Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
That face breaks my heart. The final score broke my heart - 24-3. Even though we were the first team all season to shut them out in the first half and to have them down at the half, they were just bigger and stronger and had more players so they could be fresher in that... Continue Reading →
It dawned on my yesterday that I know just how to complete SB's Pop Warner career scrapbook that my mom has been putting together with pictures. A thought that his been on my mind as this season winds down. Which it is. And I am sad. Because it's been an amazing run. 6 seasons. 5... Continue Reading →
Yesterday my August Mom friend LSM and I were of like mind. I had just finished going through my Google Reader feed at lunch and grumbled in my head about some sites that only have partial feeds when viewed through the Reader. Meaning that in order to read the whole post, I would *have* to... Continue Reading →
Depending on how you count things, this was #5 for SportsBoy. The Mighty Mite division doesn't really have a championship playoff round. You play out the regular season and then play a one game Chocolate Bowl game which does make sure to match up the teams according to their records so it does always come... Continue Reading →
I promise this is not a political post, but get this: One of the front pager writers from DailyKos is sitting in on the Rules Committee hearing on the House Health Care Bill. He's there courtesy of the Chairwoman, Rep Louise Slaughter who got him on as credentialed media. He's covering it by "live tweeting"... Continue Reading →
The best way to heal a hamstring strain? Ice and the flu. Why the flu? Because it knocks you on your ass and you therefore stay off the hamstring 🙂 SportsBoy came home from school (when I had been stressing over him walking between classes and then having to walk home on the sore leg)... Continue Reading →
I got to sleep in yesterday because the trainer switched our weekend classes from Saturday to Sunday. And thank heavens for that!! I still wake up at 6am anyway just because I'm so used to that and wouldn't you know I had a nice sinus headache worked up? Ugh. So I took some meds and... Continue Reading →
I just had to share these two things to escort you into the weekend. I'm still quite flabbergasted from yesterday's unexpected promotion of my post to the main WordPress front page - which explains why there are all those comments! I'm used to 1 or 2, not 30!! Anyhoo, as I gather energy and recover... Continue Reading →
"She must not air out her mind much" - Robin That quote from a comment by Robin (which makes me laugh every time I think of it) - is sooooo apropos for that which I am about to rant. Raise your hand if you are on Facebook. Now tell me if you have a friend... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 