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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:51 pm
Lum, are those monotone horns driving you nuts??? LOL, the kids were just wonderful! They were out there playing so quietly with each other and minding their own business. That was the beauty of it...it was the neighbors dogs going nuts and waking them up bright and early and all I had to do was send the kids out to play and behave themselves, they weren't doing a thing wrong! I've already chatted with one of the other neighbors and she was cracking up when I told her, she said she'd heard the dogs and they were driving her mad, but hearing that they were waking up the noisy neighbors made her day. She offered to send her kids over to play in the morning, lol. Oh oh, I've got a volleyball net in the closet. Their middle girl is on her high school volleyball team. Think I'll have Darren and neighbor dad set the net up tonight and then the kids can go out and play early before it gets too hot. I just got a phone call, they changed the time of the all star ceremony to later in the evening since all the teams are practicing for toc this week. With the ceremony being later, all the kids can go after practice.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:16 pm
Wednesday's Mission I didn't get as much done as I wanted to today, mostly had a fun day. I did get the kitchen cleaned and picked up the living room but that was about it. Nieces ended up staying all day, cool with me, they were pretty good. It's a good thing the girls had practice tonight. The oldest girls softball team had a game so they pushed the ceremony back again and it ended up being earlier. Dakota was chosen for the 10/11 year old all-star team, it's to be a combined team between three different leagues (each league sends 4-5 girls.) Eight of the girls on our team, including oldest niece, were chosen for the 9/10 year old team. It's always fun to watch your own kid (or niece) called out, but it was a blast to watch some of our younger girls who had never been on an all-star team called. There was squealing and jumping up and down and lots of hugging. Only one girl on our team wasn't picked, but only because she is too young (just 8.) Tomorrow the kids and I need to shop for Darren's birthday. He has class tomorrow night, but no practice for the girls. I plan to clean the bathroom and mop floors. Might do a couple loads of sheets.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 8:38 am
That is cool that so many got picked, how fun. I ran the dishwasher last night, will need to unload sometime tonight but I have investment club, I think. We had to reschedule from last week, so I have some work to do for that. Funny thing, yesterday I was standing in my hallway admiring how nice my new stained cabinets look and realized, to my horror - LOL, that I had missed a two inch strip between the floor board and the first drawer. I never even noticed it before. So just when the yucky smell is starting to go away I have to stain that piece! thank goodness I noticed because I was going to send the stain to the hazarous disposal place, just hadn't gotten to it yet, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 9:52 am
I'm glad you noticed before you got rid of the stain, Dipo! Sucks, though, that you have to endure the smell again. A little, not so well kept secret in our league is that we have so few girls playing between the ages of 9 and 12 that most who are are chosen for all stars. The biggest surprise is for the girls like Dakota whose age makes them eligible for two different teams (in Kota's case, the 10/11 or 11/12 year old teams.) The younger girls, and the older girls who are playing their first season don't know this and no one tells them so they'll get to be all excited and surprised, but the older girls know and we do what we can to convince them it's not a given. This year we had fewer girls than ever. A lot have made the move from little league to the ASA league. The girls (Kota and oldest niece) played fall ball with asa last year, but we prefer the little league. Eventually though, we'll have no choice but to make the move ourselves if the girls want to continue playing cuz there is just not enough 13+ girls in the leagues to play against.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 12:05 pm
Heh, I took the kids to shop for Darren's birthday and while there it dawned on me I should come back and add a little clarification to my last post. Age is not the only determining factor in all-stars. Attitude and attendance (at practice and games) counts as well. If a girl has a lousy attitude or blows off most of the practices, she won't be considered for the teams, no matter how few girls are playing. Last season, one of the girls in minors wasn't nominated because she spent the whole season with the attitude of "I'm the best" and when her parents questioned it were told the truth. I felt a bit bad for her, but she came back this year with a much improved attitude and is an even better player having learned there are 8 other girls on the field with her so it was a good thing in the end. We're hoping the 9/10 year old games are scheduled at different times than the 11/12 games so we can go watch oldest niece and the rest of Kota's friends. I think that team is going to do excellent in the all-stars tournament, they're a very strong team and have great coaches. We don't know who most of Kota's team is yet, so no idea how they will do. Took the kids to buy Darren's birthday gift, he wants a golf cart (one of those you set a golf bag on and pull around the course.) Got lucky, they had them on sale at the sporting goods store, was $40 on sale for $21.99. Picked that up and then ran to walmart for wrapping paper and cards. Also need a Father's Day gift, but I'm at a loss as to what to get him, he's as bad as I am, just not that much he wants or needs.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 12:14 pm
