Memorial Day Weekend Blowout...Texas Style

As usual, we can't be plain jane normal people. Dave was home for the Memorial Day weekend and we were so freaking super busy. But it was a blast.  Prin wanted to tryout for the all-star district championship level team, so she did. It was intense and two hours of kick butt work and she did her best. She hung with the majority of those girls and my heart just about burst. The kid has played since March and while she didn't make the team, she did get invited to practice with them and told to...

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Lately, in Texas

We've been busy! I rang in my 34th birthday, the girls finished school with honors, Dave is home for an extended weekend visit, and we are beating the heat while having some family fun! Hope life is good for you guys too! My surprise "21st" birthday party, thanks to my girl , B. Duchess at the range, taking a snack break before shooting a 22 pistol round. She is too cool for school. End of year blow out party, all the girlies. Sixteen 12 year olds party hardy! B is a braver woman...

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End of School Time

So a whole school year has rolled past us once again, holy smokes. I'm so freaking proud of my girls. Considering that they were homeschooled last year and then the higher standards of this school district I was nervous when we began this year. Silly me, gotta have faith.Prin's math has always been a challenge, and while homeschooling we addressed this quite heavily. So she placed in accelerated math this year which was a huge step for her. And today she got the honor roll for the whole year award. Not to mention, she kicked the TAKS tests ass. Flying right on through to seventh grade.And Duchess...

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It's Barely Noon and I'm spent....

So a great older guy I work with is on the board of the local, with a long waiting list gun club. Today the girls and I were his guests, if I like it....he's sponsoring my membership. I SOOOOOOOOOO LIKE.We hit up the club in time to watch the cowboy shooters, who only shoot reproduction or authentic weapons and dress the part. Then there were the snipers on the 600 yrd range working on wind speeds. Lastly we got to watch the close quarters speed handgun competition which George was participating....

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Just When You Plan Things Out....Hello Lord

So this week has been an experience! I really have few words for it, it's actually taken some time to sink in before I can really verbalize where I'm at here.Dave's job is in full swing, he's onsite in Idaho somewhere being a safety advisor. He seems really happy with it, BLESSING.So, this week I gots my official official you be done stuff from my college. The same day, his recruiter called me. She offered me a position as an associate with her firm.Working from home.Scared crapless but after going round and round and round. I'm in.Although I still have my current job as well for now, until we...

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I earned it....

I got up at the very butt crack of dawn. Who knew that once school was over officially I would actually get more than 5 hours a sleep a night. Last night after 8 solid hours, I woke up with energy. Holy heart failure batman! So I cleaned and scrubbed tubs, toliets and other nastiness. Then before the kids even rolled over, B called. Kids up and dressed, we hit the track.We started with a half mile jog (okay, honestly there was a little walking in there too, cause we were yaking but mostly jogging).Then...

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And It Spreads....like a virus

Little Bit wanted a glove for her leftie self a month ago. So I got her one. She's slowly picking it up and wanting to play. Except she only wants grounders and to hit. You throw or toss something to her and she ducks/covers. Bless her heart. But this morning when B drug my arse out of bed to go jogging at the track, we brought along our equipment just in case; good thing cause we hit the practice field afterwards. And I must say, her throw is much improved. She no longer closes her eyes, winds...

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Today....cause we couldn't cram more into this day if I tried

So this morning was Billy camp, and afterwards we came home to veg on the couch before I drug my lazy self outside to clean out my jeep. Which led to Prin going missing when she was suppose to be doing laundry. But I found her, hiding in the far corner of the yard, doing her daily pitching drills. Love this shot, coming up off the ground to get that strength.Then I embraced my inner mechanic (shut up!) and fixed the wiring problem when my tail lights refused to go off. I only got stuck...

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Week in Review

Pitching basics with Ms. Ally. Learning her form and techniques. Practicing, I had a hard time concentrating as me and Duch realized that their neighbors had pet deer, way cool. Like this, very graceful form. Wrist technique. Now while I'm all aboard for whatever my kids want, they have to drive it. I had someone recently concerned about me pushing Prin in softball. That bothered me for a hot five seconds. I have always jumped with my kids into anything they want to try: karate, dance,...

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Buoy

Sometimes you have to be the buoy. When you're not sure where you're going, be the buoy. I'm awaiting my confered degree email to make it official that I"m now a college graduate. My second degree and it feels a little anticlimatic. I'm really a shit sometimes. But I'm not entirely sure what to do with myself. Work is great and I love the people there, I could do the job in my sleep. I am working on the volunteer board now which puts in the local schools doing hands on presentations about our line of work; freaking fun as crap. Apparently I'm all down with the shitz cause I know cool band names...

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First pitching lessons......oh boy

She wants it, so let's see if she has the drive. Seems like she has a really good starting f...

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Counting my weird ways

Soooooo....I kinda got bored, and when I'm bored and lonely I do stupid things like color my hair, over-pluck my eyebrows, rearrange entire rooms of furniture (then forget and fall/hurt self in middle of night).. so it shouldn't be a surprise that I went and got impatient when I forgot my appointment with Lance the fabu hair guy. Tada: With makeup in sun and without makeup in house and still dark as crap!Yep, I colored it myself.And I luv it.How very goth of me.I'm gonna keep it awhile.It's like...

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