FYI daughter on Oprah thurs 5-15-08

[mjabaay]

Just a bump in the road to remind everyone

[eileen]

thanks!

[mjabaay]

Sorry for the false alarm, watched it twice and our clip was not on there. Wonder why they would go through the trouble of finding my cell phone number and calling and then not put it on???

one dissapointed dad,

worst part my daughter (and my wife sent flyers and emails) told everyone at school about it.

[Tanzenite]

That's terrible. Sorry to hear that. Can you post the video...you can tell your daughter she is on Tantalk?!?!

[Gidget]

Sh*t I left the house without programming the vcr maybe someone will post it on youtube for us

[eileen]

but it's not over yet right? lol I have it on at the salon.

[Gidget]

So was it on or not and if so did anyone see her ?

[mjabaay]

No her clip was not used, I do not understand why. They called me out of the blue for the first time in 3 yrs. and tell me our clip is in the best of, on Oprah. Oh well maybe I can figure out how to load it I have a copy somewhere.

[mr belvedere]

That's too bad. I understand the disappointment (and the shame - prolly shouldn'ta sent out all of those fliers ...). I'm sorry, really, I don't mean to make light of this, but, this really hits home for me, personally. It should really serve as a "life lesson" for your daughter, as did a much similar situation did for me so many years ago. I had been working my way "up" through this company, and was poised for this really significant promotion that would have changed my life, and my family's lives, forever. I told everyone! The wife, the kids, the neighbors ... I emailed Grandparents and wrote to people from highschool about it! They were all so happy for me, and proud that (and some were even extremely surprised) I had achieved such heights! But alas, they selected some loser (much like the other clips on the show) that embezeled (one or two z's?) money and embarassed them. Oh well, their loss. Just look at me now! An alcoholic bus driver with nothing to look forward to except the end of my shifts! The point is, it's not the end. There is still a very, very, very long way to go with much more disappointment and embarassment to go. That's just the way life is, and, you and she are very lucky actually to be learning this at such an early stage in life. Oops, I think I hijacked the thread. I am thoroughly disappointed and embarassed.

Sorry for your loss. -Belvy

[mjabaay]

4AM hiccup,, thanks Belvy, everyone is fine the fliers only went to her school. The teachers all asked about it on Fri, but no big deal. Hey she already was on once, maybe someday she'll be on twice. She did a couple of calanders, she was in neonatal for 13days and her head had a flat spott from not getting held enough. SO she had to wear one of those ortho helmet's, for a year and a little more. The company that makes them asked to photo her twice once in the begining once in the end. She was Little Miss Jan, and Nov.. Since then she has won a ton of trophies for "Cutest kidd" competition, till we got wierded out by the wacked out parents in the contest.

No matter what happens I am always a proud dad, to both kids.

mgj