Little League

So... we had a little drama when I signed Sean up for Little League. In a nutshell..... He didn't want to do it. I said tough crap. Rick said if he didn't want to do it, he shouldn't have to. I said tough crap. I think sports are really important for kids!! They learn teamwork, patience, and good sportsmanship... ALL skills that Sean could use work on!! Not to mention they are OUTSIDE getting EXERCISE! I think a LARGE part of this countries problem of obesity is a direct result of people only doing "what feels good" and what they are "comfortable with." Sean would be FAR too happy, and comfortable to live in video game/TV land, but I don't want that for him. Yes... Little League was unknown and scary for him, and he's not the most athletically coordinated kid on the team, but he is having FUN with it!! he has made new friends, he looks forward to going, and he is catching on so quickly!! Last week when he was up at bat during practice, he struck out (after at least 10 pitches... they are really great coaches, so patient!!). Last night he hit a single and ended up making it all the way home!! He was SO excited after practice bragging about how good he did and how "awesome" he is at baseball and even though right now it's not exactly true, I am happy to let him think that, because soon, it just may be the truth!!

A quickie.

I know I am a bit of a blog slacker these days.... actually... all of us Facebooker's are!

Also... I hate a blog with no pics, and I haven't taken any in a few days because Jessi stole the batteries out of my camera to put into her video camera....so.......

Anyhoo... kids on vacation this week. I am not. I AM excited that starting May 17th I am only working 4 days a week for the summer!! LOVES IT!!

Also excited for this weekend!! Kids are at the in-laws Friday night and Rick and I are planning on a nice evening together. Saturday night we are doing Sean's birthday party, and Sunday a whole bunch of us are heading down to Portland for the day. The boys are going to Cabela's and the girls are mall bound! Should be a blast!!

It's "mock trial day"

I must admit... were I a defendant... and this was on the prosecution side... I probably wouldn't be too concerned. LOL

Happy Easter... REALLY EARLY!

Spring!!! (ish)

OK so we don't have flowers or bumblebees yet. BUT Sean's birthday is tomorrow and his Nana got him some SWEET new mud boots that he had to IMMEDIATELY put on and run outside!! Jessi and I decided to join him since it was so nice out!

Happy Birthday Nicole!!

More Cruise Deets (that's "details" for those of you not "in the know" about these things...ROFL)

So far on definitely on board... (hee hee... punny)

-Me and Rick and the kids
-Dyan, Len and Nick
-Karen, Corey, and their kids
-Nicole, Brhaun, and Sophie

Then there are a few maybes and hopefullys :)

We are looking at a Feb 22nd sail date ( <--- click for the sailing deets) ... that will ensure that those of us counting on those tax refunds for spending money have our cash! It also is AFTER school vacation and at the time of year you are ready to move far, far away from Maine and never come back!! We are planning to book in September to give everyone time to come up with deposit money. The deposit is $200 per person... which surprised me a bit that I would have to come up with $800 right out the gate since that's 3/4's of the whole cost of the cruise! At that link above you can also check out the shore excursions available. We can all do our own things obviously... I know that Rick and Sean want to go deep sea fishing and I can't WAIT to go para sailing!! There is also a pretty neat 'scavenger hunt/reality show type' excursion. Sean also really wants to go on the pirate ship cruise. You can also swim with the dolphins.... ride horseback on the beach at sunset... or ATV through the jungle!! HOW TO CHOOSE!!!????

P.S. Just a little FYI... Key Bank is giving away free GPS Navigators with opening a checking account, so I just opened one to put away money for the cruise straight outta my paycheck! Can't wait to get my freebee! Rick did it last year when they were giving away ipods!

Our little actresses debut :-)

Please excuse this BRIEF moment of hokiness.....

...but I am REALLY going to miss this stuff someday!!

Oh yeah... and I totally brought the girls to my "Turkey, Avocado (sprinkled w/garlic salt and pepper), Cheddar on a Bagel" cult (Except Jessi and Caroline replaced the turkey with ham)!!

I can NOT get enough of that sammich!!

Birthday Party Pics!

I put some on Facebook this morning, but I know SOME of you are being stubborn about joining, so here they are!!

We P. Freely

We got it done!! (OK... mostly... I still have to paint the baseboard and put it back... it's way grimey! But... that's a project for another day!!)!! And of COURSE I couldn't leave it at just tile and decided to paint too. Rick loves it when I do stuff like that. Especially when he is having to try an avoid wet paint while trying to re-install a toilet ;) ;)

I also ordered a print for the wall.

It's from my 2009 calendar and I LOVE this artist's stuff (T.E. Breitenbach)... plus... it's very interesting to look while while just sitting around ;)

Wish Rick luck... if you want a pot to piss in on Saturday ;-)

 

Rick decided to tile the downstairs bathroom floor before the party. I applaud the effort... but fear there will be a lot of peeing off the porch on Saturday!! LOL

Your tax dollars hard at work ;-)

Thanks Brhaun.

For guilting me into cleaning my fishtank. I cursed you the entire 18 hours it took to clean it, but now that it looks so nice... thanks!!

Those first few "warm" days do crazy things to Maine people.

They made me buy a broom and clean our porch.


They made Jessi think it would be a good idea to walk to the woods in 3-4 ft deep snow.

They made ME think it would be fun to go along and take photos. An idea I very much regretted halfway there and up to my crotch in snow. The heavy, crusty kind of snow that makes you think that you are going to balance on top for a second............. and then your foot goes crashing down to the ground and you fall over adn your legs get all scraped up and sting for a week. It too me about 10 minutes to get to the woods...lol!

At least on the way back _I_ was smart enough to walk in my own tracks... unlike Cooper... who got stuck and was too worn out to keep going. He's still out there now an hour later. Just kidding...lol!

Good luck to those idiots who are thinking that my b'day party this weekend should be the first night of breakin' the game camera into 2009.

We're goin' to see Dane!!

I must say I am PRETTY impressed with the slickness in which we arranged a trip for 8 people to Manchester, NH in just a couple hours. Those cell phones and text messages were just a'blazin'!!! We freakin' rock!!! :-D

It should be QUITE an EXPERIENCE!

Now the real planning begins!! Hotel?? Which one? Who's driving? The tickets sold out FAST... so the hotels will book up quickly too I would imagine!

It's a fact.

Did you know that there are 120 bodies on Mt Everest?

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/dead-everest.htm

Show of hands... Who EVER thought the "side pony" would come back??

Bitchin, Moaning, and Yumminess

So I've been a little pouty the past few days about my weight loss journey. The weight is coming off nicely since the switch to Weight Watchers (of course it's most noticeable to me in my fingers and wrists because THAT of COURSE is were I really want to see results!!! <---hope you got the sarcasm there), and I have no intention of quitting, but I am soooooooo sick of it all!! I FEEL like I am so limited and regimented, which is SO BEYOND retarded because I am not at all and any treats that I have wanted to have, I have just worked into my points and been fine, so it's ALL comletely in my head.... or maybe my hormones ;) Anyhoo... Pioneer Woman posted a link to this blog and it did NOT help my current state, so of course I must share :-D

P.S. Let's pretend I made this cake for my mom today cuz it's her birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keepin' it real on a Sunday morning

You will note that part of the 'real' is the absence of Jessi, who I haven't seen since Friday except to drop clothes off to her at a friend's house.

Why am I keepin' it real? Well because this week one of the blog people I stalk did it every day for a week and I thought it was neat!