Two WHOLE weeks.
Of course, I left them with plenty to do. We sent out our yearbook "favorites" surveys a few weeks ago, so I thought my necessary absences would be a great time for the yearbook jedi to count them.
All of them.
They complained a bit at first, but after they realized that I wasn't going to unchain them from their desks until they had counted and tallied every last vote, they quickly resigned themselves to their sad, paper-cut-riddled state of existence, stopped begging for bathroom breaks and sips of water, and tallied like there was no tomorrow.
The result of their diligent, and only somewhat coerced effort, was a list of winners for the various "favorites" categories. As I pursued the names of those kidlets who had been declared "Most Likely to Rule The World", "Most Likely to Win a Reality Show", and "Most Likely to Crash the Driver's Ed Car", and so on, I got to thinking about the "favorites" lists in my old yearbooks.
I operated far enough below the radar in junior and senior high to escape consideration during the favorites voting process. And I was fine with that. But now, thanks to the evil geniuses who run Yearbook Yourself, I have the opportunity to declare various versions of myself as the winners of all sorts of prestigious yearbook awards.
Behold: Miss H Through the ages...
Most Likely To Be a Wall Flower at a USO Dance
Most Likely To Work The Switchboard As a Telephone Operator
Most Likely To Join "Hair Club for Women"
Most Likely To Be Mistaken For My Mother's Jr. High Photos
Most Likely To Suffer Permanent Hair-Weight-Related Spinal Damage
Most Likely To Suffer Permanent Hair-Weight-Related Spinal Damage
Most Likely To Be Confused With My Mother's High School Photos
Most Likely To Unknowingly Waste $20 on a Baggie of Oregano.
Most Likely To Be Eaten First If A Plane Full of Her Soccer Buddies Crashed in the Andes.
Most Likely To Be Eaten First If A Plane Full of Her Soccer Buddies Crashed in the Andes.
Most Likely To Own a Pet That Looks Just Like Herself
Most Likely To Die Tragically In a Freak Hairspray vs. Flame Accident
Not to be confused with...
...Most Likely To Be Maimed In A Tragic Crimper Accident.
Most Likely To Be Cast As "Vanessa" In a "Cosby Show" Tribute.
Most Likely To Fall In Love With A Guy Named "Ross" While Sipping Hot Beverages Out of Over-Sized Cups at Central Perk.
Most Likely To Fall In Love With A Guy Named "Ross" While Sipping Hot Beverages Out of Over-Sized Cups at Central Perk.
After seeing all those great looks (and many, many more!!!) I found my actual 2009-2010 school photos to be a bit of a let down.
Which is why I think I will print this one out to go in our faculty photo display on the wall at the junior high. REALLY.
But I'm wondering which "Most Likely To..." I would win with this awesome-possum look. Any ideas?
Hmmmmmm....I think I just found the kidlets' bell work question for Monday. This should be FUN!
10 comments:
How about most likely to be secretly related to Micheal Jackson and have inherited the same strange skin disease....
As your mother, I rarely recoginize anything you say or do. However, you look too much like me for me to disown you. Babies switched at birth is not an option, so I've resigned myself to the theory of some long dormant, mutant gene. I laughed so long and hard that I cried. Now I'm afraid I've seen that gene appear again in your nephew who grew from a seed to a corn dog this week in Joy School. There will never be a dull moment with you two in the family! Thanks!
"Most likely to have a wall plaque dedicated to her at the school" award.
I love reading your blog Mindy your blog is so fun to read I love taking the mission prep class it was so fun a few days ago Love Kristi
ha ha! too funny! Got to love that Yearbook Yourself program :)
Cute, cute, cute! I loved all those and I loved your school picture too.
Most likely to become world famous for her amazing teaching skills and clever blog posts!
Those pics rock!
Most likely to be confused with the head of a microphone.
Come get as many pumpkins as you want from our lawn Mindy.
Pumpkin butter
3 Pie Pumpkins
3 cups sugar (I use organic cane sugar)
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Cut the pumpkins (we wash the seeds well, layout on a cookie sheet and salt. Bake for 45 minutes @ 300, you can also add Worcestershire sauce and garlic salt for spicier pumpkin seeds)
Quarter the pumpkins and boil or bake until soft. Scoop the flesh out of the peels and puree in food processor. Add pureed pumpkin and other ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 20-25 minutes and ladle into canning jars. Flip jars upside down on counter to seal or place in water bath.
Enjoy!!
wasn't dominic one of your baby names long, long ago?
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