Saturday, March 10, 2012

Nancy Bum Bancy

Tierra go fancy, tee-legged, tie-legged, bow-legged Nancy! I just had to put that in because that is the "name game" that my mother taught me when I was a child!

So, Nancy was born on payday, November 15, 1971, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove. If I recall correctly, she weighed 8lbs. 15oz. just like David(I don't have that info at my fingertips).
She was always cute and smart, but she liked to cut hair, probably the result of big sister Noelle giving her a "trim"! I remember thinking that since Nancy's hair was always in a "bird's nest" on the crown of her head, and did not seem to grow very fast, and was generally unruly, she really did not need a haircut! Someone might have gotten a spanking on that one.....
That "bird's nest" drove Grandma Frances nuts! Nancy was her favorite from the getgo, probably because they were both Scorpios! Anyway, Grandma took her to the beauty parlor many times for hair cuts or permanents in order to tame those stubborn locks or to repair a "whack" job...

Anyway, Nancy learned to read early, and began school early(see previous post), and she never looked back. She reveled in the AT program at IPS#99, and enjoyed the field trips and other enrichment activities that we learned about, like The Feast of The Hunter's Moon!

She and David tapped together until he went to high school. Then she and Nina made a great duet....two tall, good-looking girls with flying feet!

Nancy was the only girl in Miss Bowron's calculus class, and she got A's! In freshman engineering at Purdue, calculus posed no problem for her either....boy, were we proud! (She gets the math gene from Donald!)

Nancy took up rock-climbing in high school for a time. This was before climbing walls appeared indoors and on playground equipment. I never had the opportunity to observe her skills, and, even now, when I think about it, I get the creeps! Speaking of heights, I only learned years later(thank God) that she and her friend Karen climbed out of the window upstairs and onto the roof for "fun"! That was in grade school...

She played softball at Irvington Little League and then for her senior year at Scecina, and
Nancy was known for her coolness on the pitcher's mound. One could never discern the game
situation by her demeanor!

It took a LONG time to realize that Nancy is allergic to nuts and to cats. I think there is even a photo of her, napping on the mattress, right next to Sparky, or whichever cat was current at the time. And, she used to cough at night for no apparent reason. Duh! Every once in a while(usually at Christmas), her lips would swell. Duh! She was in high school, and was holding and loving up a kitten when I finally put 10 and 10 together! Her neck had turned red! Duh! Call CPS!

In spite of the circumstances, no charges have as yet been filed..........

1 comment:

  1. So funny! I think you're safe from CPS at this late date. I have always thought your kids have great hair... did Nancy outgrow her birds nest? I'll have to check her out the next time you're all at St. B's!

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