how about a round of golf somewhere or a gift certificate to a driving range.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 1:15 pm
You know what Dfennessey? I might just love you! Thank you!!! He goes golfing with the guys from work, they try for every Friday afternoon, but the last six weeks or so have been difficult between the weather and Darren working OT. One of his buddies was just griping at me this weekend cuz Darren hadn't been lately, so I think I'll run out to the course and buy a gift certificate and make him go next week. Thank you, thank you!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 11:22 pm
Thursday's Mission Tonight was fun. Took Kota to the batting cages, she had some grumpiness she needed to work off. We ran into one of the boys coaches from a different league (he was actually Caleb's coach the last year he played baseball.) He umps the girls games whenever we play at their fields, he likes Kota...remembers her from back when Caleb played...and whenever he's umping her games they always chat between plays. Chatted for a bit tonight, he had her laughing pretty quickly, thank goodness. Then picked up sis and went and did a little shopping for the upcoming birthdays and Fathers Day. Came home and had dinner, I cleaned up the kitchen and Kota disappeared to her room. Caleb had a lazy day, stayed home today and spent the evening laying on the couch watching tv. When Darren got home from school, Dakota dragged us to her room...she'd spent the night cleaning it. It looks really good. PJ got sick all over the living room floor tonight. Darren fed her some treats his mom sent over and I don't think they agreed with her. I cleaned up the floor best I could, but I'm going to have to bring out the carpet cleaner tomorrow. Tomorrow is Darren's birthday. Since the girls have practice, I think I'm going to pick up cupcakes and take them for afterwards. Was going to take a cake over to my aunts and have dinner there, but he had school tonight, has to be up early tomorrow and is working 10 hour days. Add in practice and I don't think he'll be up for that. We'll go to my aunts Friday. Oh and stupid me. Every time we sign Kota up for a new softball season, rather regular, fall, or all-stars I have to have her birth certificate. And every single time I have to search for the damn thing. Right now I know exactly where it is and wouldn't you know, they don't need it this time (the player agent made copies at sign ups and kept them for all-stars.) Well, I realized tonight, there's another thing I always need and can never remember! The date of her last tetnus shot. I know she's good for another two years, but I can not remember the exact date and the pa didn't have that paper anymore. So need to get ahold of her drs office tomorrow to get that (and remember to write it down somewhere this time!) I have the rest of the paperwork filled out and the copies of three proofs of residence, all I need is that dang date and then I can turn that paperwork in. I think that's it for tomorrow.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 11:38 pm
war, you need to make a "softball" packet for kota that you pull out every time you need to register for something. it has what you need in it, even if it's not needed. i had one for Holly's swim stuff when she was swimming.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 12:55 am
That's not a bad idea. I just need a copy of her bc and the tetnus date. And a copy of her drs address and phone number since they want that too. The proof's of residency are the only thing I can't use the same ones for every time. They want those as current as possible (except for the drivers license) for example, this months water bill or the most recent paycheck stub. Heh, this time I used the water bill and Kota's last report card. They discontinued the academic all star award this season (which Kota for the first time would have qualified) and dangit, someone at the Little League is going to look at a copy of the best report card my kid has ever had! I'm going to need all the same info in a few weeks when we sign her up for fall ball too. It's all such a pain sometimes but I understand why they do it. League rules say the team managers have to carry certain info (the birth certificates, medical release, and proof of residency) with them to all games and any team can demand to see it to make sure the girls are eligible. I've never seen any team ask to see it during regular season, but once we get to tournaments, we have district umps instead of family/friend/coaches volunteering, and they do check before each game. The ASA league also had district umps (or whatever they are there) who checked. Is high school like that too? With Caleb on the track team in jr high we never had to provide any additional info, except for the medical release form, but I'm not sure if it's different at the high school level.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 5:17 am
Hey War don't worry about it sometimes you need someone else to think of things. I just put a fathers day card w/ a gift certificate to Cracker Barrell in the mail for my father. What do you get a man that is almost 78 and has everthing? So I figure he needs to eat and he likes that place
