Enough of baseball for the day...

We GET A DAY OFF from baseball and softball!! I am so happy! Tomorrow is my FREE day! In honor of my day of freedom from baseball....

They deserve each other

Have you ever noticed that cats KNOW things?

Somehow, they always KNOW who is allergic to them.

They also KNOW who is just NOT a cat-fan.

They KNOW these things, and INTENTIONALLY try to be all lovey to those particular people.

This beautiful tortoiseshell is my husband's cat. HE picked her out. HE brought her home, supposedly as a Christmas present for the children.

However, SHE has decided that she doesn't like him. RATHER, she likes ME.

It should be noted that I do not care for cats. I think they are great to keep around as a deterrent to rodents and to catch and kill cockroaches. I think that cats should be outside animals, and should earn their keep. I happen to think the same for dogs...but I digress...

This cat has decided that it is her mission in life to make me like her. She climbs up and sleeps with ME, on MY side of the bed. She rubs on MY legs all throughout the day. She comes to ME if she is hungry, or lonely, or if the 6-year-old is pestering her.

My husband claims that this is MY cat. I am very adament. She is NOT mine. I don't care what he thinks. I don't care what the danged cat thinks. He deserves her, and she most definitely deserves him.

Thursday Thirteen #18

Thirteen Things to add to your knowledge of trivia (for the Know-It-Alls out there!) 1. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma. 2. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times. Oh go ahead...I'll wait...~ 3. Donkeys kill more people annually Than plane crashes or shark attacks. (Watch your Ass ) 4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. 5. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older. 6. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. 7. The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE 8. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class. 9. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. (Since Venus is normally associated with women,what does this tell you!) 10. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 11. Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN! 12. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first " Marlboro Man. " 13. Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE! And some bonuses: *PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR! *The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. *It is possible to lead a cow upstairs... but, not downstairs. *A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. *Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!) *Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." (who thinks up this stuff???) The second? William Jefferson Clinton (Please don't tell me you're SURPRISED!!!) *And the best for last.... Turtles can breathe through their butts. (I know some people like that, don't YOU?) NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!!

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We're Back from the ER

This picture does NOT do Jon's face justice...though it DOES look better than last night...at the moment it is looking very colorful.


The doctor look AT his eye, and she looked IN his eye, and she had them get a CT scan.....






AND, nothing looks like it is WRONG with his eye. Except that he IS having intermittent, wandering double vision.

So, the plan is to wait some more, and hopefully when the swelling goes down the double vision will go away. In any case, we're supposed to follow up with an ophthamologist to make sure nothing else is wrong.


AND, I still have to get over to Wal*Mart to get Jon's glasses bent back into shape.

Job Adjustments

I was reminded by Dawn of Call Me Grandma Dawn that job changes are still times of adjustment, even when we are happy with the change and have looked forward to it...

I have done the transition from working full-time outside of the home to being at home full-time, working part-time (for money) and attempting to keep up with everything else that comes with being a mom and responsible adult. I have done this NUMEROUS times. The last time was right after we moved to Montana, and I was pregnant with our now-4-year-old. As a matter of fact, every time I (before this time) that I have been able to be home, I had an infant, or was pregnant. Every time it has been a huge adjustment for me.

This time is no different. We're in a different state, a new house, with new responsibilities and new stresses. No, I am NOT pregnant. I am attempting to learn a new profession while staying home with my 4-year-old and keeping up with appointments, extra-curricular activities, and housework.

I battle with myself and the little voices in my head all day long. I spend WAY too much time on the computer, even when I am NOT working. I really, exceedingly dislike housework. The laundry piles up and threatens to erupt (like that mountain in Chile this week...). The ants come marching into my kitchen...because the dishes are piled in the sink and counter and stove.... The vacuum cleaner quit working on me. The kids' toys are strewn all over the house. Yet, I avoid the necessary things of keeping up with my house....I blog. I browse. I read. Anything to NOT do what I really, really need to do.

So, where am I to obtain motivation? I know that this is part of the transition time from working outside of my home to being home. I KNOW this. It doesn't help. I feel like I am just slogging through this time until at some time in my murky future I actually start enjoying being here.

Don't get me wrong. I am HAPPY to be home. I LOVE that I get to spend this time with my children. I am VERY GRATEFUL that God provided this opportunity to me. I expected this...after all, this is not my first time to deal with the blahs that come with my recent job change.

So, anyone have any fresh motivation for me? Know where I can find some? Or, perhaps have a teenager you'd like to loan me to get my house back under control?

What that post *should* have been titled...

A DAY ON THE *BATTLE*FIELD

Yeah, it was THAT bad.

Well, Justin's team won...again. Still undefeated. *Not* undefeatable...no, Justin kept saying they were undefeatable...no, little guy. NO ONE is *that*!

Jon had practice....which was uneventful. THEN, he was throwing the ball around with a couple of guys afterwards, and got hit in the temple with a ball...he wouldn't let me take a picture...(party pooper) But he left his glasses home with me today to try to get them fixed...so, of course I had to take a picture of THEM....

Frances also had her first softball practice. I think she's going to love playing softball...as long as she doesn't get hit in the STOMACH with any more balls! Yeah, she got beat up, too...again, after practice was over.

While we were sitting there watching Justin's game, hopeing they'd hurry up and be done because Frances was waiting for us....I sent the rest of the little people to the car, and on the way, Leah got run over...by some boys who were wrestling and running away from each other.

Tonight, we have another night out at the ballpark...hopefully no one else gets hurt! Two practices tonight, two games and two practices tomorrow night....

....please, no trips to the ER!!

A day at the ballfield

Maybe I should call this a week at the ball field.
This week we have umpteen-dozen games and practices....
Justin has a game tonight....
Heather had a game last night...
and they WON! (despite the attempted cheating by the coaches of the other team).

Frances has her first practice tonight for the softball team...there WILL be pictures of her, as soon as they actually have uniforms....

So, now we're looking at kids' games on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, plus practices on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and hubby's games on Thursday night and Friday night.

The taxi driver has to go now...because I have to be there to actually WATCH Justin's game....and there are other people who would like to eat before we leave!