Another busy week....

This week has just begun, and I am looking for ways to buy some more time!

Hongo will be home early today , and so that means I lose 4 hours to be productive because he needs to be entertained. *sigh* I love him being with me, just not during my "workday"
So this morning we have tried to be focused - I keep getting distracted because the to-do list just keeps getting longer. Right now I am on the computer off-loading all of my camera cards so that I have room for the games this week. The picture I have up today is of LegoQueen from last Thursday. My computer is working slower than molasses today as far as uploading pictures to the internet.
LegoQueen has practice tonight, so I will probably make dinner before we go and everyone can eat at the same time. Hongo has a meeting tonight for our softball teams - he is running a mens and a coed this season.
On a positive note- baseball season has started, so we will be able to catch some games while I fold laundry or vacuum.
Only 1 1/2 hours until Hongo arrives....maybe I will make him take me to the bank and grocery store.

T-Ball is very serious....

Going through my pictures from today's game, I came across this one. The Hairy One looks so tough! He was waiting for his turn at bat, and I caught him just as he was looking at me. Oh, and the scratch under his eye is not from playing ball - he was playing with sticks and his friend scratched him on the face.

Feeling better...

Yesterday ended up being really nice. I had a nice time at Park chatting with my friends and watching the kids play. On the way back home we were talking in the car, and LQ told me that some new kid asked her for her number. In front of all of her friends. She was so embarrassed! We had a good laugh about it on the way home.

The softball game was nice. They finally won, and LQ got her first hit. Before the game, I helped the girls warm up and the attitudes were put on ice. The bossy girls were trying to make everything look good during stretching and were yelling at everyone else. I finally spoke up and said "Hey - the more time you spend yelling and worrying about how good you look, you cut into the time for batting practice. So you all need to relax and just stretch!"
Silence...and some glares. But they did exactly as they were told.

The meanest girl struck out. You could see the head deflate ever so slightly. But it expanded when she hit a home run at the next at bat. *sigh*

I took some pictures, but I still haven't offloaded the ones from Opening Day two weeks ago, so don't expect to see any soon, lol.

Then we went to Hongo's game. The guys lost. But we all had a good time. I forgot my score book, so I spent the evening chatting with the other wives. Due to Spring Break, all the kids were out late and playing at the playground. We found frogs in the grass and the girls were squealing. One touched me and i squealed too, lol.

Today we are getting ready to leave the house. We are going to see one of the families from Park, and then we are heading over for Lego Club with our friends. Tomorrow all the kids have games, and then we have playoffs for adult softball on Sunday!

Its Thursday...

And I really should be on the treadmill, but I am going to sit and write this out before I go on, so I can concentrate. Although most problems get worked out while I am on the treadmill, I don't think this one is going to be solved anytime soon.

There is this lady (if you can even call her that - she certainly isn't being lady-like) that I know of. I've never met her, never talked to her online - nothing. But she insists on putting me down to everyone who has ears. I'm a bad mom, I'm stuck up, my softball team sucks, I only have one friend...etc.
I don't know where she gets this! I was talking to my friend yesterday at lunch, and she told me that this woman is probably jealous because she knows that I am not any of those things.
But why me? Pick someone else! At least pick someone that you know in person, or have at least met once. All this woman knows is what she has seen on a local forum that I hardly post on anyway, unless I am replying to one of my friends.

So for about 2 months now, I have been trying to be the better person and ignore it, but this morning it has just been really bugging me. I guess she didn't see anything posted from me lately, so she is casually fishing for info from one of my aquaintences. The aquaintence didn't know any better, so she sent me a message saying that this woman was wondering about me. I told her straight out that I don't even know this person, so she was not concerned about me in the least.

So....at least I know in my heart that I am not doing anything wrong, and just trying to live my life. I have so many things to be thinking about, and so many more pressing issues at this time, she needs to get out of my head.

Speaking of pressing issues - today is Thursday and that is, as my non-home schooling friends call it: Kim's Park Whore Day. We always go to the park with our group on Thursdays to play and hang out. Then LegoQueen has a game tonight, and then Hongo has a game tonight as well. Three parks in one day. So I have my car packed with stuff for the first two parks, and when we come home for dinner I will re-stock for the third park.
And I got a message from LegoQueens coach this morning, checking to make sure she was coming. They are down three girls and he wanted to make sure he had enough. But with 3 girls gone, it means LQ gets to play the whole game. She is nervous and scared. But I try my hardest to assure her that she will do just fine.
Tonight is Hongo's last game for the season, so we get a couple of weeks off before he starts up again.
Ack! I better go, or there won't be time for treadmill!

Venting...

