Tag Archive | baseball

Football Season is Over

Feb12

It’s Sunday afternoon and there are no football games on. What ever am I supposed to do with myself? Baseball season doesn’t start yet, and I don’t watch basketball or hockey. I’m in a sports void. It’s only 53 outside: much too chilly for this native Californian. So I’m going to stay inside, maybe watch a movie, finish writing the lesson plan for this week, and maybe even take a nap, although it might be too late for that. Kids are all playing on their ipods (oops, text the youngest to find out if she actually finished that homework that’s due tomorrow–dont’ want to have to yell across the house, you know). I don’t have to make dinner because we had a potluck at church. That’s the policy: church potluck? No making dinner on Sunday evenings. That laundry can wait another day, right? It’s Sunday.

It’s a good day.

16. church potluck lunches

17. warm slippers

18. an unscheduled afternoon

Clinging to this World

Feb10

I’m not gonna lie, I love chocolate. Dove dark is probably my favorite, but dark chocolate M&Ms come in a close second just for the snack factor. And ham. I love ham, too. And artichokes. I won’t pay $2.50 for one here in Florida, but when they get closer to $1, I snatch them up.

And baseball, I love to watch baseball. And horses. Morgan is about to start riding lessons, and I really want to do it, too.

There’s so much that I love in this world. Beautiful sunsets (I’m not much of a sunrise person); cute, fluffy kittens; puppies that chew on everything; lasagna. The list could go on and on.

I remember hoping that Jesus wouldn’t come back before I got married and had children. I really wanted to experience that. How silly. No matter how much I enjoy the things God has given me here, Heaven is going to be so much better than this.

10. chocolate 🙂

11. my dog snoring in the corner

12. movies that make me cry

Getting my feet wet

Oct9

I’m totally new to this whole blogging thing, so we’ll see how it goes. I thought it might be a good way to get me actually thinking more instead of just doing. Right now, I’m thinking about baseball. I’ve been a baseball fan for as long as I can remember. Having grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area, my team has been the Oakland A’s, with the San Francisco Giants a distant second. With neither of them in the post season this year, I’m rooting for my sister’s state’s team, the Colorado Rockies. They tied up their series with a win today. I’m the baseball-aholic in my family. David tolerates it, at best, but he can’t pry me away most of the time.

I love the drama. Like now: Cardinals and Dodgers, two out, bottom of the 9th, tying run on second base, winning run at the plate. Crowd roaring. Two strikes. Who’s going to win this battle? It’s exciting. But you have to be patient to enjoy it. I loved it when the boys were playing Little League, though the game was adulterated by too-intense coaches and parents. I mourned when they quit, but I couldn’t let them see it. So now I pay a premium on Directv for MLB Season Ticket so I can watch as many A’s games as possible, much to David’s dismay.

The one thing I have a hard time with is losing my favorite players, especially to the Yankees. It’s just not right to see Nick Swisher in pinstripes. They trade away players who are going to demand high salaries for untested but highly touted youths. Seems to work for them, but then we grow to love them, and then they leave. It’s hard on the old heart. Sigh.

Well, now you know something about me. Hopefully you, and I, will learn more in the days to come. I want to learn how to make this post more attractive too. We’ll see what happens. Thanks for visiting.

Steph