April 24, 2006

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  Whew!  Fun weekend.  Seems when I got onto our GS leader for
  not doing anything anymore, I really got her jump-started.  Jess
  has been complaining for a little bit that she wants to drop GS...I
  know past a certain age, it becomes harder to keep the girls in, and
  right now, our troop is at that 'magical' time.  And it doesn't
  help that the troop hasn't been doing ANYTHING all year...just monthly
  sleepovers, where all they were doing was watching movies...not very
  scouty, ya know?  So then Jess lets me know that most of the
  remaining girl scouts have been talking about not rejoining next
  year.  Now, this is sad to me. I find girl scouts a VERY
  upstanding thing for a young lady to do, not to mention I hear there's
  a hefty scholarship for a gs who goes from Daisies to Senior...and she
  DOES like it when they do stuff! AND some of the girls in the troop are
  from the other side of town...the ones who REALLY need to stay occupied
  or bad things are gonna happen... So I had me a talk with the leader a
  few weeks ago, letting her know she's fixin' to lose her troop unless
  we start doing things again.  For awhile, I was unable to
  volunteer, as little guy was a holy terror and Dad was just not
  reliable to be home with him, work was constant.  Now that Jason's
  older, I can drag him along with to most things, and Dad is being
  better about work, too.  So I told our leader, I would be more
  than happy to be a major assistant, and let's get this ball back on
  track. So, basically every weekend now, has something GSy there...this
  Friday was horseback riding at a local horse ranch...SO FUN...they gave
  the girls a real riding lesson (rather than just throwing them on a
  horse and letting them ride a trail - which, of course, some girls
  complained about - I don't think they realized how important the basics
  are first), then they got to comb the horses down, and check out the
  new foals...and, since I dragged Jason along, they let him ride out
  with the girls!!  HE LOVED IT.  (scrapbook memo:Jason's horse
  was Tezza, Jess's horse was Maggie)  So I think Jason's not gonna
  mind hanging out with the GS too much!  This coming weekend is the
  GS sleepover - I don't have to help with that, then I think the
  following weekend is Hairspray at the Fox.  Goin' to that one, and
  Dad has Jason!

  Tonight Jess's school choir is singing the Star Spangled Banner at the
  Cardinals baseball game!!!  So exciting...got the camcorder
  charging right now, and Dad is buying tons of DVD's for it on the way
  to work...sucky part is we have major nosebleed seats - bought by the
  school. Not sure if I"ve mentioned my extreme fear of heights...when we
  went to Monster Jam with Jason we had the nosebleeds (I had no idea
  what I was buying - next time you can bet I'll do better!) and I was
  scared spitless the whole time...you should have seen me almost
  crawling up the stairs, holding onto the handrail for dear
  life...wouldn't let Jason stand up next to his seat (my fear extends to
  the kids...they're not afraid, but I can jsut picture them falling
  every time - drives them and Dad nuts) so not sure how this is going to
  go...we're up so high, our area has the open air at our back - ACK!!!  Gonna have to find me some prozac just to enjoy the game, I think!!  But what a memory for Jess...so exciting!

  Saturday was wonderful.  We did nothing.  Nothing. And it was
  great.  Jess watched Jason in the morning so we could both sleep
  in...and the kids declared an outside day...seriously, I think they
  only came in to go potty all day.  Good times.  And then,
  Sunday, after church, we packed up a picnic lunch and headed to
  Collinsville park...nice relaxed weekend...sigh...it was nice. 

  Oooh...Sat. night me and hubby watched Fun With Dick and Jane...good
  movie...recommend it to all...it's funny in a scary, almost real kind
  of way...at first A didn't enjoy it, 'cause it made him think of
  stuff...but then I think he got into it...Jim Carrey's just awesome...I
  like him before when he was just silly and yodeling out of his butt,
  but he's really making movies with consciousness to it, now, ya
  know?  This coming Sat, me and A are taking a date night
  (utilizing church's parents night out), and going to see Scary Movie
  4....heh hehe he...I can't wait! 

  Well, I want to get to the gym, so ya'll take care...I'll let you know how the game went!! (and if I live through it)

  

  a little politically incorrect...but eh, it's funny...

  A doctor at an insane asylum decided to take his patients to a baseball game.

  For weeks in advance, he coached his patients to respond to his commands.

  When the day of the game
  arrived, everything seemed to be going well. As the National Anthem
  started.......the doctor yelled, "Up Nuts" And the patients complied by
  standing up.

  After the anthem ...he yelled, "Down Nuts". And they all sat back down in their seats.

  After a home run was hit, the doctor yelled, "Cheer Nuts". They all brokeout into applause and cheered.

  When the umpire made a
  particularly bad call against the star of the home team, the Doctor
  yelled, "Booooo Nuts!!!" and they all started booing and cat calling.

  Thinking things were going very well. The doctor decided to go get a beer and a hot dog, leaving his assistant in charge.

  When he returned, there was a riot in progress. Finding his assistant, the doctor asked," What in the world happened? "

  The assistant replied, "Well, everything was going just fine till a vendor passed by and yelled PEANUTS!"
  

  
  

  A recent Scottish immigrant attends his
  first baseball game in his new country and after a base hit he hears
  the fans roaring run....run! The next batter connects heavily with the
  ball and the Scotsman stands up and roars with the crowd in his thick
  accent: "R-r-run ya bahstard, r-run will ya!" A third batter slams a
  hit and again the Scotsman, obviously pleased with his knowledge of the
  game, screams "R-r-run ya bahstard, r-r-run will ya!" The next batter
  held his swing at three and two and as the ump calls a walk the
  Scotsman stands up yelling "R-r-run ya bahstard, r-r-run!" All the
  surrounding fans giggle quietly and he sits down confused.
  

  A friendly fan, sensing his embarassment whisper, "He doesn't have to run, he's got four balls."
  

  After this explanation the Scotsman stands up in disbelief and screams, "Walk with pr-r-ride man!"

           
                                                   
  GO
  

   

  AFTER THE GAME EDIT:
  The game was cool...however, Jess called later from school saying she
  wasn't feeling well...I asked her if she wanted to tough it out, so she
  could do the game thing...it's a once in a lifetime experience, ya
  know?  How often can someone say they sang the Star Spangled
  Banner at a national baseball game?  She really said she didn't
  care, she didn't feel well, but I pressured her into it.  Bad
  mommy.  I do feel a little guilt, she really felt yucky.  I
  did tell her as soon as she was done singing, we'd go home...and we
  did.  Got to see one home run, that luckily happened in the first
  10 minutes of the game, and then home we went...and squeezed in a horse
  drawn carriage ride on the way to the car!  I swear I'm not a bad
  mom...I knew that if she didn't do this, it could possibly be one of
  those regrets on down the line...didn't want it to be like that for
  her...and yes, we were on the toppest of top seats...chain link at our
  back.    I was scared to
  death...white knuckled my seat and Jason's knee...Heights suck for
  me.  (sorry for those who hate the term suck...it just REALLY
  does...)

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