30 days of Baseball Mom

.. because apparently i am a follower and not a leader (lol)
i am following Kelly at Green Olives & Pickle Juice ....

going to attempt to do 30 days of Baseball Mom ....

follow along with me ... join in the fun ... copy and paste the following in your side bar ... link back to each post as you make them ... let me know if you decide to follow along ... by leaving me a comment ... feel free to interrupt your daily posts with your daily ramblings ... or do none of the above & run to the hills ..

Starting tomorrow .. Day 1 of Baseball Mom!


Day 1 {Introduce}
Day 2 {Your first love}
Day 3 {Your parents}
Day 4 {What you ate today}
Day 5 {Your definition of Love Day}
Day 6 {Your day}
Day 7 {Your best friend}
Day 8 {A moment}
Day 9 {Your beliefs}
Day 10 {What you wore today}
Day 11 {Your siblings}
Day 12 {What’s in your bag}
Day 13 {This week}
Day 14 {What you wore today}
Day 15 {Your dreams}
Day 16 {Your first kiss}
Day 17 {Your favorite memory}
Day 18 {Your favorite birthday}
Day 19 {Something you regret}
Day 20 {This month}
Day 21 {Another moment}
Day 22 {Something that upsets you}
Day 23 {Something that makes you feel better}
Day 24 {Something that makes you cry}
Day 25 {A first}
Day 26 {Your fears}
Day 27 {Your favorite place}
Day 28 {Something that you miss}
Day 29 {Your aspirations}
Day 30 {One last moment}




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Loose Change

It feels like I am always picking up coins around this house. I can not believe the amount of change that is found around here, in washer, couch, beds, floors, bathroom, you name it I have found change there. Plus I am the only one that seems to know how to pick it up. I don't get it.

This morning I gathered up almost $30 in change. WTH? I just don't understand really where it comes from.

It seems like I very rarely have cash, I use my debit card. The husband? Ha! He is lucky if he can use his card as I spend all the money. Catcherdude? Well maybe in past, but now he is a debit card holder as well. So where does it all come from?

I am puzzled. But I keep picking it up. No one claims it. I throw it in one of the candy dishes sitting around, I don't have candy in house may as well use it for something. Eventually I wrap it and someone takes it to their bank. But really it is annoying. Just keep your change to yourselves please!!


So how about you? Have loose change around your house?


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The Catcher Report

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I am back! To keep this simple, I got sick late last week. Had a bad reaction to some medicine. Spent few days in hospital. Now home feeling some better, with a sexy, raspy voice.
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XC hasn't went well. Catcher Dude got to his meet on Saturday only to be carted off to the ER. He apparently had an allergic reaction to something in the air. His air passage was closing up fast. So he didn't get to race. So he once again missed out on that course. Guess third time will be the charm next season. Apparently he wasn't the only kid carted off. 2 other boys & 1 girl. So this park & course is just jinxed.

CD was supposed to run Wednesday but they cancelled the Sophomore part of the Freshman/Sophomore Meet. But it was just as well for him, he is still not 100% on his breathing.
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CD & I are away this weekend. Road trip to the family reunion of 100+ people. So I wouldn't have to go alone, I bribed Catcherdude. He has been dying to drive his new car for more than a few minutes here and there. So I am letting him drive the 2 hour trip. Man he is easy to please.
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That probably will wrap up this week. Yeah, I know not much to report this week. Well that is not all that true. But because as I was told yesterday, "I know you don't like rocking the boat .. i am leaving my next topic to another day, another post.

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The Catcher Report ~ Catcherdude Style

THE CATCHER REPORT BY:
CATCHER DUDE

So I wanted to do The Catcher Report this week, it has been a long time since I high-jacked filled in for moms blog. I just looked it was back in July 2008. So here we go..


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This past weekend I about got my ass kicked off Cross Country. None of the alarms went off and we over slept. That sucked!! I lucked out and Coach M let mom bring me. I set another PR of 21:30. I really wanted 21 or below, but I will take it. This weekend's race I am NOT looking forward to. I actually missed this race last year. But this course sucks. It has this hill, the hill has been named "man eater" and a name it has earned well. It sucked.

Now let's hope I do not over sleep in the morning. Though Coach M is picking me up from my house so I am sure I won't have that option.

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Baseball sucked last weekend too. With this a mixture of boys, not everyone wants to gel. I can not stand that! Get on board or get off my field. Especially pitchers. Listen to me or you and I are both going to get hurt. Period. My hitting sucked..(you know I wonder if I need to stop using suck.. not sure if mom would "blog approve")..not sure what the deal was. I got on base, didn't steal so mom would not have a heart attack. You know she is still all over-protective-bitchy-like over this finger issue.

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My most exciting news my car title is being delivered today. All mine, mine, mine!!

