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Sat. Emmy pitched her first full travel tourney. I was on pins and needles. The first day her team went 3-0, she pitched two of those. The threw 28 strikeouts!!! That's NOT a typo. She was rocking! She let about 6 girls on base in 2 games and only gave up 4 runs with 2 hits. Combined stats for 2 games. Sun. G rode in a race 2.5 hours in the other direction. G came in second overall (to George) and first in his agegroup. Even though he was the only person in his AG he still rode good. I got done there to drive 2.5 hours north to see Emmy's team play more. They kept winning only to eventually run into a team that beat them. Emmy had pitched a lot and she was cooked. They beat us 5-3. We got the the final game though. The championship game against the team that beat us. We had to beat them twice. Our back up pitcher came through big. We beat them. Then they put Emmy back on the mound. Emmy was back on form. She SMOKED that team, not giving up a run. Won the championship out of 20 teams! We asked her later where she found the speed she said "I had to. My team won that game on defense and I HAD to find a way to win the whole thing for them". I just about lost it. Incredibly proud of the rugrats today. (BTW Em threw 47 strikeouts on the weekend!!!)

I post a lot about my son so thought I'd share a pic of my daughter. One of the softball girls got married yesterday so they were both at the wedding. She's the one on the left with my niece. They're like sisters, been together since they were in diapers.

The wife wanted to head to the oldest Norwegian church that resides down here in Texas. Guess it had something to do with history and her heritage or something like that... So what the heck.. it was only a 2+ hour car ride. Personally I like the speed limit of 75 on the back roads, her... Not so much. One of the store in the nearby town. What we hunted for. I loved how it was only surrounded by fields and really nothing else. and a little general store that used to be around at one time. Loved the stone work.

Lucky man. I can never get them to sit still long enough for me.

Works best if you let the gas run for a few minutes first.

I came home and told my husband the story from yesterday. He laughed when I told him about sassing those guys with the comment. He said "A Unicorn is a rare sighting." Apparently, I am the unicorn.

It's probably time to buy a new bike.

Only at Easter time, it tastes like chocolate.

I got nuthin' I am only posting in this thread because it seems every post gets lots of likes.

I was super surprised a few winters ago, when I crept close up to this rabbit below when it was -35 degrees C. It was crouched under an evergreen tree. So it became a Christmas blog post...a Christmas bunny.

I hope you are leaving carrots outside during the day.

I think I've mentioned to you guys that my son seems to pick the hot & crazy girls. The dude has had so much freaking drama with girls it's unreal but his MO has been consistent. So he's been dating this girl the past few weeks, we met her for the first time a week ago. Cute but not skanky like the others. She's also quiet, unlike the others who seemed to take over the room. Huh, this one seems different. So his bday is this week so we had an early bday dinner for him. Our family, his two lifelong friends and new girl for Korean bbq. It was kinda odd to see her being so sweet to him, kinda doting on him but not in an overbearing way. The other girls were in to themselves. She's also really good with his friends. I keep waiting for crazy chick to come out but so far so good. We'll see how this one turns out but I kinda like this one... I generally don't get too close to his GF's as they flame out like a super nova after a few weeks. But this one is kinda quiet so hard to get to know her. Should be interesting tho.

When you are flying that low, you should probably concentrate on flying, not sight seeing.

“Well I really like you and all, but your dad’s a freak....”

The dad in my says....... she needs a longer dress.

Always, and I do mean always, like everyone's posts

Our ride is about triple the one they did, not that size matters.

I am always talking to my bunnies..

My heart smiles when Cheese and RR are here.

