Posts Tagged ‘Kansas City’

#2 and I headed up to JCCC (Johnson County Community College) for DAY UNO of WordCamp KC.

#2 Drinking his frappachino

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Hello Donut..

Did you know that eating a donut at WordCamp has -0- carbs and calories?

#2 networking…

And again…

LUNCH!

These people look cool sitting outside and enjoying the day.. networking and eating. This violates all my rules.

1. I don't eat outside
2. I don't sit on the ground outside.
3. See rule #1

I sat in this room most of the day. You know what impressed me? That little "pop up" plug in on the desk. I would love to have some of those in the school room.

After it was over we all headed over to the Marriott Bar for a tweet up.

Guess who's not old enough to go to a bar?

So I took him to get a shake.

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Last week was #3′s birthday.  I’ve never been one of those “birthday party” parents.  I just don’t have confidence in my party throwing abilities.  #3 loves anything that has to do with American Girl Dolls, so it was very lucky they decided to have their grand opening on her birthday weekend.

#3 and her Doll in front of the Grand Opening Sign.

We arrived at Oak Park Mall at 9:15 on Sunday.  I knew the first 200 people in line received a goody bag.  I hoped by arriving 3 hours before it opened would insure we got that bag!  We were given ticket numbers 91-94 which meant we were one of the first 200!  Now all we had to do is wait.. and take some photos.

Here’s #3 and two of her good friends with their American Girl Dolls.

This photo was taken around 9:30.. The first 200 hadn’t

been reached yet.

Here’s that same photo at 9:45..

Here’s what happened when you got there after 10:00.. you became

one of the first 400.  By the time it was 11:00 (when the store opened)

there were 800 people waiting behind us!

As we moved from inside the mall to outside the mall.. into

the American Girl Store.. you could see there was a large

police presence.   (Yes that’s a real gun on that policeman)..

As we were waiting to go inside this little boy walked by and

said; “They have policeman here? What are these girls gonna

do?”

I loved this light in the entryway to the store.

#3 Checking out the cool stuff.

She loved Lanie’s Camper.

Everyone with us wanted this blue dress.

Did you know you could get your doll’s hair fixed?

Just in case you wondered.. there were lots of these guys there too.

It’s not a shock to me that #3 bought this set.

I think she’s pretty excited. Happy Birthday #3.. I’m glad the American Girl Store had their Grand Opening on your birthday

Who wants to play badminton? or Honey, I shrunk the kids!

Monday’s To Do List:

1.  fix photos

2.  Purchase Fleece for VBS

3. Find Pillowcases for VBS

4.  take #3 to her cousin’s house for a sleep over.

5.  Wii Fit

6.  Send earrings in to be fixed

7. Dinner= left overs.. The Man will be working on the Fire Alarm at church

8. Find colored sand.. and lots of it for VBS

9. Work on eBay stuff

Have you ever been out hunting for eBay junk and found something so weird you thought.. “That’s just strange enough that SOMEONE would buy it!”

Several years ago the Man took me Garage Saling.. (I love it when he does that).. We were down in the Mission Hills area of Kansas City.  We stopped at this garage sale and I saw this hanging from the homes gutter.

It’s fabulously strange isn’t it?  The back of her head is raised with

half of a styrofoam ball or something that makes the head

curve out like that.

The hair on it felt real, and was braided.  The backing was a odd burlap-jute type fabric.  It had 2

of those terra cotta disks.  Her body was made of yarn that looked like it was “rug hooked” on the burlap.

Here’s the label for it.  I think I paid a couple of dollars for it…

put it up for auction and it sold for over $60.  What’s the

strangest thing you ever sold on eBay?