I decided, in honor of NBM (National Blogger's Month), :) I would do a flashback post. This takes us back to September of 1983.
This picture takes us back to 1983. My friend, Eileen Furguson (on the left) and I (right) were stay-at-home moms trying to think of ways to make a little extra money. I had 5 kids and she had 3. So, we decided to dress up like clowns and sell balloons during the Pendleton Roundup. Here were are, all ready for the big parade. We each carried 50 balloons, and we made Randy into a clown, too, tied 50 balloons to his suspenders (much to his chagrin), and we all went along with the parade sellling the balloons. The idea was, when we had sold ours, we would take Randy's and then send him on ahead to where we stashed our helium tank to blow up more balloons. About a block into the parade, Eileen sold her first balloon; and, not remembering that she was holding 49 other balloons, reached into her pocket to get change, and away they went. The crowd loved it--but we weren't too happy. We quickly untied Randy's balloons and sent him on ahead. Twice during the parade, I was approached by carnival people who informed me the parade was exclusively their territory and we should get lost! Well, we had bought a liscense from city hall, so we knew we were ok! After the parade, we sold balloons near the entrance to the Round Up. We did pretty good--2 parades and 2 days of selling before the show, losing 50 balloons and paying for them and a helium tank, we each netted a little over $800--and the balloons were sold for $50 a piece. We were pretty successful, but we had bought 3000 balloons and had some left over, so we went to Ellensburg, Washington and did the same for their big Round-up! Can you even imagine--ME as a CLOWN!! It was fun!
Other happenings around the same time: (From my journal)
Kim went off to BYU. She didn't really want to go, but she wanted to be there (if only she could take her family!) A lot of tears were shed by Kim, me, Ky and Krissy!!
We have a Lamenite foster child this year--Craig Tapaha, from Wolf Point Montana. This opens a new chapter in our lives!
No school today--it was declared a National Day of Morning in honor of the Korean jet that was shot down over Russia.
Ron had surgery to have a rather large tumor removed from his nasal cavity. It was so big they had to break his nose to get it out! Thank goodness it wasn't cancerous!
Robert is doing well in school and is the manager of the 9th grade basketball team--something he really enjoys! He enjoys lots of friends and has a good social life.
Randy is determined to be a good athlete. He was a starter on the 7th grade football team, and is on the traveling basketball team. He is also 4th chair trumpet in the band.
Kylene loves school--she finished the 3rd grade math book in 1/2 a year and is now in the 4th grade book!
Krissy loves school and is doing well. She has a special kind of personality and is full of self-esteem!!
Mom's estate is finally settled, and we will receive $132 a month for 10 years!
I am substituting a little and enjoying being a mom!
Hope you enjoyed my flashback!
4 comments:
I remember all that and YES, I did enjoy the flashback! Glad your computer seems to be working.
You being the clown is one of the few things I remember about my younger childhood. Where in the world did you find that picture? By the way, Krissy's blog isn't showing your updates either???
This is the correction section. It was Rob who you forced to dress like a clown, not Randy. (This all came out as part of his adult therapy sessions)
Also, Rob was not the manager, he broke his wrist playing basketball. Remember, he had a broken wrist for at least a week before it was determined he was actually hurt.
The flashback was fun Mom! Keep them up.
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