I should be in bed now

I really should be in bed now. 4:30 comes really early these days, no matter how many times I push the snooze button.

I've just finished uploading (finally) some pictures from our trip to the Alligator Farm and am throwing around a silly post in my head. I even made a slide show of the whole thing. I really do need to step away from the camera for a while. Oh my, digital cameras are so much fun, and I have a hard time figuring out which pictures to delete. Good thing I don't have to spend money on developing.

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My other half had month end processing today and generally that means he's not home until midnight. Imagine my surprise when he walked through the door at 10:30. AWESOME! Except for the fact that I had to have Joe, Tony and Sam (to name a few) crawl out the window before he saw them.

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Question: Why did the piece of gum cross the road?

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Carry on. There is nothing for you to see except for me bashing my head on the table. Have a wonderful evening.

My man and his truck

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I am my father's daughter

I went "home" this weekend, which is to say that I went down and visited my parents. About two weeks ago, dad had been admitted to hospital for congestive heart failure. He was in the hospital for about three days and in that time, the antibiotics had cleared the fluid from his lungs but had done nothing for the edema in his legs/feet. A few days ago, Dad was experiencing severe pain in his left foot. He could not put it down, and he could not walk. I cringed every time he did so because just looking at his expression let you know just how much it hurt. If there is such a thing as sympathy pains, I experienced them ten-fold.

Early Sunday morning I heard Mom talking to Dad, soothing him and trying her best to comfort him. I got up to see if there was anything I could do to help and Mom looked at me and said "we need to take Papa to the ER, the pain is worse, and his foot is really red. The edema itself is not something you want to see, but when you add the pain and redness, you begin to worry a bit. I quickly slapped myself upside the head, pulled it together and went into action.

Grrrrrrrrr!!!!

Warm ups before All-Star Game
Courtesy of Cindi

Take no prisoners!

I guess it wasn't Al Gore after all

Well, suffice to say that while the second game of the All Star Tournament went better, we still did not win. They have some really good teams which I am told eat, sleep and drink softball nearly year round. I guess that makes sense because the counties that these kids are from are not, how shall we say, filled with a myriad of things to do. I suppose you could count Cow Puck Hocky as another sport, but I don't think it's ready for the Olympics yet. All in all, I feel proud of the girls, even though I had to have updates texted to me during the day. I call it being "virtually" present. I am a good parent that way.

I'm really glad that Meelie participated in softball. Not only has she made several new friends, I have as well. In fact, one of them contacted me last night and asked if "Mimi" (they call her that) would be interested in a travel team. While the thought of driving hither and yon for softball games does not fill me with glee, if it is something that my daughter wants to do, I would be willing to give it a try. We go Saturday morning to see what it is all about.

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Last night was kind of crazy all the way around. I got home from work just after the girls returned, and then we had some neighbors stop by. After they left, I had to do my "wildlife" feedings, making sure they all had enough food and in some cases water. On of Meelies friends then called and asked if she could come over and spend the night, so I had to help her get ready for that. I then took Chickie for a quick dinner at Wendy's and we came home and I died. The end. When do the kids go back to school again?

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Chickie is now back together with her boyfriend. I am confused. Are we Is she going to stay with him or what?

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All Star Update - June 24

UPDATE 1:00pm: Game 2 has begun. Camden (us) took the field, and let 3 up took 'em right down!

UPDATE 1:05pm: B (us) stoked a double and brought Morgan home!!!!

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Well, they finished game one of the tournament and, according to Chickie, it wasn't pretty. They lost 8-1. Apparently, the team they played was really tough and like a well oiled machine. Meelie is still upbeat though, so that's a positive.

Next up, Game #2 at 1:00.

The Break Up...and stuff

This is going to be quick but I wanted to apologize for not posting the last two days. Monday we had a severe storm roll through, which knocked our power out and screwed with all things computer related. Last night, we finally had our "official Father's Day Dinner" (STEAK!!!) and by the time we were done and the computers up and running again, I was toast.

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Chickie broke up with her boyfriend and I seem to be taking it harder than she is. What's up with that?

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Meelie's softball tournament for All Stars starts today. Chickie is going with her and will be sending me updates throughout the day. Send positive thoughts Meelie's way and I'll keep you posted with updates as I get them.

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Carry on.

Heeere Lizard, Lizard, Lizard

Who's a good boy?

.....More to come!

Slow news day?

In most cases, I have pretty much stopped reading or watching the news. It's always something bad and has a tendency to bring me down. In a lot of cases, it's simply idiotic.

Take this for example:

"POLITICO (Washington) - The president has been getting lots of kudos for a lightning-fast, Mr. Miyagi-worthy swipe he employed to slay a pesky house fly that was buzzing him in mid-interview during a taping with CNBC that aired Wednesday.

"He stopped the interview to track and kill the fly," said talk show host Conan O'Brien.

"That's some pretty impressive hand-eye coordination right there," Jimmy Fallon gushed. "Makes Obama look like a bad ass."

But now People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, calling it an "execution," wants the commander-in-chief to show a little more compassion to even "the least sympathetic animals."

If that doesn't make you roll your eyes, the article goes on to say this:

"The group has sent Obama a device that traps a fly so it can then be released outside.

"We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Freidrich explained."

Okaaay.

What amazes me is that this made the news, and that PETA has a serious case of heartburn over the issue. Does this mean that I will get coverage when I blog about how I vacuum up spiders instead of capturing them and releasing them outside? I just find the whole thing humorous, really. There's even the video footage of the "incident" all over the internet.

For example:

I'm not particularly a fan of Obama, but I do think it was impressive that he got the sucker.

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