas Toast...from Texas obviously, and Tortellini- Marinara-Delight from Italy). We danced our socks off at the school and came home around midnight! More pictures from our excellent adventures last night are coming your way!

Tree Felling

Here is a story about 3 beautiful trees. Yes, the trees in front of our house. The poor things...they actually look pretty good in the picture below...however, they are diseased. We have been sad as each year they have gotten worse. Our neighbor had a similar problem a year or so ago and a strong wind ended up blowing it over onto their house. We decided we needed to be pro-active and fell the trees BEFORE they became dangerous. So, here is our picture story! Above is the "before" picture...nothing touched...looks pretty good huh? Below you will find Wayne and some of the kids hugging the trees goodbye.

Our tree-feller is my boss, Sam. He was not happy about posing for the picture below. He is a vital part of this picture story since he is the main character.

Below we find our "main character" making the first notch in the tree. Mind you. He told us EXACTLY where he would put the tree.

He then makes the cut on the back side of the tree. We were all anxiously awaiting the FALL!

And there she goes!

Tree number 1 is officially DOWN!

Sam repeated the same procedure with tree number 2. Since it was so close to the last tree...he got to use a little "muscle power."

Tree number 2 is officially DOWN!

Tree number 3 was a little more diseased than the others, so he used a little more care..ok, so he had to study the tree to decide where to put the notches and such since trees that are more diseased are not as predictable.

He made the front notch, then did a cut on the back side. Then decided to push it the rest of the way down.

Tree number 3 is officially DOWN!

He then proceeded to cut up each of the trees. We saved all the big pieces and will let them dry up and use them as firewood for when we go camping or have a fire in our pit on the deck. We didn't get pictures of the MESS...but it was a doosey!

Below you will see the finished product. Our house looks a little bare to me, however, it is nice to be able to SEE our house!

That concludes our picture story!

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