<p>OK, wait a minute…is it Mudgette, Mudgerina, or Mudgerella?</p>
<p>Mudgit with sort of a Sandra Dee twist? that is if they also surf in Texas</p>
<p>We’ll take the bball private. Let’s just say I am sensitive to the bragging issue so :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):</p>
<p>Hey Curm:</p>
<p>On this one, most of understand the need to share the feeling…how many times have we read the paper about some championship team, whoever thinks it will be their kid??? </p>
<p>My D’s team won the equivalent, state championship, in a different sport last spring and the year before and she was named to the 1st team…it was soo exciting, but to whom could I talk…the parents of all the other kids on the team who did not get the award?? Well, one or two maybe, but one must be careful not to be seen as gloating or bragging when really it is simply expressing mystification that this talented competitive athlete came from my genes 
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<p>Not bragging, just amazed and thrilled, so share share share and enjoy it, because soon she’ll be working at the college level where they expect that amazing level of play every time. Good luck…nothing more exciting than Fball and Bball in TX, unless it is those cheerleaders :D</p>
<p>"nothing more exciting than Fball and Bball in TX, unless it is those cheerleaders "</p>
<p>Well, the waterpolo games in Texas can be pretty exciting, especially since we try to drown one another. :)</p>
<p>Whether your kid is on a championship team or not, every one of these Senior Milestones is sweet. Advancing to the states is icing on the cake. I’m with somemom - celebrating is not bragging. Celebrate, curm and curmella*.</p>
<p>*we’re coming up with new names by the second - that’s how we’re doing our part *</p>
<p>Goldarn it. Someone better tell me how to find this team on the web. OK, so I don’t have PM. Even so, don’t I deserve to be able to root the Mudgette on? Huh? Huh?</p>
<p>And you know what? I have gotten enough kid achievement juice in my day. Even I, an addict, can share. Go Mudgie!!! Go Mudgerama!!!</p>
<p>But I can’t root if I caint see…</p>
<p>alu, let’s time it where you turn on your P.M. function and then P.M. me and I’ll link you up best I can. Sorry, but “due to recent turbulence in the atmosphere over CC , our regularly scheduled programming has been cancelled”. Thanks to the radical clerics of CC. Y’all make it sooo much fun. I’ll <em>sniff</em> miss you guys and gals.</p>
<p>Don’t go away mad Cur… that’s really taking things too far. Put it this way: when the neighbors come by to complain that the party has gotten too loud, they do not mean that they hate you, or that you need to move away, or that you are forebidden from celebrating… they really just wanted you to turn the music down a notch. Capiche?</p>
<p>Anyway, congrats on your daughter’s team’s apparent great victory!</p>
<p>I’ve been watching this thread with interest & amusement. It’s great to be able to share experiences in a more “anonymous” setting than with the parents of kids you know well.</p>
<p>Here’s a conflict–last year my son’s science bowl team won the regional & got to go to National Science Bowl, 5 days in D.C. Exciting but they all had to miss the Prom b/c it was the same weekend. So this year they didn’t win regional, but the good news is they do get to go to Prom which once again is that same weekend. And my son (a senior) is glad to be able to experience both. </p>
<p>And I don’t know what it is with colleges insisting you come in for another “interview” for a scholarship. Sounds fishy to me, like they just want to get you on campus again, and I wouldn’t go if it meant rearranging a perfectly good schedule. My kids (that would be 3 so far) have managed to snag scholarships without jumping through hoops other than the initial interview and good apps. Apparently.</p>
<p>Well, Calmom. That was welcoming.</p>
<p>The difference between a thread and loud music, is–you don’t even need earmuffs to block it out. Just. don’t. read.</p>
<p>Capiche?</p>
<p>calmom, if you want to lump yourself in with the radical clerics of cc that I’ll be missing by not posting BBall news, that’s fine with me. But I had you in a different cc category- Tactmasters. If it is possible for this neighbor to ask you to turn it down a notch, consider it done.</p>