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 10:03 am
It's the same way here (and I admit, I'm as hard as Darren to shop for cuz I just don't need or want all that much.) We were going to give him the golf cart for Father's Day, but couldn't figure out what to do for his birthday and decided to switch. So a round of golf will work well with that. Heh, we just got a gift card for Black Angus. Dakota's bff's parents gave it to us as a Thank You for driving their kids to/from school and offered to have the kids over when we go out to dinner. We'll be doing that next week, his birthday's today, mine is next week and we always do something in between to celebrate. I thought that was very nice of them.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 10:10 am
And what is Darren and the kids getting you for your Birthday?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 10:28 am
First season dvd's of True Blood. I was at a loss when he asked a few weeks ago and then was at Costco shopping and came out of one aisle to see the dvd's staring at me. We don't get premium channels and I didn't know much about the show but came and asked here and was told it was great, so told Darren that's what I wanted. Then had sis call and ask what I wanted cuz aunt gave her money to go shopping. Spent a few days coming up with nothing then saw the Eclipse trailer on tv and called her...gift card for the movie theater. There's a couple movies coming out this summer I want to see. Don't know if aunt will agree with that idea, but there really isn't anything else I can think of.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 10:53 am
they could always get you a gift card to Michaels or the beed store that you like
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
I've still got gift cards from Christmas. Haven't needed any new supplies lately and haven't really run across any projects I want to do. I take that back...it's all-stars, I'll do zipper pulls for the girls on the team (probably both Kota's team and niece's since I know all the girls on nieces team) but I think I've got enough beads and such from last year left.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 11:58 am
Actually, they don’t bother me in the slightest, War, but dh is ready for the looney bin; he has tinnitus. Congrats to all the girls who made it to All Stars and the one who didn’t. Talk about a good sport! Dipo, it really sucks when you think you’re all done and then this, isn’t it? Good thing you don’t have to go to the dump and dig out that stain, though. Silver lining and all…. Rainy and Granddoggies day. I've been puttering around the house during half times and games; nothing big, but we won't have to hide behind the curtain if company shows up either. Say Happy B'day to Darren for me tomorrow, War and celebrate hardily.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 11:57 pm
Friday's Mission Friday already? Really? I'm off a day. Turned in Dakota's paperwork tonight. Next week when I come back here griping about how they lost it, remind me I turned it into the board member who was working the snack bar at the 5:30 game tonight. Happens every year for all-stars, only one woman deals with the paperwork, but if she isn't there, we give it to whoever it is and it doesn't always end up where it's supposed to. Darren loved his golf cart, he's got plans tomorrow to go out with his buddies golfing. I ground my teeth at that, lol, but I think we're still going to get him a gc for the golf course for next weekend. The girls had their first toc game scheduled tomorrow. We found out (coach then parents, girls didn't know) that the other team forfeited a couple days ago, so the girls get a 6-0 win and don't have to play til Sunday. They're not really happy about it, wanted to play the game. I don't have anything to do tomorrow. House is clean, no errands, no running around. I'm going to kick back, read, play online, that's about it. We have another busy weekend planned (nieces birthday party Saturday, fathers day and a game Sunday) and this will be the only chance I get for it.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, June 18, 2010 - 9:43 am
LOL, I said the same thing this morning, Wargod, is it really Friday! Nice that you get the day off to do fun stuff. I ended up unloading the dishwasher, finally, reloading and cleaning up the kitchen. Not much else to do till the weekend, I think I will finish up that stain issue and then see what else is around that I need to finish.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, June 18, 2010 - 11:45 am
Dipo, I just don't get where the week went! I would have sworn it was dragging by. I ended up with two of my nieces here, oldest and baby. Oldest nieces birthday is tomorrow and sis and bil (along with middle niece who was buying a present) went to shop for the party. Baby is staying cuz she had shots and isn't feeling all that great. Sis brought me her memory chip and a couple discs of pics so I can go through them to look for more pics of the softball team for their dvd. I think my lazy day will be spent looking through, literally, 6,000 pictures, lol.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, June 18, 2010 - 1:55 pm
