I swear, like I keep saying, time is just buzzing by so fast I can barely keep up with it.  It seems like yesterday I was thinking the kids were going to be out of school in a few weeks and now here we are just a few days away from the first Burger Night of the year.  I am just so sorry, but the same 12 months I used to wait for Christmas or the next first day of summer vacation when I was a little kid is just not the same length of time that I year now is for me, I don't care what ANYbody says.

Lots of new and exciting things are coming up in Grizzly and although just thinking about it makes me kind of tired, I'm also exciting for how much fun they are going to be.  Burger Nights start on Friday and that is always a fun time.  My BFF Jackie Lou and I will be the ones taking your money for the food, so be sure and say, "Hi" and smile pretty.  The day after that (I'm guessing that's still Saturday), we're having the Grizzly Flats Swap Meet in my front yard (9-2).  That same day, people will be working in my back yard doing some grading and clearing and such to get it ready for the Fire Safe Council BBQ in August.  In July, we have the July 4th parade that will ease up next to BBQ chicken night at Burger Night.  That's always a whole lot of fun.  Sunday Softball for all ages begins on the 22nd of June, but I won't be there for all of it since Jackie Lou and I work on Sundays.  Eric, my sweet baboo, will be heading up that project.  Through all of that, we have a good bit of planning to do for Founder's Day with a community meeting on June 17th to see who we can get to help us out.

So pay attention, because there is a lot of fun coming up and you won't want to miss it!  The full year's schedule for G FORCE events has been posted here.  Be there or you'll feel bad when your neighbors are telling you how much fun they had doing it.

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I whiled away a good half hour window shopping on ebay today.  It's not as though I can get anything right now with this depression on and all, but it's fun to look. I have discovered that my very regal, fuzzy marabou tiara (see above) is actually a gateway drug that has led me to seek out other tiaras.  The one in the photo is gone, which just breaks my complete heart because it was my very favorite.  I have not been able to find a suitable replacement, although I've worn quite a few like it in the intervening year since its demise.

Now I have found that I want a cool one, a proper one, that is about 6" tall and has lots of big ol' rhinestones or Swarovski crystals all over it.  It also has to be able to hook into my hair, which when I'm wearing it, I'll have BIG hair, so it's not flopping around all over the place whilst I'm trying to conduct my bidness and such.  Based on the evidence I am seeing so far, such a beast is going to set me back somewhere in the neighborhood of $50-60, which is a neighborhood Eric is not going to be eager to visit just for something to let me priss around in and feel spectacular.  I have a birthday coming up in September and there's a really good chance that I'm going to give up getting my zen alarm clock (3rd year I've decided not to) and invest in a really good tiara.  Either one would likely do me a world of good.

Oriental Trading Company has something called a "gold razzle dazzle tiara" that I am just dying to see, but their photo for it is screwed up and has been for awhile, completely denying me the opportunity to see if I want to invest $16.00 a dozen plus shipping for them.  At this point, I'm tempted to order the damned things sight unseen just so I can see what they look like.  The name certainly has a fantastic allure.

While I was poking around trying to see the gold razzle dazzle tiara, I came across this:

This is a "child crown of thorns."  Wha'?!  I'm thinking we might be on a slippery slope here.  Am I the only one picturing someone dressed like Bette Davis in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" slamming one of these puppies down on a 6-year-old's head and shrieking, "You WEAR this crown of thorns, Jimmy Wilson, and you go sit in your special prayer closet and THINK about what the Lord Jesus went through on the cross for you, THEN you decide if you're ever going to tinkle in the bed again!"

I don't think such things like a "child crown of thorns" can be trusted on the open market.  What's even worse is thinking about the Bette Davis mom surfing the Oriental Trading Company site, coming across that and saying, "Hmm.  I can use that..."

I also never expected to see the "child crown of thorns" in a search for "tiara." 

I'm just sayin'...

Be Particular,