Little Pond on the Prairie

....where the little adventures mean the most!

New Goal

Monday, March 24, 2008

My new goal for my blog is making/taking/stealing time to log on to the computer when I'm at home! Friday, we shopped for Easter and DS11's birthday. Saturday was the party with his friends playing laser tag. Sunday the normal Easter activities minus the egg hunt. Just a quick note about a lessoned learned from each day:

Friday (Shopping): Do not plan an enjoyable shopping trip with DF and DS11. It will never be enjoyable. Just take the money and run with DD12.

Saturday (11 Year Old Birthday Party): 11 year old boys are just plain odd.

Sunday (Easter): It snowed on Easter! It's not supposed to snow on EASTER! There was no outdoor egg hunt. Maybe I'll plan one in April just for something fun and out of the ordinary!
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Baseball Season 2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008

I am ready for baseball season. Mother nature is not. We have experienced 10 inches of rain in 2 days! My optimistic, on spring break, 16 year old was convinced he would be playing his 4:30pm game today! I just received the game cancellation notice from highschoolsports.net (wonderful website) in my email. They cancelled a half dozen games last year and it looks like we're on the same pattern again this year. He is a sophomore this year and should be starting catcher on JV. He sat most of last year to an upper classman. So we are hoping for more glove-time this year!

Sign ups for dd12 and ds11 were last week so after April 1 we'll be keeping up with the practice schedules.

The most excitement for baseball this year will be the MLB team that I will be cheering for. Growing up my teams varied. I was a big Phillies fan in preteen years. Then moved onto George Brett and the KC Royals till my late teen years. Then I settled in on the Cardinals, having more opportunities to attend games there. Between my parents, there has been the long argument of exactly who a Southern Illinois resident should root for: Mother-we live in Illinois, should be a Cub fan (the sox were never mentioned....) Father- we live an hour and a half from Busch Stadium, should be a Cardinal fan! I sided with my Dad... until this year.

This is THE year for the Cubs. It's simple. I will root for them this and only this year. I believe that since their last WS championship was 1908, it is fitting that they should have the title in 2008. Besides, it's not looking like the Cards will have much excitment going on. I might as well make our household exciting. DF is a Cardinals fan.

I know true fans don't just jump around from team to team and I'm not being a fair-weathered fan! I'm rooting for the Cardinals against everyone else, as long as the Cubs come out on top THIS year!
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2008 Update

Obviously we're all a little bit older since my last post! I am now the mother/stepmonster to children the following ages: 16, 12, 11 (on Monday), and 2. They have only aged 2 years since my last post as I feel I've aged at least 6 years, thanks to the 16 year old! I'm sure that needs no explanation to most readers! (Pretend as if there are actual readers!)

Other than aging, it's depressing, now that I think about how much has not changed. We are still in the same trailer, still not married, still at my same job...... Oh wait that changed today!

I have been a secretary at the same company for over 11 years. I just accepted a job with the same company in the planning department. More work - more money - same long drive!

We are gearing up for baseball season. 3 of the 4 kids will be playing this year.

We successfully made it through football season for 2 years with no "major" injuries. Although we did visit the emergency room a couple of times for x rays - at the advice of the "trainer". We now believe he is "in" with the hospital and gets a commission on visits and length of stay!

We have enjoyed actually having a winter here in the Midwest. We had our share of the snow and "wintry mix" as they call it! They actually closed the plant a few days! Now we are ready for spring! (Oh happy day today!)

Short term goals for my blog:
1. Think of something to call the kids / fiance other than DS16, DF, etc.
2. Download / print / file - Do something with the 800 pictures I have on my camera!!!! (Not all for the blog, but I'd like to insert one or two!
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Stick With It, Again!

I'm going to attempt this once again. I can't believe it's been since 2006 that I posted last! I have a lot of thinking and organizing to do! I want to blog - just what I want to blog about is the big question which I'm sure everyone that has created a blog has thought about - maybe! Whatever it is I want to make it interesting which is something I'm not sure that I am sometimes. Maybe if I can stick with this daily it will help me find my nitch! Maybe if I stick with exercising at least 3 days a week I could lose some of that baby fat that is going on 3 years old now, too! I read so many blogs that are interesting - but to be different is the key! Something to keep them coming back for more, even if they don't really know why! Good Luck to Me!
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