Basketball

My butt hurts tonight from sitting through three basketball games on Monmouth Academy bleachers.  It was self inflicted as my daughter was only in one game, I sat through the other two strictly because I wanted to.  The boys JV game was really good, when we arrived they were ahead by a small margin, then Monmouth caught up and went ahead, then we caught up and tied... eventually Monmouth won by a point or so... it was a fun game to watch.

The girls' game was not as exciting to watch, they lost by a significant margin.  They always look so much better than the score reflects.  According the scores each game, the girls always lose by a lot, but to watch them, they are giving each team a good run for their money.  Our biggest issue is not putting the ball in the basket,  we get good plays and run the ball well enough, just when the shot comes...  it misses and the other team seems to be able to sink it with their eyes closed and one arm behind their back....   if we started making the shots we take... we would be beating these teams.  Someday,  it will all just fall into to place for them... one of these days....  but I really admire the way our girls go out there, time and time again and give their all... they play hard down to the last second of the game regardless of the score...  true players all the way!

The boys' varsity game was as thrilling as the JV game...  only with a different result!  They won!   I think the ball was turned over about 6 times in the last fifteen seconds of the game... not exaggerating.   The final score was very close...  intentional foul penalty shots made the difference in the last second of the game.  A real nail bitter!     I hope the paper writes about the win for Winthrop... they have only had 2 now.   They, like the girls, seem to miss their shots, but are just as good as the teams they lose to,  just need to sink those baskets!

Until next time...

Hostage

Have to blog early tonight because once I enter dialysis I am not allowed to freely converse with the outside world...  I may reveal trade secrets or beg for help...

Today was wasted, I was sick and did absolutely nothing...  no really NOTHING.   My cat and I stayed in bed the whole day and read Facebook, the KJ and the Bangor Daily News.  I didn't even turn on the television.   I did play Peggle for awhile, but never managed to get a level cleared of all pegs,  so I did not even accomplish anything there.   Thinking back...  how was I not bored to death?

Tonight I am heading into Dialysis, hoping, no GOING to be there early.  NCIS is new tonight and I want to be hooked up and settled in before it starts...  I am so in love with that show it scares me  :)  That and NCIS LA - which some say is not as good,  but I am a sucker for romantic tension and I just want to take Deeks home with me...  so I am hooked.

Tomorrow is writing group and I am hoping to actually write something worth being written, we will see.  I need to work on the group's web site as well, but I am not sure what to include on the site.  It is a blog site and will have its own writing blog, but about what???  I am not sure, other than writing.  We gather as a group but we need to define our purpose and work toward that, right now we are 4 friends who gather to gab once a week.  We strive to be a writer's organization who gather once a week to promote and inspire Maine writers.  I am also hoping to count myself among them one day...

OK, that cat is now driving me nuts because I am typing instead of petting him...  did I mention he has been at my side ALL DAY LONG???   He needs to get a life... :)

until next time...

OK, so not EVERYDAY...

Not sure why, but it looks like Fresenious Dialysis unit does not want us getting any messages out while they have us strapped into LaZy Boys.   They seem to block anything for blogging,  aol, facebook and other fun sites...  no streaming video either.  Thank goodness the kids taught me how to get around Facebook being blocked.  It really bothers me that they block so much stuff, I am an adult and should be allowed to use the internet as I see fit...  if the blocking is for the employees...  then what kind of message is that?  I am supposed to trust these people with my life, but their own employer doesn't trust them to not watch porn all night...   huh.

Yesterday was a busy day.  I got up,  still feeling sick, with a cold in my throat.  I picked up Vicki and headed to Augusta for brunch at the Senator Inn.  It was busy...  but busy buffet means fresh...  I ate too much, but it was yummy...  it was nice visiting with Ariel, Donna, Vicki, Helene and Tony... remembering Laurie.  After brunch I went home and got Ashleigh and we drove up to Orono for auditions...  Lord Hall at UMaine.  It was really fun to see campus... Lord Hall is just a bit down the road from my old dorm Hancock Hall.

BlueBird Auditions were weird and not great.  Basically everyone got a number and we went into a room about 8 at a time and answered questions from the director and a couple of producers were present.   They hardly asked us anything and then ran out of time, we were the last group of the night and were rushed.    It was not worth the rise all the way up to Orono, and I am glad I was not called back today, cause it would have been a pain in the butt to drive back up again.  Not sure if we will bother going in to be extras if asked... we'll see, no idea where they are filming.

We ate supper at Pat's Pizza in Orono,  I love that it never changes...  it is the same as it was 20 years ago when I lived up there...  the pizza is different but good.   We left and drove home, just in time for me to get to dialysis...  I didn't sleep well, but I did finish my book  "Midnight in the Moonlight" and read the prologue of the next book, "Strangers in the Moonlight"  but I can't actually find the second book.

Until next time...

Can't let Linda have all the fun...

OK another year another blog...  well not quite as this is the same blog I have had for years... and written in a few times.   I really would like to call myself a writer, only problem is,  I never write much.  That needs to change, so I am going to attempt to write each and everyday.  Maybe not always here, but something everyday. If I have any readers I will be impressed.   I would love to hear comments from the peanut gallery unless you are allergic to peanuts,  then by all means,  please sit in the Almond gallery,  or the soy gallery or whatever suits you.

