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Good Riddance

I just read that it is good riddance day.  You should say good riddance to anything that upset you or made you sad in 2011 and start 2012 with a clean slate. Well I guess one day would work.  

Changes.. boy have I changed.  I think about the things that used to be so important to me that is no longer a big deal.  Example.. the news.  Thanks to my phone I check the news sites several times a day therefore I don't watch the news anymore.  

Another example.. the newspaper.  We still get it 7 days a week, Jimmy still needs it to do his business in the bathroom every morning.  I only read the obits, Dear Abby and do the crossword puzzles.  And the exception to that is the sports section on Prep Wednesdays.  

I used to live in this office.  I was always on the computer.  Now I come in here in the morning, break my eggs, and play a game of Millionaire and then I am gone.  Again we can blame my phone for that.  I can sit anywhere and check just about everything from my phone.

Blogs.. well obviously I never blog.  And I never read blogs.  I used to start my day checking 10-15 blogs and now I have only been to a few blogs a handful of times in the last year.  And I guess that is Facebooks fault.  I seem to be friends with the most of the blogs I checked so I get updates there.  I should just cancel the blog subscription.  Then I keep thinking I will blog regularly again.  Keep thinking that will happen.

Taylor and Jimmy are hunting and will be home Friday I think.  Or Thursday. Or Saturday.  They don't know but if I had to guess I would be Friday.  Taylor should be ready to see Arielle by then.  He was disappointed that they left on Sunday. He wanted to go to her house again on Sunday but Jimmy was ready to head back up there.  

Today I have to go to the bank, pick up some tea bags and a battery for Willa's bathroom scales, and get a letter faxed.  Then I will iron and clean out 2 cabinets.  I wish writing it would get it done.  LOL 

Ya'll have a good day and I hope I am not on your Good Riddance list!

11-11

This has always been a prominent day on my calendar. There has always been in entry, even if the box is blank.  You know there are some things you don't have to write down to remember.  November 11th was my mother's birthday.  She was 36 years old when she died.  She has been gone now 38 years. She would have been 75 years old today.  Now I cannot even begin to imagine what she would have looked like at 75.  One thing about death, the aging really does stop.  I have tried over the years to imagine her with my kids, with my brother and sister's kids.  I think about her at weddings.  I think about how different things would have been if she had not died.  I know a few things that would not have happened.. like husband #2.  No doubt I wouldn't have done that if she had been here.  Alot of things I have thought about over the last 30+ years.  

In many ways I have become my mother.  I don't deny it.  Or regret it.  I find a lot of her in my personality I got from her.  So blame her.  LOL  easy for me to do!  

My brother and sister in law got married on 11-11.  I think it is 34 years today.  I know she would have been thrilled about that.  I know that she would love the life Bobby and Donna have made for themselves.  I know that she would be so proud with his kids Eric and Heather.  And god knows she would be over the moon with the 1st great grandson, Austin.  

My mother's brother, my Uncle Joe and his wife Vicky got married on 11-11.  They got married the year after my mother died,  in 1975.  Vicky died of cancer and then Uncle Joe died some 5 or 6 years ago. I am not so sure mom would have liked Vicky but Vicky wouldn't have known it.  The rest of her family and friends would have but Vicky wouldn't have!

So I guess with her birthday and her passing away, and Uncle Joe and Aunt Vicky gone,  Bobby and Donna's anniversary, my head and my heart sometimes neglects the national holiday.  I know it Veteran's Day and I am thankful for all those that serve, served and those that paid the ultimate sacrifice.  I am.  

But my heart and head is usually a tad full of stuff closer to home. 

A little this a little that...

Stephanie sent me some pictures of Austin last night.  He turned 2 weeks old yesterday and it was halloween. His grandma bought him a sleeper. He is so cute and changing every day.  

I think all that halloween posing wore him out!!

Taylor went to Arielle's last night to take her little sister Trick or Treating.  Lord Lord Lord.  That's all I can say.   Meanwhile back at the ranch we had 19 trick or treaters.  They mostly came in bunches so I actually got to open the door 6 times.  Around 9:15 I was ready to change into my pajamas and decided the next bunch got the rest of the bowl.  No one ever came.  I am left with too much candy again.  Thankfully I don't like whats next.

