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Last week was a tough one for us Daddy wise. J was gone just about the whole week. He was at a conference Tue Night though Friday morning. The other nights he had to be down at our baseball fields because we had the Little League District tournament for 9-10 year olds. He even missed two of The Boy's games because of the tournament. I was becoming a bear feeling like a single mother. J made it to The Boy's tournament on Saturday night. Peanut Butter was so excited to have Daddy, but the they decided they needed him to take book, so she headed in the dugout with him.

Learning the ins and out of book keeping.

Just hanging with Daddy catching the game.

Baseball is over in two weekends. As much as I enjoy watching what parts of the game I get to see. I will be very happy when it is over and the time it demands from J. I'm sure PB will be too.

For Shady McBrady

For Mister Shady McBrady a new video.

Thoughts for Thursday: Mean Girls

After having Peanut Butter, I've noticed that girls can be just plain mean. I don't know if it is because females are just more social on the whole or what. I've noticed more girls relishing in the "we're not going to play with you." "That's mine." and the like. I don't see this as much with the boys that are playing, they seem to be more open to joiners and as long as getting dirty is the plan, they are all in. Is it something in the female DNA that gives us a tendancy to be socially mean? Is there wiring that makes us want to exclude a single person to make us feel better?
I know growing up I dealt with the "we're not your friend this week." "We're going to be mad at you for no other reason than because we can be and like to see you wonder why." I'm sure I even participated in someway or another at some point, but I related more to Winonas character in Heathers than a Heather. There were many a time I wondered, "What's your Damage?" This is probably why I ended up having more guy friends in high school. You never had to please them, they were just your friend. Sure guys have their bullies, but girls seem to go for the jugular when it comes down to it. Just take a look at sample of books on this topic
Queen Bees and Wannabees
Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads
Mean Girls Grow Up
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Aggression in Girls
Why do we feel the need to stomp on others to climb the social ladder? Is there any way out of this? I don't know, It seems to be prevalent through out time. I may have to check out a few of the books and prepare myself for the coming years.


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Salad Recipe

I found it.

I was hoping I wouldn't have to type it out. I cheat a little. I use the precooked bacon chop it up and warm it in the pan. I slice grape a carton of grape tomatoes in half. I use a bag of defrosted frozen corn, I need one of those cob strippers. I haven't used the watercress either, I've used spinach leaves and arugula. I was hoping J didn't eat the rest of it today so we could have it for dinner again, but he did.

Mark Your Calendars

Harry Potter Nov. 12th. This was my favorite book in the series, I cannot wait.

Hot

I really am not a heat person and have been blissfully happy with the mild summer we have had. But of course things are heating up. I may have to get to the pool for the first time this summer in the next couple days.
I made the mistake of taking 2 days off from running. I walked 3 on Sunday and bumped my head and ran yesterday afternoon in the blazing sun. What was I thinking. I walked again today since it is pretty dang hot and muggy out. I don't know how peeps do it where it is really hot. I know they go in the mornings and evening when the sun is down. I just don't have the time to do it then. It all I can do to get up for work before 5am and by 9, I'm ready for bed.
Can I reiterate that I am read for baseball to be over. I do enjoy watching the game, but the time that it consumes from J gets to be a bit much. I'm going to take Peanut Butter down to the fields tonight just so she can have a chance to see him before she hits the hay.
I'm making Chicken salad with roasted potatoes and corn, a recipe from the Rachel Ray mag. I can't find a linky, but it is pretty good, a nice summer meal.

The Weekend Round Up

It is still baseball season, my husband is nonexistent and I don't know how things ever got done before he was on the board since the people who are supposed to be in charge need him for every cotton pickin' thing. Sigh. Rant over for now.
I took The Boy and Peanut Butter to his game in Sun Prairie on Friday. J had to work on fields here in town for the Little League 9-10 District Tournament. He didn't miss much and neither did I as I chased the girl for 40 min as they got slaughtered. Saturday morning I take the 2 by myself again since he has to do fields again. The Boy's team won they had a big 15 run inning. It was pretty awesome to see them hit so well. It rarely happens like that. Before this game Miss Peanut Butter decided, she was going to make friends with one of the mean girls come hell or high water.

She states her case and says lets find trouble and they did. They actually played pretty well together seeing as they have their age difference. They decided the storage shed was a good place to get dirty and have fun. I actually got to watch a game. One dad said some thing about them being loud in there banging and I said, listen this is the first game I've actually seen more than an inning of. I took away the metal things they were banging with and all was good.

Another girl came over to join the fun and brought a cool refreshing strawberry lemonade cup and was sharing until her uber mean sister came over and yelled at her. Previously she was using PB's shortcake doll to kick across the lawn and tried to stare me down when I told her to stop. The girl was like 5. I decided to get the girls one of their own they could share, but they just sold out so I got her a cherry push pop, it was a red nightmare.

At the second game of the day the girls picked up where they left off. I though they were so cute on the table looking like they are discussing world events or something grand.

The Boy's team kept up the hitting and won 12-2. I did get to see bits and pieces of this game. They played again this morning and lost.

J made it down for this came and decided PB should learn to take book. Which is scoring for the non baseball peeps. J was all in a tizzy trying to figure out how he was going to watch PB this morning since I had to work. He hinted for me to call in sick, but I told him he could do one game, it wouldn't kill him. He managed and the girl is still alive, that is all that matters.