I was sick today with a sore throat and did not really do much.  I did work on a puzzle that I got for Christmas... it is difficult and 1000 pieces and now I just want to get it done so I can have my table back.   Tomorrow  -  actually later today-  I am driving up to Orono to audition for another movie role.  I am really excited and yet don't really expect for anything to happen.  My first role in "The Eighteenth Hour"  was a blast and I hope the movie gets finished soon.


Tomorrow is also the annual Brunch at the Senator in remembrance of Laurie.  Every year around her birthday a group of us gather for brunch at the Senator.  I miss her wisdom and advice.

OK,  enough for tonight,  don't want to give it all away in the first entry....

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OOOPS

OK,  so I knew I wouldn't remember to blog everyday, but I only missed a couple days,  not as bad as forgetting to blog in all of 2010.   Baby steps.   Yesterday was fun, until I started getting muscle spasms.  We took both of the Girl Scout troops to the State Museum for a tour.  We were on our own from 1 to 2 with our scavenger hunt sheets in hand... then at 2 the older girl, whom I was with, got a guided tour through the 12,000 years of Maine exhibit.   It was very informative and fun.   I had to sit a lot, but I managed to walk the whole museum and tour.   The fourth floor exhibit, a look at life through the decades, was very cool,  the kids enjoyed seeing a 40s kitchen and a living room set up as though it was the 60s,  black and white TV and all.   The little kids got to do rubbings of ancient stone engravings; they had fun with that.  Unfortunately,  while waiting for the groups to reemerge from their activities,  my stomach and back muscles decided to start cramping.  Nothing like a charlie horse in your gut, rib cage and back.   I finally got them under control and took kids home....   Breanna came to our house for a visit with T,  A went with the older scouts out to eat and for a night of sleepless fun at Doris'.

Once at home, the cramping was not gone,  I call the Dr. and got a prescription for Flexeril...  thank God for Flexeril...  cramping stopped.  We had lasagna for supper,  a Stouffer's...  it was different than it used to be,  soupier  :(     but yummier too...  :)    strange...  it didn't get all hard and overcooked on the sides,  but it didn't hold together at all,  could have served it with a ladle.    It was yummy though.   After supper Scott took both kids over to my cousin's house for a sleepover.   YEAH   no kids...  too bad I was too tired and medicated to go out and enjoy it!  

Today I truly expected to be unconscious all day, Flexeril used to do that to me, but I wasn't...  I woke up at a decent hour, for me.

And so my day continues...   maybe I will remember to blog about it sometime....

So tired...

I am soooo tired lately and I don't feel like I really do anything to get tired.   I slept until 12:30 today...  the phone never rang and I didn't wake up when the children and the husband left the house at 7:15.   I got home last around 2 am, as usual for dialysis night, and watched a little TV.  I fell asleep around 4.  I got about 8.5 hours of sleep!!!   I am still tired though.  Maybe I am fighting a cold.   Had Girl Scout Daisies today,  they are so cute,  it so nice to be a leader of cute little ones that all go home at the en the day.   Today we played Leprechaun bingo and gave out chocolate gold coins as prizes, we also colored and then got to go outside and enjoy this beautiful day!  

Today was the first day that made me feel like spring is coming.  Bright blue sky, 50 degrees out and lovely.  Now if the snow would just go away and the mud could dry up... it will be grand,  of course then the bugs will show up!   I can't wait for the days when the dogs can be outside and the children can be outside and I can be inside enjoying the peace and quiet.   I love summer.

T has a friend over this evening...  they are quite silly.   We had pizza from Little Caesar's - gotta love big pizzas for 5 bucks.   The girls are all wound up, but they are having fun.   Still no idea for a witty close so...  so
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Starting OVER

OK,  I really do want to keep a blog, I just seem to have difficulty actually remembering to post something on a semi regular basis.  It seems to me like it has only been a few short months since last I blogged on this particular blog.    Apparently, according to the blog archives, I missed 2010 entirely!  Oh well...  so much for daily blogging...   I have decided to try again...  so here goes...  not that anyone reads my blog.

Today I went to the State House to listen to the Winthrop and Maranacook chorus sing.  They started in the  dome thingy (told this is a technical term) and then they sang the National Anthem in the gallery of the House of Representatives.   They sounded beautiful.  It has been a long time since I have been in the gallery,  I need to go back - it is interesting to watch our government at work...  for a little while anyway... YAWN.

Linda and I then hit the cafeteria for lunch and we agree,  for the best salad bar in Augusta/Winthrop area...  go to the Cross Building cafeteria.   It was fresh and yummy with lots of good choices and a reasonable 30 cents/oz.   We  also had time to visit a Wild Life display and got free posters, info and calendars.  Nice bonus.  There was the cutest little owl perched on a man in interesting owl garb.   The poor little thing looked stressed, but was still adorable.

I need to think of some cutesy saying to end my blogs with ..........  hmmm... nope..... nothing....
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