Game 2 Devil Rays and other such stuff

Game 2 was quite exciting.  The boys on the team had quite a few good plays and several runs were scored.  The girl did not do as well as the rest, but she did fine.

Kids are in Spring Break, so things are kind of mushed together.

The only funny thing i have to add is relevant to a song by Natasha Bedingfield.  There is a line that says my foot was in my mouth the day that i met you.  Kaylah tells Jonah, my foot was in my mouth the day that i met you, but it's because i was a baby.

That's it for now.

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:02:00 -0700

Game 1 - Rockies

I know that you all anxiously await the news of the baseball games now.  Today was game one of the boy's T-Ball team (Rockies). I must say that i have never laughed so hard at a game in my life.  The team did not start practicing until last week, so they didn't know what they were doing other than swinging at the ball on the T.

My son hits the ball and everyone is shouting RUN RUN.  Well he does, right for the dugout.  So then everyone is yelling NO FIRST BASE, he stops, looks around, says OH OK and trots over.  He wasn't so bad.  One kid hit the ball and ran straight for the pitchers mound, another decided that he didn't want to run all the way to first and sat down halfway there.  It was too funny.

T-Ball rules, there are no Outs.  So you hit the ball, get tagged out at first, it's all right you can stay on base and keep on running. No Big.  Everyone bats once every inning.  So the last batter has the best time cause he bats and runs all the way around. Grand Slam, Home Run whooo hoooo.  You see them rounding those bases and they're so proud.

It was great.  Next game saturday.  Will provide commentary.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:33:00 -0700

Game DevilRays

The daughters first baseball game yesterday.  It was pretty exciting, especially for someone who's not into baseball.  They played 3 full innings, which took close to 1 hour and 30 minutes.  Rules of play are each kid gets 8 pitches before they are out, unless they hit the ball and it's caught or are tagged out on base.  She was first up to bat in the 2nd inning.  She hit the ball and made it to first.  Eventually made it to second.  But there were 3 outs and that's as far as she got.  I was proud though!! Go Girl!! 

She played outfield and 3rd base.  No major plays made, did miss a line drive, but so did the outfielder standing right behind her.  No runs scored, but they don't keep track at this stage.

She had fun, and that's all that matters.

Today is the Boy's first game.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:57:00 -0700

Mommy, mommy --- the shower battery died

It's been awhile since ive written anything, but it's been that kind of a week.  Until last night.  It was just a regular friday, the one day we had nothing to do.  We were going to meet the daddy person for dinner and then come home.  We did, and as soon as we came home the daughter went into the bathroom to take a shower.  The boy was in my bathroom using the toilet, i heard him flush, but it just didn't sound right.  I yelled for him to flush right, but the the noise got really strange.  My immediate thought was that he had broken my toilet.  How on earth was that possible?!?!?!  As i'm walking in to see what's going on my daughter comes out of the bathroom dripping wet, a towel draped around her, crying.  I suddenly felt like i'd jumped into some surreal dimension.  I finally understand her " *sob* *sob* the shower *sob* the battery *sob* it's broken *bwaaaaahhhh* "  HUH?  what do you mean the shower battery is broken?? what da?  so i turn on the faucet an it's just a very thin drip. Ohhhhh!! 

I pick up the phone and call my neighbors. The conversation went something like this  "So is like your water working?   - Who is this?  What? - It's me, my water isn't working, is yours? - Oh, um, let me check.  Nope, not working either.  Whatcha do break it? - Yup, gotta go. "

Endless hours of calling produced nothing, finally found out there was a water main break.  No water for the TriCounty Area.  Fun!!

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 06:54:00 -0800

Forget the Birds, i'm just dealing with the Bees

Nothing exciting or even remotely funny happened today, except spending a long morning at a place called Bee City.  Field Trip.  But it reminded me of some funny things that happened to me about a year ago.

I was in the yard in front of my house watering the plants.  As i'm there holding the water hose i feel a buzzing.  Bees were common in the area so i thought nothing of it, until i realized that i did not hear it, i felt it.  I pulled my shirt away from me and looked down to see a bee inside my shirt.

Unless you've been in this situation, you can't imagine what you would do.  Before the thought was even processed i was tossing the water hose down, splashing water all over me, and ripping my shirt off.

Now remember that i was in my front yard, in plain view of everyone (mainly the yard crew).  I don't know what they saw, or thought, but i do know that they always smiled at me after that day.

Maybe they were expecting a sequel....

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:35:00 -0800

Are they twins??

It's hard to remember, and even tougher to realize, but children don't see colors on a person skin and think it means anything.  We were at the park and i ran into a mom i know.  She has 2 children, one biological, one adopted.  She is white, the adopted son is black.  The boys are close in age and where wearing the same T-Shirt and Shorts (yes shorts it was 83 degrees).  My daughter looks at them and asks me, quite innocently, are the white boy and the brown boy twins??

I smiled, and the mom overheard and had quite a chuckle over it.  I said no and she went off to play with them.  No big.

But it reminded us of a situation that i'd read about years ago about a Norweigian couple who had had trouble conceiving and had used InVitro.  When their multiple babies were born, one was african american.  Now that would be shocking!!!!

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:09:00 -0800

Telemarketers must Die!!!!

I just had the strangest conversation with, of all people, a telemarketer.  It's very possible that he was more eager to end the conversation than i was.

He starts of the call by telling me  that i was one of the people who have been chosen to become a Gold Customer (or some sh!t like that), then asks me if i have long distance on my phone.  I figure since he's calling me with such great news that he would know this, but i'm feeling fiendish and play along.  "No, i do not have long distance" i tell him.

Well he breaks into this long shpiel about how i can get long distance at a low rate of some sort of amount and i can call anywhere in the US after 9:00 pm and Blah Blah Blah.  When he's done i tell him that i'm not interested, and i don't need it.  Well some more of the .  I explain that i have a cellphone and that i use it to make long distance, i can use it anywhere, not just at home, but he is one eager beaver.  So some more and how you never know when there might be an emergency and if i don't have long distance and try to make a long distance call i'll be charged an arm and a leg.

By now i'm rather bored    of listening to him and explain that i have a cellphone and do not need long distance at home.  There he goes saying about how if there's an emergency. 

Well i stopped him right there, "excuse me, but if there is an emergency, i'm calling 911.  if i have to call long distance in an emergency i might as well just roll over and die".

He didn't seem to have anything else to say and so i sat there, listening to him leafing through what sounded like pages, and then he says "Ok Thank you, Click"

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:13:00 -0800