Just letting off steam this morning....(or afternoon)

#1 My brother in law is such an A$$. I don't know how all of us managed to fit in my inlaw's house with his gigantic head floating around. All day I had to hear about what a great cook he is, and how much money he has. Yes, you have money - now when are you going to re-pay the $500 you owe MY family???? Perhaps if you are such a great cook, we should all squeeze ourselves into your 900 sq ft apartment for family gatherings?
We were at the dinner table and his son asked for pepper. So LegoQueen hands him pepper. BIL says " No...he wants the good pepper. He has distinctive taste."
GIVE ME AN F-ING BREAK! He is EIGHT, and the pickiest little brat on the planet.
So BIL got up to get another soda, and when he was gone, his son asked for ketchup to dip his filet mignon in. I said out loud "How distinctive...."
I did not eat the filet mignon - my brother in law the chef insisted on not cooking them all the way through, and I get sick eating pink meat. So I helped myself to ham instead.
I couldn't stand him so much that I opted not to go on the hike with the kids. I sent Hongo instead. Hongo sat on the couch and watched TV the entire time. BIL brought an air rifle and he and FIL were playing with it. FIL was a little sad that both of his sons were not getting along, I think.

#2 - My stupid neighbor's dog kept me up all night. The little bugger is lucky to be alive, and better not step foot in my yard again. EVER.

#3 - My oldest daughter is quite possibly the messiest kid ever. I had to tell her 3 times this morning to take her laundry. Last night I asked her many times to give me her dirty clothes, and this morning I walk into her room and there are dirty clothes all over...

#4 I called to find out how much money my T-Ball team is getting from the sponsor, and its $100. which works out to about $8.33 per kid.What am I going to buy each kid for $8?? I may have to come in with a little cash to supplement it.

On a more positive note....

I got the entire upstairs picked up, dusted, and vacuumed...thanks in part to my little cleaning sidekick - DramaQueen. With her help, I will finish the downstairs this afternoon.

My friend told me she is pregnant again today - I am very happy for her.

Tomorrow I go to register a Friday night co-ed softball team. So now I will play on Fridays and Sundays. Hongo will play Thur. Fr. and Sun.

So life is really pretty good - just can't let the stupid stuff get me down.

Wow, twice in 3 days...

I'm on a serious roll right now.

Its late at night and I am having a little "me" time. Actually, I just spent the past hour making and testing laundry detergent. We seem to be having skin problems with my son, so I decided a while ago that I would give homemade detergent a try. I bought all the stuff, and tonight I finally got around to making it and putting it in the washer. Fingers crossed that it works, and that I didn't just inadvertently ruin an entire load of clothing, lol.

I chose the simplest recipe, because hey - I am a simple woman and anything easy is good for me. Results will be posted in the morning if I have time- we are spending Easter at my in-laws' house. I have been informed by my children that we absolutely MUST go searching for bull-frogs and play in the stream. I'm looking forward to it! What I am NOT looking forward to is seeing my BIL. ugh.

Oh, about the skin problems - he has a patch on red dry and flaky skin that is on his neck area, and well as his back. I am thinking it is a laundry detergent problem because when he wears clothing that has been washed by my MIL it is worse.

So adult softball is coming to a close. But we start right back up after a week of rest, so all is good and right with the world. Legoqueen's team lost their first game last week 10-4. I took LQ to the park on Friday and we worked on all the things that I wish they had time to cover with all the girls in practice. We worked out, and then I told her we would do another workout tomorrow or Monday, depending on how our schedule goes. Her next game is Monday night, so I would really like to see her do SOMETHING besides walk or strikeout.

Let's see...what else....oh - I mowed my lawn and discovered that it is actually green. Sometime this week I will manage to weed the flower beds and finish trimming the tree.

We are also starting to plan DramaQueen's birthday party. It will probably be later on Saturday, or perhaps even Sunday. If we have to take extreme measures, we will have it the following week. All the kids have games that Saturday, and LQ's happens to be in another town. So far the theme is "poodles". Pink, fluffy poodles to be exact. Don't ask- I have no idea what is going in that child's mind, lol.

That seems to be all for tonight...I'm glad that I was able to go out and prove that I really am still alive. I do miss you guys that I don't get to talk to too often, but I'm getting better with my schedule and time management. I promise.

Long time, no blog....

My computer time has been suffering lately - there has been so much going on here.

Softball has officially started - we had Opening Day on March 15th and it was a very busy day. I was kind of bummed, I didn't get all the photos that I wanted because everything was so chaotic. I really wanted a picture of Hongo and I with the kids in their uniforms, and I also wanted one of my daughter and my friends' daughters all in their different uniforms. I'll probably get that first photo on the 29th of this month, but I'm not sure when I will get the 2nd.

Yesterday we had our spring/Easter party with our home schooling group. Now can you say FUN??? It really was. There were lots of games, and the woman who put it all together did a fantastic job.

Today my in-laws are coming to pick up my kids. They are going to a birthday party tomorrow. Then they will come back and we are all going to my in-laws house for Easter tomorrow. Hongo and I don't have anything planned....but I am sure we will find something to do.

So life is pretty good- just really busy. Every week I look at the calendar for the coming week and say, " This week doesn't look too busy." and when the week is over I look back and say, "OMG how did we ever fit all that stuff in one week???"