Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Ah, THIS is what Saturdays are supposed to be! When I first arrived I had no idea where SportsBoy was. He's no longer #55. Now his practice jersey is #81 and his game jersey is an #88. I had no idea which ones they were going to wear today. Remember, this is high school so... Continue Reading →
This post is a day late but the time got away from me yesterday. I wrote this as a post to the August moms list before we left for the Padres game yesterday so excuse that some of the timing references are off. Photos from the game at the bottom despite me forgetting the good... Continue Reading →
Do you need to ask how much little sleep I got?
Background: A few months ago SB was invited up to Knott's Berry Farm with his friend. SB's dad sent him along with $100 for his entry fee and some food and asked for the change at the end. The friend's parents ended up very generously paying for everything. SB devilishly decided his dad didn't need... Continue Reading →
Sports Boy returned home late Thursday night from his travels to his dad's family in Sweden. 6 weeks later and he's easily grown another 1/2 inch, his shoe size is up to 9.5 (a full size more than his dad - yay!) and he weighs 114. Still small for a freshman football player, yes, but... Continue Reading →
My mom asked yesterday why I haven't posted about SportsBoy since he's been gone. Well, see, that there assumes that I'd have something to post about! There are three keys points preventing such things: He's male He's a teenager His cell phone doesn't work in Sweden Really it is points one and two that matter.... Continue Reading →
Of course, don't *open* any of those nicely closed closet doors 🙂
Yesterday was the first day of high school for my not so little freshman. What, you say? I thought we were just talking about summer?! How can it be the first day of school already? Well, because it was the first day of Freshman football summer weights yesterday. SportsBoy has four days to participate in... Continue Reading →
Woo hoo! We were SO excited that 8th grade was over! Actually, after having to get to school 30 mins earlier than usual, we were more ready to go back to bed than excited 🙂 I would like to thank his school for NOT individually calling out the names of all 684 8th graders being... Continue Reading →
For the first half of this post, let's resurrect an oldie but goodie from last summer (which may indicate that being a teen is not the ONLY reason planning is not in his DNA - could also be genetics): "I sure hope that next year we don’t have passport drama right before SportsBoy has to... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 