Game updates.......

will be posted on Sunday. It has been a long day. Very long day. I am exhausted. Evy is waiting for me to watch a movie with her. We are all tired. Great games today. Oh, my, I should say awesome games! I am patiently waiting for the video of Greg's game from Joe. Where is it! Want it now!!! But this one will be a hard one to edit. I'm not giving away anything yet, but I want to make a dvd of this game! Soccer game was awesome too. Wish I had a video of the soccer games. Guess I should break down and buy a digital video recorder or whatever the heck they are called now.
Wrist update: doing fine when I am NOT on the computer.
Back update: Oops, forgot to write about this one. Yesterday morning, it was raining, I came back from some errands and pulled into the garage. Stepped wrong on the running board to get out of the car, foot slipped, no traction on a wet garage floor and I bounced on down out of the car and landed very hard on my bum on the garage floor. Didn't catch my fall with my right hand, but hit my left elbow on something and my bum very hard on the floor. Today my back is screaming in pain. Ugh! And it sure doesn't help having been on the go since 7:30 am this morning, lugging sports stuff, sitting in bleachers and field chairs and jumping around like a crazy mom. I don't like taking pain relievers but will have to in order to get some sleep tonight. Wonder if I still have some super strength from when I hurt my neck. Boy, I am just falling apart here! Calgon take me away - far away! Away where I can sleep for a week.
Ok, no more hints about the football game but it was super! check back Sunday night or Monday, unless I get the video sooner and email it out ;)
Have a fun S A T U R D A Y NIGHT!

Have to watch this video

Ok, so I said no blogging, only weekends. But this was too good to pass up. And I have been keeping off the keyboard as much as possible and getting pretty good typing left handed. And, no, I don't do youtube but got this from an email.

Have a fun weekend!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_oc1j5NakY

I was right

And didn't want to be, but I was right. I do have carpal tunnel on my right wrist/arm. And I am right handed.
The dr. prescribed anti inflammatory for a week and a snazzy (not really) brace to wear on my right hand all the time. Even sleeping. Ugh. And a follow up visit to a work comp doc. I was hoping not to go that route but looks like I will have to if it persists over the next few weeks.

What does this mean??? I am going to keep off the computer as much as I can, stick to work. Blog updating on the weekends after kids games to keep everyone updated who can not make the games.

This also means I have to put my on loan Webkinz, Hilly Frog and Bully the Bull Dog down to hibernate and stop decorating my Webkinz house. Greg has 2 accounts and gave me this one to use and I am having so much fun playing games and earning Kinz cash. I am quite the expert now at the tile game as that gives me the most cash. :( So sad, I will miss them :(

But I know it is all for the better. So back to Abba and to my lunch that should be done.
Will update on Sunday, maybe Saturday.
Mama Mia!!

Daily thought

There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.
— Robert Nathan

Now that's a good quote. If you think about it you would have to go all the way around the world backwards to get to yesterday. But why look back when you never know what the current day or tomorrow have in store for you.

Not much blogging going on here lately. My right hand, wrist, arm and shoulder are very sore. Sometime I can hardly hold onto the mouse and type. So, been trying to stay off the computer and stick to work stuff. Going to the Dr. this morning as my assistant insisted I go.
Yep, I actually do have an assistant. She is great and I wish she worked here with me and not 90 miles away! But all the same, I am glad to have her even though I share her with 2 other associates (getting corporate here) and only for a few more months. Downsizing and some readjusting. But I still have my job.

TTFN!!

Goal!!

