Brandon's luck in soccer

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Brandon had his second soccer game (the first home one) on Monday night. So, I rushed there after work to see the game. I thought it was a great time to try out my "new" zoom lens. I didn't have it during the last soccer season. I am not posting any of the shots here except a couple of Brandon but they turned out great! I am really happy with the way the lens performed.

Anyway, he sat on the bench for the a lot of the first half. The coach finally put him in and I'm not kidding, within five minutes, he was hurt. Another player collided with him and knocked him to the ground, hurting Brandon's left knee. Here he is signaling to be taken out.

He spent the rest of the game sitting on the bench in pain.


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I didn't think it was that big a deal, but he couldn't walk on it - it was really hurting him. He asked for ice and then we went on home. There was another game, but he wasn't feeling well. The knee wasn't swollen or didn't appear to be, but it was hurting him.

Long story short, I took him to the doctor the next day and he has most likely hyperextended his left knee or sprained it. The doctor isn't 100% sure - it could be more serious, but he doesn't think so. WE have to go back in a week to recheck. Brandon is using a crutch to get around. Lovely. Last year he was out from basketball due to a broken finger so I sure hope that isn't what we are facing here...with a hurt knee. I think is is getting better though - he seems to be in less pain and can get around OK with a crutch. I think he is bearing more and more weight on it....but dang, can we just have one injury free season??

However, can you see how BIG he is getting? At the doctor, he weighed 157 pounds and was measured at 5'6 1/2!!! Where is my little boy?? I'm thinking he is going to be tall!!!

Anyway, he is fine, but I'm anxious to see what the doctor says on recheck next Monday.

*I've been sooo lazy about posting. I wrote this post over two weeks ago....but I thought I'd go ahead and post it. Brandon's knee seems to be fine. He hyper extended it and on the recheck, it seemed much better. He is still supposed to be careful and stretch now before playing soccer, etc.

I haven't been that motivated to blog lately....hopefully I'll get move motivated soon. :)

This is Funny!!!

Ok ya'll, Brandon showed me these videos the other night and I got the biggest laugh out of watching these. They are both very short, so take a minute if you want a laugh. I had never heard of these before...have any of you?







Did this make you laugh? I could watch these over and over again. I'm rolling!!!

It just occurred to me that I never finished posting my vacation pictures from this summer. I'll try to do that soon. I have a few more to show you. Plus, I'm entering three of my pictures from this summer in our annual Arts competition. I'm kind of excited about it....I just got them blow up into 8 x 10's and I picked out frames and had them finished at Hobby Lobby last night. I have to turn them in on THursday so I'll try to take a picture of them before then.

Why Yes Mr. Clinton

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Is that not hilarious? The mask is a pretty good likeness no? We were in Hasting this weekend and Brandon begged me for this mask. I finally relented because I thought it was pretty funny. They had a Hilary one too which I almost bought. I thought it would be funny if Brandon and I went as Bill and Hillary to something for Halloween...but I only got the Bill one. And in case you are wondering, I don't really care for either one of them but I do like the mask.

Brandon has really made me laugh this weekend with that thing. He has also scared the FIRE out of me with that. Let me tell you, if you aren't expecting it, and you round a corner and see THAT face, it would scare you too. :) He has been teasing Lexi with it too. It is pretty funny to see her reaction when he has that mask on. She was growling at it pretty fiercely. She doesn't like Bill Clinton either. They say dogs are a pretty good judge of character... ha ha

This weekend was spent trying to get caught up on household "stuff". Oh yea, and I figured it was time for a movie too so Friday I went and saw "Righteous Kill" with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. Really good movie! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Saturday we finally got some of the rain and wind from Hurricane Ike. They projected the Dallas area would get bad rains and wind, but we really didn't get anything that severe. It was just really rainy and not that much wind. I'm glad we were spared, but I do feel for all those in Houston/Galveston, etc. that have lost everything. Very sad.

Oh and this weekend I started watching some videos that I've had for FOREVER. 24! Have any of you ever watched that series? Well, I never have though I have several friends who love it and follow it. Well, I have Season One on DVD but have never watched it. My friend Karen has told me for the past year or two - to watch an episode and "you'll be hooked!" Well, she was right. I have now watched 3 episodes and I'm thinking about watching more tonight before I go to bed. It is a guilty pleasure. You just can't take your eyes off the show. Anyway, I'd be curious to know if any of ya'll have watched it or like it.

I'll leave you with some more lovely pictures of Brandon clowning around...hrrmmm - I mean Bill, clowning around.



