Miscellany Monday

1.  Another week has begun and I'm feeling like I'm running behind.  Again.  We've been so busy running here and there to watch our local Little League All Stars that there hasn't been a whole lot of downtime recently.  Oh well, that's what summer is for, right?  : )

2.  We spent Saturday visiting some of my family in Glasgow.  It's only an hour's drive but we don't make it down there often. It was good to have a semi-relaxed day of catching-up.  My Uncle George was telling me all sorts of family stories and I have politely requested  begged and pleaded for him to start writing these down!  I told him that if he would even just sit down with a tape recorder and record them, I would gladly transcribe them.  What a treasure to have!  He's among the last of my Daddy's few living siblings and he has a wealth of family history stored in that loveable head of his!   : )

3.  Okay, I confess.  My guilty conscience is eating away at me.  I smuggled illegal contraband into 4H Camp.  It consisted of this:

 and this:

What can I say.  Perri texted me (from her cell, which she's also not supposed to have at camp...) and she said 'please'.  But I also must admit that I'm not alone in this smuggling operation.  I happen to know another mom who carted in scads of McNuggets from the Golden Arches and 10 packs of tacos from Taco Bell.  (Don't worry, Lisa.  I won't tell. )   ; )

4.  I have much work to do today.  Bathrooms that need scrubbed, a refrigerator that needs cleaned out and a lawn that needs mowed.  And here I am.  Writing a blog post.  Kick me outta here, will ya?

Join in on Miscellany Monday 

over at Carissa's.  

And have a 

Mom + Perri = An 18' Reptile

Okay, not literally.  But we did use our time together yesterday to make this:

We went out in search of jungle related items 

to decorate her 4H Camp cabin.

The theme this year is 

Welcome to the Jungle

and I think he fits right in!

He really is 18' long, too!  And when I left them at camp, he was stretched out across several beds:

(that's one of Perri's cabin mates standing by the door)

He pretty much took over the cabin.  ; )

Perri's counselor, Michele,

had already done an awesome job of decorating!

She had hung streamers 

across the ceiling like vines 

and had clusters of 

leaves here and there around the cabin.

She had also brought in several blow-up 

jungle animals and had them scattered about.

Plus there were safari hats on each bed 

and other cute touches throughout.

Their room just has to win the decorating contest this year!

We did have a good afternoon together.

I hope she will treasure the memories we made today.

I know I will.

: )

Monday Ramble

I've been so busy that I haven't even had time to blog.

Not fair.

Here's the short list of what's happening in my life:

All Stars practice (the Hubster coaches, Perri plays) has been going full swing. Since we're also hosting District Playoffs, lots of work going on at the ball field, too.

Perri left for 4H camp on Thursday. No cell phones allowed. Several kids smuggled them in anyway and last night she texts me that:
1. She's STARVING. The food in not edible (several adults have told me the same thing) and she's living on granola bars and orange juice.
2. Her cabin is FREEZING. It's been in the 90s around here and all she took was her Snuggie, but someone in the cabin is obviously hormonal or something and she says you can practically see your breath.
3. She got stuck in a 'boring' cabin. There are only 2 boring cabins at camp and of course she was assigned to one of them.
4. Camp is fun anyway! :)

The first All Star game is this evening and I'll be taking my girl a nice hot, home cooked meal. And an extra blanket.

We booked an actual.........DRUMROLL, PLEASE!..........

VACATION!!!

It has been five years since we took a real vacation and I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to some beach time.

Toes in the sand

the lullaby of the ocean putting me to sleep at night

fun with the kids

You can't imagine how excited I am! :)

I am busy planning our 4th of July celebration for this Saturday, too.
Lots of friends and family, good food, fun games....
bookended by Ripley's HUGE parade that morning and stunning fireworks that night!
We LOVE the Fourth!

Today isn't all happiness and light though. At about 3 o'clock this morning our state lost one of it's greatest allies.

Senator Robert Byrd passed away at the age of 92.

A very sad day for West Virginia. :(

And now I must get busy. Hopefully I'll have time to come back here tonight after the game. I hope to take some pics that are fit to post...I'm not a great action photographer. At. All.

Need to work on that.

Hope everyone has a terrific Monday! :)