Yay swimming indeed, Kathy!

I did a bunch of shopping, and then came home and planted most of the seeds in my side garden and put up a new set of curtains. It's raining now, and we're expecting major storms this evening. As long as they don't result in death and major destruction, I quite like storms, so I'm pretty happy with the day.

This is why I love drop-off playdates at our house:

I have:

washed the dishes
sewn a button on a knitting project to finish it
hung up and put away all my clothes
organized three dresser drawers
sewn patches on two of mac's school pants
caught up on the internets
hung up mac artwork in my room (he tears it down anytime he gets really mad at me)

and the playdate is still here.

laundry is ready to go in, but I am going to wait in his mom getting here, I don't want to be down in the laundry room in case she buzzes then.

I think I might bake some cookies.

Did you blackout and come to in a clean apartment?

No, but at one point, I was in the bathroom standing atop a wobbly ladder yanking open a stubborn light fixture to replace a bulb. I'm shocked that it didn't end in a spectacular pratfall and a trip to the ER.

lisa -- would have been '89 or '90, I think. Waaaaay back then.

I'm scanning the neighborhood listserv and copying down all recommended anythings. Reading about other people's housing adventures is nervousmaking!

A million years ago I posted a link to a Jamaican article about a man having sex with a goat that had a cartoon accompanying it, goat and all. There is a certain lack of shame or modesty in our sexual reporting, even though I'd categorise our national community as somewhat prudish. As a nation, there's a large streak of conservatism, and then there's dancehall, for instance. Which is the genesis of this article: Rise in Broken Willy. Which is...just what it sounds like. I just wish I could find a video of the dance referred to therein. All the youtubes I've seen so far are slideshows.

eta: Safe for work. More medical than anything else.

Speaking of medical, I have no mouth and I must scream voice. Matilda had a cold this week, spent many nights coughing on my head and now that she's better I'm infected.

Then we had the opening ceremony for Little League, parade, pictures and a 12:30 game that was looooooong. Didn't finish until after 3:00pm. Somewhere around the second inning (after herding the boys all day from parade to pictures to warmup) I lost my voice.

Then, of course, it was an incredible see-saw game where we ultimately won. Emmett hit a two-run home run. Our pitchers were awesome, we got just enough hits and our defense was much much better than the first game where we got slaughtered.

So, we're now 1-1 and we've got another game on Monday. Tomorrow's going to be a long baseball day too. Emmett has tournament team practice from 8-10am, umpire a game from 10-Noon, then regular team practice from 5:30 to 7:00. Crazy. Then a Monday game.

I will be doing all my coaching with sign language and dance moves.

ION, Yay date #2!

GO EMMETT!! HOME RUN!!

yay date #2

yay home run

read ita's article and watch those dance moves