I have a confession. I have been a bad, bad girl blogger.
As I believe I mentioned last week, John has been on vacation and I have just become a horrible, despicable, wretched, cheating, stinking, drooling, pathetic, hungover, hungunder, need to shave my legs, loser, who doesn’t get around to reading her blogs OR posting anything because, like I may have mentioned, I am a less than desirable person of little value UNTIL I GET A DAMN BLOG POSTED AND CAUGHT UP ON MY READING!
And I am now all over the problem and attempting to do just that. My sincere apologies to all of you.
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We DID get a lot of things done. And, the most important part was it was enjoyable. John got some really good R & R. Well, eventually he did. After the whole yard work fiasco. There will be pictures coming of the front yard soon. I still don’t have the bedding plants in. But the trimmed trees and shrubbery plus the black mulch really have set off the whole yard.
Just a small sample of what all we cut out of the trees. Ol’ Blue made two trips to the dump that day. That’s John, my Mexican day laborer. Heh. Sometimes I sleep with the help. OK, I always sleep with the help.
Stay tuned for further nasty confessions.
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On Thursday John and I went to an Astro’s game. They played the Dodgers and lost.
Dismal game. Boring beyond belief. Slow moving and absolutely nothing noteworthy happening on the field.
HOWEVER, I managed to get some shots of the important stuff!
Here’s my man, getting the necessary accoutrements to sit and tolerate the subsequent beating by a bunch of L.A. sissies.
Here you can figure a rough estimate of how much we had to get a second mortgage for.
It was a REALLY good dog, and zero calories. Heh
John’s nuts. HAHAHAHA

This is Niya who sat behind us and played on the steps for her own entertainment. She thought the game was boring, too and was quite entertaining for everyone in the vicinity.
You see, Niya is a child of New Orleans and her mother is there, in an area, I get the impression, that isn’t ready to be considered inhabitable. I was told by the lovely lady in the photo that her mom is 20 years old and about to have her fourth baby. So care of Niya is split between this couple and her mother. It’s entirely voluntary, or at least that was my understanding. Sometimes they have her for a few weeks at a time or maybe the whole summer. Whatever the case, it was obvious they loved her a lot and heartbreaking to think of having to give her back and not see her for who knows how long. But the nice lady was entirely right when she said that they are just grateful for whatever time they get with her and know that God put them in each other’s lives for a reason.
9 comments
Comment by Jean M. on April 27, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I have just never been one for baseball. The action is few and far between for me.
Enjoy your bloggy break or is the break over and time to get back to work? 🙂
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Comment by The Predo on April 27, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I am not a fan of baseball, I must confess, but I would have had a ball with you! The jokes about that hotdog alone leave me in stitches!!!!!
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Comment by nng on April 28, 2009 at 5:46 am
I love a good ball game!
Awesome pictures!
What kind of hotdog with no calories??
Comment by Kori on April 28, 2009 at 9:34 am
Ugh. I htought baseball players were supposed to be slim and sexy? He is a dog! With a spare tire!
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Comment by big hair envy on April 28, 2009 at 3:03 pm
You sleep with THE HELP? Tramp!
Bwahahahaha!
I had all sorts of jokes to crack, but now I just can’t get past that beautiful little girl with the big bow & bigger smile!!! Thank Heaven for little girls…indeed:)
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Comment by Ree on April 28, 2009 at 7:58 pm
EVERYTHING at the ballpark is 0 calories. That’s why they charge so freakin’ much. 😉
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Comment by Tink on April 28, 2009 at 10:04 pm
I haven’t been a very good blogger either. Maybe we should join (or start!) a help group. I’ll bring the wine. Hehe.
What a sweet and awful story about the little girl. I’m not sure I could do that- give up a child and help raise a child I have no rights to. It takes a really strong person to do both. I commend them.
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Comment by witchypoo on April 29, 2009 at 7:08 am
You know that an all beef hot dog means that the lips and arseholes it is made of only comes from cattle, right?
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Comment by Karen on April 29, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I have to love you for the John’s Nuts title. And now that just makes me a bad friend.
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