Evelyn's soccer team had a make up game tonight in place of practice. They played the team they were to play on Saturday and got rained out. Since the teams practice at the same time the coaches agreed to have a make up game Tuesday.
The girls were running slow the first quarter but then kicked it into gear in the second quarter. We got scored in the 2nd quarter. But came out on fire for the 3rd quarter. And what do you know.... our Evelyn scored a goal!! Her first career goal!! She plays midfield so is pretty much all over the field. She has had some good drives towards the goal, a few shots and several great passes, even some assists on goals. The ball was being kicked around and smack, wow! took a moment to realize it was Evelyn who scored! You should have seen the grin on her face. Like my dad says, like a jack ass with a mouth full of bumble bees. Well, this was a girl who was giving it all and scored her goal. A well deserved goal.
Game was now tied 1 - 1. Lauren scored the next goal for us which gave us the win at 2 - 1.
Go Kryptonite! What a super game. Sure wish Greg and Tom had been at the game to see the goal too. (I had already taken Greg to practice and dashed back for the rest of the game)
We finished up the evening at Greg's practice. After getting home and dinner, kids ready for bed and homework finished and everything else ready for tomorrow and then some, I am beat. Totally exhausted, as were the kids. So, it's off to the land of nodd for me.
Hope you all had a great day:)

Coyotes!

Friday night I was just exhausted but too much on my mind to go to sleep. I tried doing some stuff on the computer but couldn't concentrate so just decided to go to bed and read. Tom was already in snoresville as he had taken some benedryl as his allergies really kicked in.
Kaydee still likes to sleep outside, not too cold yet. I heard some noise at the back fence and her bark. This was the bark that something is not right (like when she encountered the skunk!) I grabbed my big flashlight and ran to the back door. Kaydee was at the back fence, feet on the brick with her nose through the iron fence. Something was back there.
Then I saw an ear. My thoughts were oh no, it's Zuko (neighbors dog) wandering around in the glenn. It's about 11:30 and I am wondering how I am going to get him out of there and back home.
But then I see one head, then another. There are 4 eyes staring at me. COYOTES!! TWO OF THEM!! My heart started racing and I got scared. I called K to get inside. Slammed the door and jumped back into bed with K. My heart was just pounding. I know the coyotes can not get into our yard as our fence is too high, but shook me up to see them right behind our fence.
We hear them all the time and I have even seen a few during the day. Years ago I saw one in front of the house next door very late at night.
Haven't had any more sightings since Friday. Have heard howls though. Last night K was barking but I didn't see anything out there. There are tons of animals that come out at night anyways.
Hopefully we wont have any more up close and personal coyote sightings.

Time for a good laugh

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4 You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6 You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7 Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
8 Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile : )
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

Weekend has come and gone

Here it is Monday morning and I still wish it was Sunday morning. Oh well. 5 more days to the weekend.

Saturday's games were rained out. But we spent the entire afternoon at the festival at church. We were only going to be there for a few hours, but kept meeting people to chat with and the kids were having a great time playing the games. Then I got rounded up to help set up for the dinner/dance that night. It's a lot of work to get the tables set up just right. Wow! And it was neat to see the everything all in place when we got back for the dinner later that night. Very beautiful!

We didn't win the car or the WII, or even the gas cards. But Evelyn won a chocolate cake at the cake walk and Greg won a bottle of sprite playing some game. Plus all the other little goodies from the other games. At the silent auction Saturday night I won a basket with hair goodies and a gift certificate for a free hair cut and style. I really do need that. We didn't win the other fun baskets we bid on. Oh well.

Sunday I didn't make it to the Race for the Cure. But I did walk. Kaydee first and then while Tom and the Kids were at church (I went Saturday), I did my own walk. I walked up to Starbucks and enjoyed the crisp morning air and got lost in my own thoughts about people in my life. It was a great refreshing inspiring walk. And I did wear my race shirt.

Evelyn's team won their soccer game Sunday 2 - 1. Evelyn was on fire for most of the game. She seemed to be elsewhere in the 3rd quarter, but snapped back into reality in the 4th quarter. The girls were tired because we didn't have any subs. But we still played such a great game!
The team made it to the field for their pictures after the game and then to Golden Spoon. The coach promised ice cream if they won!!!

From then it was back home and I got to finish up some projects I have started. Finally! I also finally finished reading "Wicked"

Nothing too exciting going on but it was nice to still have some time at home to get some things done. And also time to get ready for the busy week ahead.