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Oh and in case you ever wondered what Bill Clinton would look like if he picked his nose......


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And then ate it.....


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Well be curious no more! Now you know!!!

A Little Common Sense (Obviously not so common in my household)

File this under the label of "stupidity"

One should always wait until the door of their garage is actually OPEN before trying to back their car out of it.

Just a thought. Nuff said.

I'm Back!!!!

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Well, I made it back in one piece. Had a really good trip (for work) to Washington DC. We stayed in the Gaylord hotel which is located right on the Potomac River just across from Alexandria, Virginia. Most of my time those five days I was gone was spent in meetings or preparing for meetings, but my co-workers and I did have a free afternoon/evening to check out the surrounding area. We ended up taking a ferry across the Potomac to Old Towne Alexandria, VA. It was BEAUTIFUL there. I just love the historic, quaint feeling of the place.


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The picture at the top is what the hotel looked like from the ferry.


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Cobblestone sidewalks and rows and rows of historic homes and just pretty architecture and such “atmosphere”. We walked and walked and finally found Christ Church, which was beautiful. It was getting dark by the time we arrived. I did take some pictures of the old headstones. Some of them dated back to the late 1700’s. How cool is that? The lighting was so low and I didn’t have my tripod so it was difficult to get good pictures. I’ll post a few that I turned out OK.


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We also ate dinner at a really nice restaurant. It is always nice when your company picks up the tab at an expensive restaurant! I had the pecan crusted chicken and it was fantastic! We really enjoyed the ferry ride back that night as you could see the Washington DC skyline in the distance with the Washington Monument and US Capitol Building in view. There was a tour they call the “Monument Tour” that would take you on a 2-hour boat ride and you could get off to see the monuments and explore on your own, but we didn’t have time to do it. It was such a nice evening though, we really enjoyed ourselves.


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This is what it looked like as the monuments came into view. You can see them wayyyy off in the distance.


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(my co-workers and I enjoying our cruise!)

Here are a couple of shots of Alexandria.


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I returned late Sunday night and Monday morning it was back to reality. I've been meaning to write ever since I returned, but work has kept me busy as well as the huge pile of laundry that accumulated when I was gone.

Our trip home was uneventful except the guy I got stuck next to in the plane felt the need to sit as if he were a giant TRIANGLE – with his elbows taking up both arm rests and jabbing into my “personal space” and into my seat the entire 3 hour flight. And he wasn’t a cute young single guy either. UGH. Quite the opposite. A somewhat burly older man. Lovely. I couldn’t believe the guy was so oblivious. His body (legs included) just seemed to flop into my space. I was soo close to saying something to him, but I so hate to “rock the boat” that I did not. At one point, when he leaned up to get something and removed his right elbow from the arm rest we shared (he took up the entire thing), I quickly put my left elbow on the arm rest. Well, that didn’t phase him! He just put his arm right on top of mine thank you very much!!! And the entire time I’m having to have this guy’s arm laying up against me. YUCK! I wanted to suggest to him to purchase two seats next time. I was never so glad for a flight to be over with! Oh and I should add that at one point, I looked down and no kidding, there was a FLEA (ok, it could have been a gnat, but it sure looked like a flea) on my left hand!!! Not enough that the guy was oblivious and inconsiderate…he also had fleas!!!! (HA HA – it is humorous now in the retelling of this, but at the time it wasn’t very funny)

Oh yea and here are a couple more pics of the grounds of the Gaylord. Really nice!!!

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Labor Day and I'm Off

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It was a relaxing weekend. After going to the doctor last week, I got on some meds for my wicked sinus infection and now I'm finally feeling better! Almost as good as new. I turned down an offer to spend the weekend with some good friends cause I felt I needed to stay here and rest. And I guess it is good I did.

We didn't do too much of anything. I took a few naps, did a bit of housework (but not much) and finally got myself packed for my work trip. I leave tomorrow for Washington DC and will be gone for the week. So, not sure when I'll post again. I won't have much free time while there. I'm there for meetings so I won't be doing any sightseeing or I don't believe I'll have any time to do so. :(

I was able to go fishing with my dad this morning and we tore them up!! We caught 25 that were big enough to keep. See the picture of me above with my big Crappie. (that is prononced "Crop-E" in case you didn't know..) It was about 14 inches long which is pretty big for that type of fish. It was a nice morning. I got a couple other pics too which you can see below. It was a nice morning.

Well, I'll write when I can. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Labor Day!


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