I took Mr Trew to the Ambulatory Surgery Center yesterday for his eye lid tucks. Not sure why they call it a tuck, they actually just cut all that extra flappy stuff off.  He has a long row of stitches on both eye lids now.  He is also bruising pretty good too.  They told him to ice them but he didn't like that too much.  He was supposed to do it every 30 minutes or so while he was awake yesterday but he only did it twice. He didn't like the cold at all.  He said a damp washcloth was all he was doing.  For someone who normally follows the doctors orders to a T, he didn't this time.  LOL he was funny.  He said he would do what his eyes warranted.  I guess they didn't warrant ice packs.  

Well thats about all from here.  We have a baseball game tonight and I think I might have to take a hoodie.  Yep its getting a bit chilly when the sun starts going down.  We have a tournament this weekend at St. Leo University.  I like going up there, its a beautiful campus. I don't think our team will do all that well but we will play 3 games and hope for more.  You know that longer you win the longer you play!

Yes the Stickles did dry!

I know its been too long between posts. I just don't understand all there is to know about Windows 7 and I can't add pictures as easy as before and then I get frustrated and don't post.  There. Thats it. I wanted to post pics of Arielle and Taylor at both homecomings, pics of the brand new baby in the family, Austin and and Creepover pics, its just a chore. I am going to figure this thing out and do it.  Maybe not today but soon.

Ok so here is Taylor at Arielle's house for the first time.  It was her homecoming and their first date. 

So what I have managed to do is up load pictures of Taylor and Arielle at both homecomings and pics of Austin with his mama and daddy. These were taken the day he was born.  He was cute from the minute he was born! 

Now I figured out how to add a few pictures. I am not sure how I got them to where I have to upload them to but hell I got a few done.  Maybe while I am on a roll I will go blog CreepOver on the Hilltop Memories blog!

What else?  lets see.  We had 3 baseball games last week.  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Wednesday I had an eye dr. appt. Well actually I had an eye dr appt on Monday but I messed that up. Wednesday it was.  Friday I went and spent a couple hours with Stephanie and Austin.  I held him and kissed him for almost 3 hours. I just love that baby. 

Today is a do nothing day.  It is kinda wet from over night rain.  Taylor is at baseball practice. He and Arielle are going to a Halloween Party tonight.  I am going to piddle and then watch the Florida-Georgia game.  Tomorrow might be alot like tomorrow.  I do hope all the piddling gets some cleaning done.  If it doesn't, oh well.  There's always Monday.  Oh Monday and Tuesday I have to take Mr. Trew to have his eyelids done. 

Have a great weekend.  Talk soon.  

While I wait for the Stickles to dry

We will now randomize the dollar amounts...Can you tell I am playing Who wants to be a Millionaire??  I love it.  Well I hate it when I make it to the top 3 and the bonus round and I get the answer wrong. Then I lose my $577,000.00 and end up with $25,000. that stinks. I do like being a life line and getting the answer right for other people. 

Let me tell what is getting more and more difficult for me to do.  Get out of the Parking lot of Publix.  I tell you I don't know how in god's name there isn't an accident there every day.  Between cars driving down the aisle, people walking down the aisle and the cars in the other spot backing out its a wonder I make it home.  Add to that the impatient rude people that are driving these days. Jeez people slow down, smell the roses. 

It takes 44 minutes from Publix to Sams and back when you have left your cell phone in the buggy and you don't realize it until you are back in town.  I bet you can guess how I know that huh?  stop laughing.

I am addicted to Words with Friends.  There the road to recovery is admitting you have a problem. I am not lying when I tell you that the 1st 2 hours of my day, from 6:30 am to 8:30 am is spent playing this game. I know how Barb feels with Angry Birds.  I don't cuss like she does though.  Oh wait let me explain something.. it does not take me that long to figure out the words.  You see I play, and Julie or Jackie or Barb S or Barb O are on at the same time. So they play and then I play and then eventually they go off and do something else. I have 22 games going now. I love it.  

I just started playing Hanging with Friends.  Now I am not proud of the fact that I do cuss that game. I am not very good at that game.  I do get mad.

Let me tell you 2 things that are very hard to get these days.. Ice Tea 1/2 and 1/2 and a large ice tea light on the ice from McDonalds .  I dare not try both at the same time.  The mentality is obviously not there. 

I had a couple new phrases I wanted to share with you but I forgot them. I will hear them again.  One refers to constipation and the other refers to children who are often hungry, who live in homes where there is not always enough food.  You know I don't know why we have to say things different.  Like garbage man is now the Sanitation Engineer.  Or like my mom was a  custodian/janitor, now they are called plant operators.  And you can't refer to your  mail delivery person as a mail man, they are postal carriers.   Its not a buggy its a shopping cart. Oh for the love of jesus.