Now of course I can not drive unless one of them is in the car. But who cares just a few months I can drive it by myself. The baseball endowment will start in May picking up the insurance tab. Hopefully dad got all the other stuff in order while I am at school. I am stoked!!

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I will close with this for the week ..



I am pretty sure that video will come down as soon as mom sees it. She isn't a Linkin Park Fan. But as they say ..

While the cats away the mice will play ..


*I had this done this afternoon but the school blocks youtube so I had to wait until home to send it ..


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Love Like Crazy..

I totally stole borrowed this from Farmer*swife a/k/a GlassHalfFull I had never heard this until she blogged it a few days ago.

Then it was playing in truck when I dropped off CDD. He is totally NOT a country music person. Hates when it is on. Tunes it out.

Then clear out of Blue CDD says,
"Man didn't that just hit the nail on the head"

Let's say I was about to be calling AAA to pull me out of the ditch. ;-)


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Be a best friend,
tell the truth.
And over use I LOVE YOU.

Go to work,
do your best.
DON'T outsmart your common sense.

Never let your praying knees get lazy....
And, love like CRAZY...
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"Just ask him how he made it
He'll tell you faith and sweat
And the heart of a faithful woman,
Who never let him forget"

"Always treat your woman like a lady.
Never get to old to call her baby."

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Guess there is hope for that man yet!


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Nine Eleven, XC

Nine years later... I still dread this day. I really wonder if there will come a year this date will get easier? I still just freeze at that day. Images still burned in my brain. I guess it has got better, some. Though I still remember the horror look in my then 6 year olds eyes. The days following we glued ourselves to the TV, but yet didn't want them on. I think of all those lost mommies, daddies, children, friends, families, love ones, and so on.

Helps when there is actually something to occupy my thoughts. I try to stay away from the TV as it usually is over taken by recaps, memorials, etc..

You would have thought nine years later and we would be closer to closure on this. Probably will never happen.

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I found a great way to keep my mind off of the date this morning.
Waking up 10 minutes before Catcher dudes bus was due to pull out of the parking lot at school for their away meet today. Fortunately for him he is loved and adored by the coach. The rule is if you are not there on time you are an automatic cut. Well he called and asked if there was anyway I could drive him out there. Coach didn't even pause, "Yep see you there." That child has way more than nine lives I swear.

Though we were only 10 minutes later than the bus. That was with us still getting dressed and running through a drive-thru. I turned a little over an hour drive into 35-40 minutes.

He did great again this week. Broke his PR again. Now he is down 21:30. There were even some boys that received medals today, but I was bad and left before the last race and awards.

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Time to get on with this Saturday, even though already half over.






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The Catcher Report ..

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With the week starting off with a holiday it really went by fast.

School front.. Catcherdudes found out he was accepted into the FBLA. Really? Shocker there. *haha* As I said last week his Adv.Comp.Bus.teacher pushed him into applying, and oh hello she is in charge. So you don't need a calculator to do that math. But I will need to bust out my checkbook in the tune of $75 sooner than later please, according to the paper I was sent home.

He did not do well on a History test, C I believe. He wanted to retake it but the teacher didn't budge. He has a 98 in the class and even if he did bring the test up, she thought an A is an A. 98 or 100 still an A. He still is grumbling about that. He doesn't want the C on his record. Boy is that a change from last year.

Today is Suicide Prevention Day. Apparently they have been dealing with this topic all week at school. Today, they had 2 assemblies. Sadly, no matter how much they seem to reach out and touch on this topic, it seems to slip through the cracks at this HS. The suicide rate in this school (might be even district I am not sure) is very high.

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XC meet this week isn't until tomorrow. Have to drive a little over an hour each way to the meet. CD is hoping to break his record again this week. This course last year he did in 22:06. So we will see. His coach has had enough of the new boys this year. After breaking them down even more in groups, normally has 3 groups but they have 4 now. Things are not improving. This might be the first time in history he cuts kids.

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CD finally after breaking his finger went back to TKD last night. We might actually get this last belt wrapped up by the end of the year and be done with this. The instructor was a tad bit annoyed he had been gone. (Hello I called and told you he would be out for a while .. dumba$$)

Since this new instructor took over the school, I don't think he has interest pursue his second degree, well that nor the time. Least I am not funding it. Guess he picked up where he left off. I didn't go in. I definitely do not get along with that young know-it-all kid instructor.

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Other than that CD FINALLY has a baseball game Sunday (as long as this rain hold off) but I think that will be the last of this season for him. Man! Did baseball turn into a disaster this late summer/fall.

Also it is just us this weekend. CDD is working OT tonight, Saturday, & Sunday. 30 hours in 3 days. Yuck! But he made darn sure to let me know he will either be at the baseball game or watching football Sunday .. K! Thanks for that update.

.. until next week.