<p>BTW, when I do leave this board it will be because it is no longer useful or fun for me and on it will be on my terms. That time is close as I was never a lifer. Just along for one trip, and it’s almost done thanks to many helpful posters.</p>
<p>Curm–please PM me with any basketball news. My kids will NEVER be on a championship BB team, so I gotta live vicariously. I get a thrill just knowing a kid on a championship team, or the parents of the kid. I love opening the sports section of the paper and thinking “ALL RIGHT! I KNOW that kid who played soccer with my D when they were little squirts.” </p>
<p>A couple of weeks ago, I went to a high school play and it turned out I was sitting in front of the mom of the girl playing the lead. I didn’t know her or her daughter, but I got a big kick out of shaking her hand and telling her how amazing her daughter was and seeing how excited and proud she was. And gee, on this board, we aren’t even “competing” for the same prize most of the time–most of us don’t even know each other-- making it easy to enjoy someone else’s parental pride-- takes away “dang, that coulda/shoulda been MY D or S aspect . . .”</p>
<p>My seven year old played her very first basketball game ever yesterday. OMG, about all they had going for them was “the cuteness” factor. Sure was fun to watch. There was one girl though, that took an amazing shot from the outside and made it in–probably a future “mudgette” in the making, who will be in the papers a few years from now. No, it was NOT my D!!!</p>
<p>curmudegon, </p>
<p>Some of us tune in to any thread you author PRECISELY BECAUSE we’re hoping for more good news, great news, superlative news!!</p>
<p>After the opening set up-- “Hi, y’all; meet me, ZZ Top, Attorney at law, and my daughter Ellie Mae Jabaar”, then the 2nd act plot point–<em>newsreel voice</em> Can the college of her dreams ever be affordable, what with nutty, unprecedented financial quirkiness of family?– we’re now cruising into act three and baby, it’s payoff time!!</p>
<p>This is just like watching a feel good movie-- you don’t know what the ending will be, exactly, but you know that after a few unexpected twists and hairy cliffhangers it will inspire tears of joy-- and that’s the whole fun of it!</p>
<p>People watch those movies because they feel like a heart-expanding, soul-uplifting cry. You DON’T turn them off half way through the last reel!!!</p>
<p>DONT STOP SPREADING THE JOY!!<br>
XOXOX SB</p>
<p>SBmom: ditto!</p>
<p>I’m jumping on SBmom’s and Hayden’s bandwagon. I love your posts Cur, don’t stop! Please!</p>
<p>SBMom - you really hit the nail on the head with that post!</p>
<p>Ah, I see there are alot of us in this theatre! Pass the popcorn!</p>
<p>Come on folks, this isn’t about me, and I’m not going to let them turn it into that. There are people that don’t care for me or my daughter in real life , too. It’s O.K. Most of them just have the good sense to ignore me. Everybody loves my long -suffering wife though, imagine that. Hmmm. LOL. </p>
<p>The college specific parts, conflicts with scholarship weekends, etc will all keep going. I’ll continue to follow CC rules and post acceptances on the acceptances thread and cebrate on the celebration thread. I may not like the constraints any more than they do. </p>
<p>And it does appear that that is the ax that they want to grind. Although this post had nothing to do with acceptances. It was an advice thread on college conflicts folks might have expected but not fully appreciated. It was my intent to be specific enough to cause the parents of others, especially juniors, to appreciate the logistics. It appears from several who shared that they also felt the same way when conflicts arose. Some other posters must have missed that part. It was post #1. </p>
<p>Bball will be on the P.M., that’s all. After all this I sure hope they win. ;)</p>
<p>ok, I have two popcorns, * goes into row and tries to get back to theater seat * pardon me, ma’am, my seat is in the middle, sorry, didn’t mean to step on your foot, excuse me sir, OOPS - oh, rats, now we have a </p>
<p>Puddle of P opcorn.</p>
<p>Life comes full circle.</p>