We are going to Lake Pan this weekend.  I am really torn, I mean Taylor has a lot going on this weekend and I am missing it.  He has a birthday tomorrow  he will be 17!! at 9:20 am.  He has a tournament at UT this weekend and he is taking a girl to her homecoming dance Saturday night.  

I know I will have great time and I want to go but boy oh boy I am sad I won't be taking pics of him Saturday night.  But its probably just as well, Vicky has a much better camera then I do anyway!  And he will be in school tomorrow and playing ball tomorrow night.  I mean he's not 5 anymore!  I don't bake the fish cake or plan the bowling party.

 Excuse me while blow my nose.

 

 

 

Cake Decorating Class Day!

My cake decorating class is today!  I am so excited. I read the entire book last night and I am about to bake my 6 cookies to take to class.  Miss Elle is taking it with me.  I know she doesn't need Course 1, she is just taking it so I won't be alone.  LOL  I have never used icing bags except to fill deviled eggs. I am sure this is going to be interesting.  We have to take so much stuff to class it will look like I am packing for a crop.  It is a 4 week class, 2 hrs each week. I hope I do better than I did in the knitting class and camera class.

I went to see The Help last night with the Baseball Moms Book Club.  It was very good and I enjoyed it.  Debbie or Ellen one, I can't remember which, actually said they liked it better than the book.  Now thats a first for me. Never heard that said.  Hold on, Sasha wants in Taylor's room.  Scratching at the door.  Ok  oh jeez she is already back in here with me.  After the movie we went to Tijuana Flats and ate. It was a nice time catching up with everyone.  Debbie and Grace's son's have graduated so we don't we them as much as we did.  

Fall baseball starts tomorrow.  We have games on Tuesday and Thursday with a couple of tournaments tossed in.  I haven't looked at the schedule yet. 

I hope to find out about Winter Retreat today from Cynthia at Sun n Fun.  Fingers crossed!

It's early release day in Hillsborough counts  and soccer conditioning starts today. I will get Rachel at 2pm and then take her back at 3. 

I better get the cookies in the oven.  I will take pictures and show ya'll what I learned today.  Should be interesting, to say the least!!

Have a great Monday.

Random thoughts

This is going to be random because I haven't blogged in so long I think I forgot how.  I started a blog a couple of days ago but someone needed the computer.  He said he said it in drafts but I don't know where.  Oh well. I'll just start over.  Usually don't talk as much the second time around.  Ya'll might get lucky.  

I am going to try to blog more. I do miss it.  I think I am going to start reading blogs again too. I haven't read blogs since the end of 2010.  It might take me awhile to catch up. 

Kim Kardashian and that basketball player she is marrying has done ticked me off.  Now I don't care much about her and even less about him but I got a problem with them.  That wasn't exactly english I typed lets try it again.  I have a problem with them.  The problem I have is them actually registering for wedding gifts.  I mean she is filthy rich and he isn't exactly hovering around the poverty level.  Like they couldn't buy what ever place settings, vases,  ice buckets or ashtrays they wanted.  Wouldn't it have been nicer if they had said "here is a couple charities we would love you to make a contribution to in lieu of gifts"??  

Sunflower bread.  Publix has this bread in the bakery department.  It is delicious.  I am not a bread person normally,  Never eat bread just to eat it.  I like it on a sandwich.  Or at Carabba's with that olive oil and herbs.  This stuff is good.  I know its a tad bit more expensive then the bread on the bread aisle but it worth it every now and then.

Kitties-  We have 3 kitties still.  2 orange ones and one dark stripped one.  The dark one is named Pebbles.  How she got that name is a long story.  Ok I will tell you.  Jimmy was putting a sign out in the yard that said "free kittens".  We weren't exactly beating people off with a stick.  We had given one away.  We had 5 left.  One day the door bell rang and there was a young boy on a bicycle at the door.  He said he wanted a kitten and his mother said he could have one.  I took him back and let him look at them and he made his selection. I told him what they were eating  and all about them. I told him if it didn't work out to bring the kitty back, I didn't want it tossed out or anything. About 10 minutes later the door bell rang and there was about 6 more kids and they took 4 kittens.  I told them the same thing after asking them if their parents would let them have them.  To make a long story a tad shorter 3 kittens came back that night.  The 1st boy that came up on the bicycle brought his back saying his dad said they were getting a new dog and couldnt have a kitten.  He had named it Pebbles and we decided Pebbles it is.  One set of parents came and asked all about having a kitty. What to feed it, about fleas (which they didn't have) and about litter boxes.  We were sure that one was going to a good home.

