Posts under ‘Daily Life’

Whew - May was a whirlwind! I’m just thankful it was a good whirlwind and not a tornado whirlwind. My heart goes out to everyone affected by the tornadoes and flooding . . . I can’t imagine!
Here at the Boedie Abode, May is already almost over and we’re looking ahead . . .
Hubby turned 40 [...]

And since we thought it would, we went out and bought a new 4Runner to replace our dead Jeep . . . sheesh, had we only known the world wasn’t actually going to end.
OK - obviously not true. But we did buy a new 4Runner to replace our dead Jeep. We ended up selling the [...]

YAY! Today was the last outing for our Brownie troop. We had a great year, accomplished a lot, and had a lot of fun, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t happy that Horseback Riding today was our last get together for the year.
BOO! I had to go take all the “stuff” out [...]

I like to get up and take Duma for a run in the morning. OK, that’s a lie. I don’t necessarily like to get up, but I do like taking Duma for a run in the morning. Gets my day going. Makes her happy. Takes one thing off my to do list before the day [...]

After not getting to try pitching much last season, Dude has made it to the mound. Somehow over the winter he started throwing a ball hard and accurate, without ever practicing. He’s so excited he can barely stand it!

GO TWINS!

No actual pictures of Easter . . . it SNOWED! We have more snow on the ground at the moment than we had for Christmas! We considered, for a moment, going up to the mountains for the day . . . but decided to be adults and get the stuff done we needed to before [...]

1 large beach towel, 1 overnight bag, 8 bags of microwave popcorn, 30 packages of fruit snacks, 1 pillow pet, 1 set of baseball bases, 1 bat, 13 baseballs, 3 gloves, 2 pair of cleats, 1 soccer ball, 4 camping chairs, 1 rain jacket, 1 roll of paper towels, 2 cameras, 3 bottles of water, [...]

I love youth sports. I played youth sports. My kids play youth sports. It’s fun. It’s awesome. It’s hilarious. I wouldn’t trade the experiences for anything.
I would, however, trade that damned snack schedule for just about anything else! Oh. My. Gawd!
Whoever invented the dreaded snack schedule be sentenced to a lifetime of providing snacks for [...]

The Boedies are still alive and well . . . and having so much fun we can’t stand it!
Little League started - I somehow got roped into being the Assistant Coach for Dude’s team. I’d like to say I don’t know how that happened, but I know exactly how it happened. Coach asked if I [...]

No. Nobody got sent to “the doghouse” Buy my Jeep is way happy to be sleeping in the garage again! Yup - we FINALLY actually  for real life finished the forever long laundry/mud room project. We had kind of a goofy setup . . . the laundry room was normal and fine and good-sized [...]