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Wordless Wednesday

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Labor Day & The Husband

Labor Day the last US holiday of the summer. ­For a lot of people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and the end of summer. In U.S. sports, Labor Day marks the beginning of the NFL and college football seasons. Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women.

So keeping with that theme I thought I would mention someone I apparently never mention. Give him his own post. The husband. (Someone ask me a while back if it was just my son & I. They never heard mention of anyone else on my blog.)

Well I guess that is just an over site on my part. See the husband, Catcher dudes dad, he works A LOT! Not only does he work a lot. He works horrible hours. So when there is all the comings and goings going on around the house, he is not here. He can go 5 days some times and not see CD. He isn't at the games, unless he uses vacation time, I get to enjoy and take for granted. He doesn't get to go to Open Houses, School Functions, Banquets, Doctor appointments, etc.. All the things I seem to now take for granted. That wear me out to no end it seems, he misses. The Husband (CDD) probably has missed most of all firsts in this house.

But what he does do that we take for granted. Work 10 hour nights. Hard working labor as well, not a desk job. Travels 45 minutes each way. Works almost all the OT that is offered. Reducing again the time he sees his family. Why does he? For his family.

He will be the first to tell you when I got pregnant and announced I was not going back to work he hated the idea. The thought of being a 1 income family was not what he pictured (Though I warned him plenty of times before the I Do's & the stick turning two lines) But he didn't complain to much after a while. He worked 2 & 3 jobs sometimes. He has always done a lot to make the financial means in this household.

If you ask him now he will say though it has sucked at times he wouldn't change it. He is glad I decided we decided I stay home and care for the boy & all the other household business as his hours sure do not allow time for anything else but .. WORK & SLEEP.

So this Labor Day I thank my husband for all he has done for us.



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The Catcher Report ..

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So here we are again. Another week gone by. It amazes me how fast Fridays roll around anymore. Why? Hmmm .. Good question ..

I did get on mom duties and checked grades of Catcherdude. Had a heart attack!! Went back and forth to say something or stay out of it. I finally after going back and forth for hours on end 10 minutes. I texted CD: "Might want to look into that Math Grade. It plunged!!"

That is all I said. Then walked away from the issue. Turns out it was a teacher error and had I said nothing, he would not have known. Yeah, well then maybe YOU need to check your grades. We all have access.

So what this is now the third week of school and still NO computers? This is insane. They had all summer to update and get them ready, but here we are 3 weeks in and no work or grades completed in 2 of his classes. Adv. Comp. Bus. Appl. & Accounting. *sigh* Speaking of his Adv. Comp. Bus. Appl. class. His teacher batted her eyes at him this week and got him to apply for FBLA. Sure that is what we needed another activity on his plate. I know they are only trying to push him and make him a better person to go out into the real work with. But what has changed since we were in school, you have to pay for that now. Of course! What don't you have to pay for anymore? Schools love to nickle and dime you.

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XC today was the first "Official" meet. He broke his PR (Personal Record) today. He is so excited. He started XC off last Aug with a time of 27:31. The 1st Capital last year he ran 23:18. This year the 1st Capital was 21:35. He is on his way. He may take over Top 7.

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Well that is all for the report this week ..

Happy Labor Day to all! Have a great Weekend.


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Break Your Heart

When I picked up CD from practice last night I got there a little early. While I was waiting some of the other boys & girls were coming out and as they walked by they stopped to talk to me. Now I usually avoid this at all cost. CD swears I will embarrass him. LOL. Anyway in the mist of the conversation I learned they have given some of the players theme songs on the team. Going through the list they all fit. When they told me his I was really like, huh?

Seems like he is known for breaking hearts. Now you would think he is going through girls left and right. But apparently that IS the problem. All these girls like him, and no matter what his speech doesn't change ..

"Thanks. But no. I have school and baseball. I do not have time for anything else."

He will not date nor give any of them the time of day. I have to laugh ..

So CD here is your song. But really I know someone else this would fit perfectly. ;-)





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September 1

You arrived so quickly. Next thing you know we will be talking about the holidays. I am not sure I am ready for all that mess yet. Though I am ready for cooler, crisp, leaves changing colors, weather. So hopefully with the flip of the calendar it will flip the temps.

It has been a sad week up at the High School. Sunday they lost a student to a drowning accident in the Meramec River. He was a Sophomore. He was with his family, he went under and a cousin grabbed his hand and brought him back up. But the current took him back under and pulled him away. Divers later helped recover his body in about seven feet of water about an hour later. He was not a strong swimmer and unfortunately was not wearing a life jacket.

I just can not imagine their loss.

Oddly enough his uncle, who was with the family, works with CDD. Though until CD called to tell his dad that his friend had died they were not aware the boys went to school together. Small World.

Well this post took on a different direction than planned.


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