The next night we pulled in the drive from Olive Garden and here comes the kid with the kitten in his hand held out at arms length.  I said what is wrong with the kitty??  he said it was pooped on its butt and mom said it won't stay off the couch so I have to bring it back.  So we cleaned up the kitty and we had 5 again.   I am sure they changed its food and that was what caused the poor baby to have poop.  I was glad to get it home to be honest.  

We gave 2 more away in the next couple of days.  We have 3 now.  A kid came to the door yesterday wanting one and I said we don't have anymore.  I decided no more kitties to kids.  Adults only.  I don't care if I have to keep them all and get them all fixed. One little orange one is real skittish.  She runs away if you even look at her.  She runs to Hilltop every couple of days and then comes home.  Taylor does not like her very much because she can't be picked up at all.  She will climb the walls to get away from you.  She is not going to be easy.  I had one woman that wanted her but I wouldn't let her go. I just don't think she is going to make a house cat.  I am going to get her fixed and keep her around.  I guess it will have to be on her terms though.

I went to the doctor yesterday. I have been off all my medicine for about 5 months and I wasn't feeling real good.  I was getting headaches and just had no energy at all. I told Jimmy the other day all I had the energy to do was lay down.  I knew the headaches were probably my blood pressure and I was taking it every now and then at Publix.  175/96 was not good numbers.  That was the highest though.  170/90 was the lowest. I knew I was in trouble.  I also recognized the tiredness from lack of thyroid medicine.  I went to the doctor and the nurse weighed me, took my pulse, temperature and blood pressure.  She said my bp was 120/65.  I said what??  unbelievable. Thats why I am here.  I have been really high and no meds.  So the doctor came in.  We started talking about me being off all my meds and no blood work.  I had lost the paper work for blood work.  She said your blood pressure is good. I said I don't know how.  I can't believe that.  I said I have been taking it at Publix and it has been high.  I have been having symptoms.  We talked about headaches, shortness of breath etc.  She got the bp machine and took it again.  176/94.   She said  she was going to have her come in and take it again because she needs the practice. I said don't tell her I told on her.  When the nurse came in she was definitely a tad frosty.  Oh well. sorry about that but she really has to do that right.  I have all my medicine now and an appt for blood work next week.  I also have to go back next month for a "well woman" check up and yearly EKG.  Well woman is code for pap.    Oh happy day.

We have a tournament this weekend.  It is a wooden bat tourney and should be alot of fun.  It is Thursday Friday Saturday and possibly Sunday.  I am coming home Saturday for Maegan's graduation party.  It is going to be great. Melanie has everything planned and should be wonderful.  Maegan will be leaving for South Florida and law school soon.  Unbelievable.  I can't believe she is so grown already.

I got an invitation to my nephew's baby shower today.  It will be when we are at Fried Green Tomatoes. I am sorry I will miss it.  First grandbaby first great nephew (or niece for that matter). I have looked over the gift registers already and have an idea of what we are going to get them.  Gonna be exciting!!

If I had alot of money I would have a cable station that was all NCIS all the time.  I would have continuing programs right after each other and I would have them divided to pre Ziva  David and post Ziva David.  I hate watching one with Kate and the next one with Ziva.  Thats not how it works.  Or maybe I would have one day NCIS and one day Criminal Minds.  Or maybe every 3rd day CSI  Las Vegas.  But thats it. Only those 3 shows.  Ok maybe some NCIS LA. Thats what I look for when nothing else is on. 

Ok thats it.  Big Brother time.  Be back soon.  I hope.

 

 

Meet Octomom

Not that one that can't pay her mortage.  Our very own Octomom.  This was taken Wednesday.  She was huge.  She looked like she had swallowed a small round seedless watermelon.  And it was no wonder she slept the last 3 days.  We could lay our hands on her and feel the movement just like pregnant human mama.  We have never felt that with the animals. 

