To all of the coaches who make summer sports possible…Who put in the effort, the time & the miles, and who encourage, inspire & lead…Thank you. … [Read more...]
Win some, lose some.
As in, we lost today’s game but I got this fun shot:My son got out at first, unfortunately, but the guy leading off third scored a run. My husband called it an “RBI Sacrifice.”I’ll take his word for that. … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The We ♥ Mary EditionPrologue: I groaned to open the blinds one morning and see that the neighbors were having a yard sale. “From their garage to my daughters’ bedroom,” I thought, but still allowed my three little girls to run over. “Yes, you may each pick out one Beanie Baby. No, you may not buy that gnome.” Later on in the day, I passed by the … [Read more...]
Shark (Tooth) !
Alternately Titled: Let the blood-letting begin.This is Jem.This is Jem and his mom’s messy desk.This is Jem and his mom’s messy desk and the mouth full of metal that he got just yesterday.(Thus the subtitle of today’s post. Hey, we didn’t need that money anyway! But, apparently, our orthodontist does!)Jem has a shark tooth—has had it for well over … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
The Old Yeller Edition“Now the thing to do,” [Pa] went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”“How?” I asked. “How can you forget a thing like that?”He studied me for a moment, then shook his head. “I guess I don’t quite mean that,” he said. “It’s not a thing you can forget. I don’t guess it’s a thing you ought to forget. What I mean … [Read more...]
Buster and His Boy
Inspired by a sudden love for all things Woody, George finally agreed to ride his horse.(You remember, perhaps, when he refused?)Hey, it's only been since Christmas.Updated to Add: Yes, that is I doing the narration. I apologize for the volume control issues during the “Woo-hoo!” segment. Also, the nursery rhyme in this video is one of my favorites … [Read more...]
Boys, Baseball and…Benatar?
Am staring bleary-eyed at the calendar this morning: two baseball games this afternoon and four more tomorrow...one boy to Wisconsin (and back) to play baseball last night--they won, yay--and another boy coming home from Boy Scout camp in Wisconsin this morning--thank you, Honey, for going to get him--so that (you guessed it!) he can play more … [Read more...]
Summer Spas & Spoiling Mama
It’s been incredibly hot around here. We’re talking temps near 100 and the dripping humidity to go along with. It’s gotten so bad, y’all, that (apparently) I’ve started saying y’all!(This would be a show of sympathy for my friends down south—a desperate attempt, as it were, to get them to leave a comment and tell me how they cope.)We do not go out … [Read more...]
Blame the Name
(Or, They don’t call it “wild” for nothing.)While eating at Buffalo Wild Wings this weekend, Angela observed, “If this were a proper restaurant, people wouldn’t be talking so loud.”Sports bar.4 star.Now my daughter knows the difference. … [Read more...]
Reunited
...and it’s going to feel so good!Guess who gets home tonight after being gone for two weeks?Yep.And yep.At 10:20 p.m., to be exact, not that I’m counting the minutes or anything.Remember that “sometimes my teenaged son makes me cry” post?And that forlorn “I’m lonely” bit on Facebook?Now you know the truth of it.My men were gone for two whole weeks … [Read more...]
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