Games rained out

Well, both games were rained out today. Tom and Greg got to Cypress, as was the entire team, and the game was called. The field was too wet. There is still a possibility it could be rescheduled this weekend.
Soccer fields were open so Evy and I headed to the park for her game. Got there and it started raining. People were showing up, refs showed up. We huddled in cars or umbrellas when it rained. Enjoyed the blue sky for about 5 minutes while the teams started warming up, then rain again. The refs called the game.
But there is soccer tomorrow and todays game will be made up on Tuesday.
Evy and I headed to East Coast Bagels for bagels.
So, finishing cleaning house, getting a hot shower and then will head over to church for the festival. It is clearing up so could be a nice day afterall
Just very wet and muddy fields this morning. Thought for sure we would be having some mud bowl games.

Fun Family Festival

Looking for something fun to do this Saturday? Head on over to Santiago de Compostela for a Country Days Family Picnic this Saturday from 11 - 4. There will be contests, games, food, bands, singing, food, raffles, oh and food. The big drawing is for a brand new Toyota Corolla. I have seen it parked in front of church, it's pretty :) Other drawings include gas cards, WII game system, BBQ, stero...... Greg is banking on winning the WII. He would visit it after church. But I reminded him it is for the entire family. It is a WII (pronounced we) not and I (pronounced eye)
Come on down.
The church is located on Lake Forest just north of Trabuco, on the right side.
And if you are looking for a night out, the City Nights dinner/dance is for adults and is from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Tickets are $65 a person.

We will be at the festivities sometime in the late afternoon after games.

Dr. Bob Sears

Last night I went to a talk by Dr. Bob Sears. It was The Healthiest Kids in the Neighborhood. It was at our church but sponsored by a local moms club.
When my kids were younger I probably read most of Dr. Sears (Sr.) books. So, I was excited to go to the talk to see what Dr. Jr. had to say.
I am sure you all have heard over and over about the rise in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, etc... in kids today. Amazing! It's based on diet and lack of exercise.
Just yesterday Greg told me that if he lost 10 pounds he could run faster in football. If he lost 10 pounds he would be a skeleton! He weighs 70 with his football gear on! And he eats like a wild beast too.
But I was pleased to know hear that what I am feeding my kids is just what the good Dr. recommends. No cereal with artificial sugars or food dies, lots of fruits and veggies, 100% juice drinks, minimal hydrogenated oils, lean meats, whole wheat bread...... Yea me :) Dr. Sears allows his kids one piece of junk food a day. I can live with that! I don't buy a lot of junk food anymore so it's not here for us to snack on. But I can't control what the kids swap at school.
Where to shop? Trader Joes, Henrys, Mother's Markets, Whole Foods Market.
I have not checked out the website yet, but basically the info mentioned in the talk is on the website too: http://www.askdrsears.com/ . It is packed full of information.
Have a super Friday and a super weekend :) Stay healthy

It's raining, it's raining....well it was

If you don't already know, I love the rain. I love to hear it rain, I love to watch it rain, I love the smell of rain and I really love my green grass and flourishing gardens after the rain.
This morning around 3:30 am I heard Kaydee scratching at the door to get in. I was ignoring her. Crazy dog, you like to sleep outside, so don't wake me up this early to get in. I am not walking you at 3:30 am! Well, being the caring sympathetic person that I am, I got up and staggered to the door to let her in. Poor girl. She was wet! As was her bed! I had no idea it was raining out. I was too tired to dry off the wet dog so I put her to bed on her couch. Didn't want a wet dog pressed up against me.
When I should have gotten up I heard the rain and just stayed in bed knowing I should be up, but listening to the rain instead.
Sky is turning blue now but a very pretty after the rain blue. K and I got in our walk after the kids and Tom were off to school.
It's supposed to rain again tomorrow :) Fun. And Greg said his coach said they will have practice even if it is raining. Hmmm, wonder where the umbrellas are? Wonder if there will be soccer practice this afternoon?
I am glad Fall is almost here. I love Fall and Spring. Love cooler weather, not hot or cold, just cool. Guess it's time to put away the summer clothes and get out the cooler weather clothes.
Have a terrific day!