Friday around 11am she began delivering.  Taylor and Jimmy left around 1 and we thought there was 5.  They were so piled up you couldn't tell.  Rachel and I kept checking on her and kept counting.  We thought there was 5 or 6.   I took Rachel to her grandma's house and I went to shop for the crop.  Later that night I counted again and I was convinced we had 7.  I called Jimmy and told them we had 7.  Which was a lot.  A whole lot.  Saturday morning I got up around 4:20 to pack up and go to Sarasota.  Dirt finally came out, the 1st time I had seen her out from the babies.  She got some water and ate a bit.  I went in while she was out and counted.  Omg I could believe it.  I counted again.  And again. There were 8.  5 orange and 3 dark.  Look at that one climbing on her! Look at those little paws sticking up in the air!! 
 
This was taken this morning when Dirt took a little break.

 
Dinner time.  I wasn't even sure she had 8 tits!  but they all get fed. I was very surprised that we didn't lose one with a litter that big.  They are all doing great.

 
 
Look at that face!!!

I love these kitties!  I can see myself at 75 years old being a cat house. I love em!! 

 But before I hear all the unsolicitated remarks I can tell you she won't have anymore kitties.  One litter this size is enough for her.  
 

Uckkkk

Ok so I am the only one not excited that the kids are out of school and my husband is out of school.  To me this means a disruption to my quiet days alone.  Sorry but I love em.  Now someone will be coming in and out, dirting dishes all day long and never at the same time.  Someone will always be asking me whats there to eat or can we go somewhere.  Taylor will be going somewhere all the time and until he has a car that means I will not have a car.  Pecking order in the house works that way. 

This weekend King is playing in a tournament in Port Charlotte. I am comtemplating driving to the church Friday, dropping off the trailer then driving to the game.  Afterwards I am thinking about spending the night in Port Charlotte with them and getting up Saturday morning and going to the crop.  They won't know until late Saturday if they are playing Sunday or not. So I may come home or go back to Port Charlotte. I can tell you I am not nearly as excited about this weekend with King as I was with the Gators.  Big difference in teams.

The other day I was sitting in Publix parking lot finishing a call when a woman walked by just as a man was coming out of the store.  His daughter perhaps ???  around 12 or 13 was walking up the parking lane  to meet him.  About this time the woman was digging in her purse and 2 bills fell out.  One was a $20 and a few feet over was a $5.  By now I am getting my reusable bags out.  The man says get that money and take it to that woman with the white shirt, see her?  The girl grabs the money and makes about 3 steps toward to the store and another woman, perhaps her mother ??? says give me that money, you ain't taking it nowhere.  Off to they went to the car.  Hummm.  The lessons you teach your children.  I just wonder which one will stick with the young girl?  Which decisions will she make in her life based on that day?  Actually I am probably reading too much into it. The child is probably about as molded as she is going to get.

We were really excited to see that 2 kids from King was taken in the  MLB draft.  Jevaraus was taken in the 7th round by the Astros.  Sean was taken in the 6th round by the Reds.  My old favorite team is the Reds.   Sean graduated from King a few years ago, went to USF for a while on a baseball scholarship but transferred to St Pete College. He just graduated.  His brother Kevin is on Kings team now and he is in the same grade as Taylor.  Kevin just found out he has a fractured vertebrae in his back. No wonder its been hurting for 3 months.

I have been doing some knitting and some reading. I have also been working on some give aways for the birthday crop.  I don't want to be too busy but a nice balance!

Have a great day!

 

Carrollwood Gators!

2 years ago Taylor started playing with the Carrollwood Gators.  They are an AAU team and just get together when something comes up that works into their schedules.  They do not practice.  Coach Danny calls Coach Jeff and Coach Billy and one (or both) of them calls us and tells us we are playing.  Last season he played a bit more than the year before because he had the bum knee.  The last game he played before knee surgery was with them.  I remember they told him "just hit the ball as hard as you can, I don't care if you walk to first base".  The season starts up as school baseball winds down.  We have 12-15 players that are pretty regular.  We lose a couple (grass greener kind a thing) pick up a couple.  They are good players, good boys and a hell of lot of fun to watch.

This was Perfect Game tournament.  This is a big time organization, with a lot of scouting reports and alot of exposure.  I don't think Taylor will get much at this point but we love baseball and we go.  There was 48 teams in this tournament and they used 4 different ball parks for games. We took 13 boys to Fort Meyers to play. We had one boy for Saturday only.  So we actually had 12 and then Taylor sprained his ankle.  We are down to 11 boys that can play.  This is huge because when you play game after game arms get sore, backs start to hurt, cramps start and hamstrings get pulled.  I tell you this because some teams took up to 27 boys, 15 of them pitchers.  Can you say we were small time??  Some guy from the tournament said "who are ya'll?  nobody knows anything about you".  They do now!!