Cheese does liven the place up

The igniters in my gas grill have been acting up, getting progressively worse. It was finally down to one and even that was clicking fairly slowly. I checked for grease in them.....nope, they’re clean. I figure they’re kaput, so I check the Weber site and yeah, they have a replacement unit. I stop in at the place where I bought the grill. The guy* has a hard time finding out which unit it is, so I pull up the Weber site on my phone and show it to him. ? He’s reluctant to sell it to me, because he thinks it might be the battery. Fair enough. I ask him where the hell the battery lives, because I looked all over the place and couldn’t find it. He doesn’t know. I go home, dig through the Weber site and find out the battery lives under the knob. (Right where I would have looked). I replace the battery. It clicks much faster now, but still, only one igniter is working. I decide to replace the igniters and start looking at how to discombobulate them. ”Oh.....there’s the problem.....” @#$*&# mice have eaten the insulation on the igniter wires...... I have no idea why - other than to piss me off - because the wires are really tucked in (which means they’re going to be a treat to replace) so it’s not like they had grease on them. I hope the insulation was asbestos. *“the guy” was not the usual guy I deal with. He could have told me what the part number was, where the battery was and what the person who installed it had for lunch, off the top of his head.

For 36 years this lady has put up with my crap and it's to late to change now. Today is our anniversary so I'm going to take her out to eat and there's a pretty good chance that I'm going to get lucky tonight.

It's hard... My daughter dated a little before meeting her fiance. Some of the dudes were trouble and she figured it out and dumped them pretty quickly. I didn't really talk to her fiance for a few months. Even now 5 years later he's still a little scared of me. I admit i do jerk his chain every now & again just to keep him on edge.

When we train indoors we do this sometimes. It's a great way to warm the arms up and get blood moving. On a side note... Emmy came home from school one day and told me that the PE teacher told her not to throw at full speed in dodgeball anymore. I think that has been my proudest moment as a parent.

She's a hottie! Take's after her mom I'm sure?

So my gal pal and I hit up Spence Mountain. We parked at a new trailhead. We rode that over to the connector of the old loop. We were then going to do the 1/2 loop of that 1st trail trail. It's a 15 miler in all. So, these guys rode up. My friend was trying to get her knee pads on the correct knee and not upside down. We were laughing at her silliness. The guys ask us where we rode from. We told them our location. They start making comments about us being stronger than them, etc. I had asked them if they were going first? So, I was pretty silent and Sophie was doing the talking. They had just said something to the effect of us being able to kick their ass, and that they were only doing a 1/2 lap. One guy kept saying we had more endurance than they did. Blah Blah. I gladly get on my bike (after she got her knee pads sorted) with my pal on hers. As I rode into the trail and in front of them, I demurely say "Maybe we would kick you ass. Then I took off. My friend said they looked slack-jawed. She told me it was hard not to laugh. We never saw them again. I wanted to be funny with the ass kicking joke, cause they brought it up. I wonder if they really wanted to follow us, and making us go first saying that we were faster than they, or were they were being honest. Was my comment sound over the line?

Wisconsin is a perfect vacation spot for someone named Cheese!

Mmmm... A closet skank. Delish.

I'm not a thrill seeker by any means and I ride a HT but i ride sections like that. I do walk if it's too sketchy but I do enjoy the technical nature of mtn biking.

Where does she fall on the Vicky Mendoza Diagonal?

Seem to go together. I prefer cute & normal

Or upgrade the RAM and drive on your laptop.

First hatch of goslings, and the turtles have emerged from the mud

You guys are such small-time thinkers. I use my lighter:

The eye brows will grow back.

Do you suppose he killed Parody Bot during this fiasco?

Bunnies gonna copulate.

... and you felt like you had just won the lottery?

Would a little love have kiled you?

Man, you people suck. No RR. Your Bernardo just understood instinctively you are a good egg and was just enjoying a beautiful moment in time with you.

It looked young, but I never thought to ask for an ID.

If it was a young bunny, they will freeze when frightened, probably because their camouflage is better developed than their legs.

deja view.

What just happened here?

The bunny is a Puerto Rican bunny and a member of the Sharks. Soon your territory will be invaded and you'll have to rumble to keep your beautiful sister away from the bad bunnies.

My friend told me that were all smiling and cheering me on, after I sassed that comment and rode off.