Went through sis' pictures, she only brought one disc and her chip so only a couple thousand. Mostly we had the same pictures and I ended up only taking 25 or so from hers for the dvd. I'd shown Dakota the preview the other day and she complained that I didn't have enough pics of the coaches and that they were as much a part of the team as the girls are. I don't generally take many pics of the coaches, focusing more on the girls, but she had a valid point so I'm on the hunt for more pics of them. I know there's another dad who takes a lot of pics and I'm going to ask him if he has certain ones (pics of coaches, clearer pics of outfield, the girls who pitch and catch on rare occassion.) My nieces came and went. The baby was a bit fussy, she actually said "dammit" to me and I had to give a 2 year old a lecture on not using words like that, she's a smart girl and smart girls use better words. She looked at me like she wanted to say it again, lol. Dakota went home with them. Back to my lazy day!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 12:22 am
I managed to make most of my day a lazy day. After Darren got home, we ran by the store and then went to aunts for a while. We went to the second half of the girls practice. I sat on the bench taking pictures and chatting with middle niece and one of the other girls little sisters. I've finally earned a new name, besides "Dakota/Caleb's mom" or my previous favorite, "Mrs Dakota," LOL. This little cutie is following my nieces and calling me "Aunt Sandy." I like that, it's better than Mrs. lastname. I prefer just "Sandy," but if a kid has parents that are more formal, I'll deal with Miss Sandy. Aunt Sandy is even better, lol. Anyways, after practice Kota went home with my bil and nieces for a few hours of swimming. The girls have strict orders from their coaches to be completely lazy Sunday. No playing outside when it's hot, lots of rest and water and healthy foods, absolutely no swimming and no sun. Because the coaches 18 year old daughter, who is totally adored by the whole team and whose word is gold reinforced this, the girls decided they had to pack all Sunday's activities into today and tomorrow, lol. About the only thing I had to do tonight was go over and pick Kota up and stop and get gas on the way home. Lazy day successful! Tomorrow is oldest nieces birthday party. I'll be over earlier in the day though to clean and help aunt with a shower. Darren and I are only staying for a couple hours (sis' parties last hours and hours and hours) before we are leaving the kids there. We're going out to dinner to celebrate our birthdays. Kota may or may not spend the night, but Caleb wants to come home so we'll pick him up. We don't really have plans for fathers day morning and afternoon except bbq'ing some ribs and spoiling Darren silly. That evening is the girls game. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 6:49 pm
LMAO - dammit - too funny. Having a quiet weekend has well, have fun at celebrating your birthdays!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 11:55 pm
LOL, I know, Dipo! Dammit, I had to bite back a laugh when she said it. Sis told me later she said it when the nurse gave her her shots too. We had a nice day. I woke up with my head killing me and a sore knee, really sore knee. Not sure if I slept funny or what. But, first thing I did was grab the excedrin. The party was fun, sat around chatting with the family and one of the softball moms (couple of the girls from the team came.) Bil told me he woke up with his knee and hip hurting. We were trying to figure out why both of us were in pain when sis walked by and told us her feet hurt. Middle nephew looked at the three of us and said we were complaining like his grandma, lol. Then Darren, Caleb, and I left. Caleb was going to hang out with his buddies while we went to dinner. Had a nice quiet dinner. I think it was a great night to go too, the restaurant we went to is usually packed, but was pretty dead tonight. Waitress said they have a ton of reservations for tomorrow night though. We got home just a few minutes before Caleb did. Called sis to see if Kota was ready to come home and she started laughing. Seems once the party was over, the softball mom took the girls from the team home with her, including Dakota. Then, then, omg! Bunch of peeping toms! One of the other girls lives down the street, so they all went over to her house. And when the girls got back to my sisters, they tell her this girl is sick and in bed with a cold wash cloth on her head. Sis says, well what's wrong with her? They said, we don't know. Sis says, what did her parents say? Girls said, they didn't answer the door when we knocked. Now, I'm on the phone with sis during this conversation and both of us were totally confused at this point, so sis asks them, well then, how do you know she's sick? And the little peeping toms tell her, when her parents didn't answer the door, we walked to the side of the house and looked in her bedroom window, she was laying in bed with a wash cloth on her head. I told sis, OMG! We're going to have to go to the game tomorrow and apologize to this childs parents! There were six little girls (Kota, oldest niece, the 2 other girls from the team, middle niece, and one of the other girls little sisters) all peeking in this poor kids window. You know dang well someone had to see them, lol!
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 10:21 am
Harbouring little fellons, are we, Auntie War? LOL As suspected, I am having a hard time getting things done with 3 games a day. Well, the final 16 should be determined soon, so things in front of the tube should slow down enough to at least keep the visible things clean. Behind closed doors will have to wait until the winner has been determined. Off to prep Father's Day supper. Have a good one, all!
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