Friday night we were almost 2 hours starting and ended in a tie 1-1 against the team that won the 16 and under division last year.  Tieing the previous champs is major.  Saturday morning we were at another ball field and won that game.  Taylor pitched 2 scoreless innings, throwing 29 pitches, 22 which were strikes.  After the game we went back to our 1 star hotel.  Some took a nap, swam and then we went out to eat and there was 14 of us going to the Gulf Coast Town Center.  What a fantastic place.  Jimmy went to Bass Pro Shop, 12 went to the movies to see HangOver 2 and I went to JoAnn's and Kirklands before they closed.  I went back to the hotel and put a load of uniforms in the washer and then went back to the mall to pick up Jimmy and get our truck load from the movies. 

Now I have to get this out here--- I was going to meet up with Barb and Gerri Ann for dinner Saturday night.  Jimmy applied a bit of (unusual) pressure for me to go with them.  He said he thought I should hang with the families and moms/aunts/grandma.  So when we get all loaded up and heading to eat it is me, 3 dads and 10 boys.  He looks at me and says I guess you could have went with your friends. 

Thats all I am saying about that.  If you know me, you can fill in the rest.

Sunday morning we went to a third ball park and beat a team 12-0 in 4 innings.  We were finished by 10:30 am and we had to be back at 3pm for a 4pm game. Taylor sprained his ankle at the hotel running from Coach Jeff's truck to ours through the grass.  A little dip in the St Augustine grass took my boy out of the game.

Now we had made the reservations at the hotel for Sunday night but everyone figured we would be finished and heading home Sunday afternoon.  I decided that we weren't checking out of the room, we were keeping it.  I didn't want to pack up and then have to go back and unpack.  I figured for what little bit  we were paying (I mean it was $54 a night) we could come back, shower and pack up and head to Tampa if we lost or we could spend the night and head home Monday morning, whatever.  The money was spent so what the heck. 

We knew we could possibly be playing 3 games Monday if we continued to win. Lose and put a fork in you, you are done.  We would play at 9am 2 pm and 4:30pm.  The first against the Hardballers and they were up 1-0 until the 5th inning when we tied it.  We stayed like that until the top of the 7th inning when we pulled out a run.  It was 2-1 with them coming up to bat last.  3 outs away from the quarter finals and we did it. 

The next team we played was from Tampa.  Alot of boys we knew and had played with and against.  Our Carrollwood Gators have never gotten respect.  We were the team players left for greener pastures.  We were the ones that weren't serious, we never practice we just play baseball.  I don't think the boys thought about winning the game in the same way the parents did.  There are some parents on the other team that just flat thought we had no chance, shouldn't have been there and wasn't going to be much of a challenge for them.  Let me tell you right now- I told everyone on our team as far as I was concerned winning that game was the World Series, the Stanley Cup, Super Bowl and the DAYTONA 500 in one.  I wanted that win so bad.  If I hadn't been away from home I would have had to go to the bathroom. The Warriors scored one run in the 1st and we tied it in the 2nd.  We scored 1 in the forth and 2 in the 6th.  They scored one in the 6th. Going into the bottom of the 7th with the score 4-3 they had one last chance to win it and they didn't do it.  We won.  We were beyond happy to say the least. And that one parent never came over to congratulate us.  Never saw him again.  Sad sad.

The last game was hard.  Taylor was out, Dominic had back spasms and a cut finger on his pitching hand.  I think he was bleeding on the mound. Brandon pulled a hamstring. We were beat up.  We had come full circle, here we were playing the same team we played Friday night and ended in a tie.  It was stressful.  They were down 4-0 in their previous game and had come back and won it 5-4 in the last inning.  They had 24 players and we had a Mash Unit.  I passed out Excedrin Back and Body like candy. Well not like candy but you get the idea. 

We went up 4-0 in the 1st 2 innings.  In the 3rd they scored one.  In the 4th they scored 4. We were down 5-4.  It stayed that way until the 7th inning.  We had 3 outs to make something happen.  We scored 4 runs and it was their turn to bat with the score 8-4.  They were only able to get 2 across and we won it 8-6.  We got the big trophy.  We had Brett, the most valuable player of the tournament. 

I tell you it was something else.  Never would you have convinced any of us that Monday we would come home with win.  Our boys never quit, never gave up.  They are a good bunch.  We have some great coaches too. 

Oh and Taylor got his drivers license this morning.  He is a driver without a car.