“…if it hadn’t been/
for Cotton Eyed Joe/
i’d have been married/
a long time ago/
where did you come from/
where did you go/
where did you come from/
Cotton Eyed Joe…”

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The sign that brought tears to my eyes:

The Winterhawks lost tonight, 3-2 against the Everett Silvertips, in case anyone was wondering. It is a dark, bleak evening over here at Wacky Hockey House.

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Yes, Wacky Girl refers to “The Star-Spangled Banner” as “that song the girl sings at the hockey game.” This fractures me, as my Granny would say.

My dear friend A went back to school today, working on her pre-reqs in hopes of getting her nursing degree. SHE IS SO COOL! I am absolutely extremely proud of her and you should be, too. She works full-time, has three rowdyass sons (one of whom is my daughter’s Booty Dancing buddy), plus a rowdyass husband, and a household to run, family and community responsibilities, pets to feed, flower beds to weed and yadda-yadda and SHE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL!

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Here’s a little story from Wacky Daughter, age 5 1/2:

“We were at the Winterhawks game tonight and me and K shaked our
booties! They showed us on TV!  We won the dance contest and we
won binoculars, a water bottle, Chalupa coupons, and a tote bag and a
T-shirt that said ‘Spice up the night’ from Taco Bell. It was great.”

Yes, it’s true, A, her husband J, Wacky Daddy and I encouraged our kids
to shake their little butts in front of 9,700 hockey fans to win a
half-dozen Chalupas and a gym bag with goodies. They call it “Dance for
Your Dinner” — it’s a little crowd-pleaser they do in between periods.
The kids stood on the chairs with their behinds facing the camera and
shook it and shook it. Every time we’d tell them “You’re on the big
TV!” they’d turn around and smile for the camera. They were about
adorable.

Wacky Daughter just corrected me: “We were adorable.” (No “about” about
it.) Every time the camera went to them we went nuts and everyone else
did too. My face is still hurting from laughing so hard.

And the Hawks won against Tri-City — 4 to 2. Rock on.

WM