When I looked up about Pickleball I saw the equipment used in this sport. We never had this type of sport when I took PE. We had kickball, softball, tennis, table tennis, badminton, but Pickleball???!!! I had heard J and S talk about playing that in PE in the grade school. It sounded kind of ridiculous. Sounded like something that I wouldn't enjoy it at all. Now S really hates it now!
I checked on the web to see what the equipment looks like. The balls are plastic whiffle balls (the little balls with the holes in them) and the racket is wooden like a ping pong paddle or a racketball racket.
About at 10:15 I see L coming up the driveway and wondered why he was coming home. Maybe he forgot something. He said that S had called him at work and said that she was injured in PE. She had a cut and that she needed to go to the emergency room. Thoughts immediately came to my brain. Where was she cut? How big was the gash? Would it leave a scar? Was she okay?
We drove out to CHS and I was worried! When we saw her sitting in the office she had a bandage just above her eye.
I asked her how big was the opening, like an inch or what? She couldn't tell us so she went in the gym to get JG (our friend from church). It's nice to see JG, but NOT in this capacity. He told us what he did to close the injury and that she should probably go see a doctor. He reassured us that the cut wasn't a gusher! That made me feel better. I kidded S and said, "anything to get out of your science test." And she added, "No, I would be in Algebra now." I couldn't help but laugh. She absolutely hates this class!!
So we go to the ER at HH and they tell us to go across to the clinic. The nurse and the doctor (very nice little Doctor Cass) came in to talk to her. Dr. Cass had a great bedside manner. I really liked her!! They prepped her for getting stitches in that area around her eye. Meanwhile S was holding her phone constantly texting her friends what was going on. When they were about ready to deaden the skin around her eye, S's leg vibrated. She just received another text message.
I had to laugh about her texting. I have texted her on occassion and I HAVE to do it with 2 hands. S does it in one hand and quickly. But here she was lying on this table and texting her friends without even looking! She took her phone and took picture of her cut, no doubt sending it to friends. LOL!!
S received 5 stitches and won't have to have PE (sorry JG) until the stitches are out. Too bad the doctor couldn't give her an excuse to get out of Algebra class, then she would say it was worth getting hurt!! LOL!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
$chool Lunch Dealing$
J doesn't eat the school food he brings in his own lunches. So he packs a sandwich, along with a go-tart, and at least one or so of those 100 calorie hostess cupcakes.
Today J comes home with $7.00!! I asked him, "How did you get that money?" He laughs and says, "Well KJ payed me $5.00 for my cupcakes." Five dollars!! They don't even cost that much to buy! This isn't a first however.
A lot of his friends pays him to give them some chocolate go-tarts, hostess cupcakes, or 100 calorie Doritos. Some of the kids pay him at least a dollar for the cupcakes and a dollar fifty for the Doritos. I shake my head. I don't know why the parents just don't go out and buy them some of this stuff. Granted the parents think that this is "junk food." Not quite, though. The go-tarts are in the breakfast aisle and the cupcakes (okay, maybe this is junk food) is of the 100 calorie variety, same with the Doritos.
Then one of his friends, O. K. owed him some money and paid him with a 2 dollar bill. K1 (yes flute, your K1) sees J with the 2 dollar bill and offers him 2 ones for it, which J gladly accepts. K1 got the best of this deal I think. It's very rare to find a 2 dollar bill running around. If I were K1 I would sell this for higher than what I bought it for or just add this to your rare money collection. You never know it might be worth $$ some day. PS...don't trade it for cupcakes either! LOL!
Today J comes home with $7.00!! I asked him, "How did you get that money?" He laughs and says, "Well KJ payed me $5.00 for my cupcakes." Five dollars!! They don't even cost that much to buy! This isn't a first however.
A lot of his friends pays him to give them some chocolate go-tarts, hostess cupcakes, or 100 calorie Doritos. Some of the kids pay him at least a dollar for the cupcakes and a dollar fifty for the Doritos. I shake my head. I don't know why the parents just don't go out and buy them some of this stuff. Granted the parents think that this is "junk food." Not quite, though. The go-tarts are in the breakfast aisle and the cupcakes (okay, maybe this is junk food) is of the 100 calorie variety, same with the Doritos.
Then one of his friends, O. K. owed him some money and paid him with a 2 dollar bill. K1 (yes flute, your K1) sees J with the 2 dollar bill and offers him 2 ones for it, which J gladly accepts. K1 got the best of this deal I think. It's very rare to find a 2 dollar bill running around. If I were K1 I would sell this for higher than what I bought it for or just add this to your rare money collection. You never know it might be worth $$ some day. PS...don't trade it for cupcakes either! LOL!
Ramblings
When I was coming up the driveway to walk Josiah, there she was wagging her tail at me!! That was a nice site to see! I was actually missed! I miss my dog still. I can remember getting out of the van and she would be happy to see me and race me to the porch. I can't wait until we find our new dog. Wherever he or she could be.
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Out at work from the TMI department (too much information). I needed to use the bathroom at church. So I had these rubber gloves on and started to well, unzip. Only something got caught. I panicked. Needless to say rubber gloves and zippers don't mix. I finally got unstuck and out came a portion of the blue rubber glove. Whew, relief (in more than one way!). Always remember to remove those gloves BEFORE using the bathroom for personal use!
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Also out at work every one of the adult classrooms (with the except of the library class) now have new chairs, like our "green room." I saw them in there against the wall and put them in their new places. We will just love these nice softer chairs. No more pillows will be needed!!
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The fence will be mended this week sometime, provided the weather continues to improve. Although, I did hear that tomorrow was going to be cold again. Why can't the weather stay within 50--60 degrees instead of dipping down in the 40's with wind? Sigh!
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Out at work from the TMI department (too much information). I needed to use the bathroom at church. So I had these rubber gloves on and started to well, unzip. Only something got caught. I panicked. Needless to say rubber gloves and zippers don't mix. I finally got unstuck and out came a portion of the blue rubber glove. Whew, relief (in more than one way!). Always remember to remove those gloves BEFORE using the bathroom for personal use!
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Also out at work every one of the adult classrooms (with the except of the library class) now have new chairs, like our "green room." I saw them in there against the wall and put them in their new places. We will just love these nice softer chairs. No more pillows will be needed!!
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The fence will be mended this week sometime, provided the weather continues to improve. Although, I did hear that tomorrow was going to be cold again. Why can't the weather stay within 50--60 degrees instead of dipping down in the 40's with wind? Sigh!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Great Game for KU's Seniors!
It was Senior Night at Lawrence tonight as they played against Texas Tech. We couldn't believe that Texas Tech beat that other tough Texas team as their coach Pat Knight said, "Nobody from my team came to play." That was so true as the final score was 109-51! 109!KU still high from beating KSU, apparently did come out to play. Nearly every KU player scored with the exception of bench player Chase Buford. The "wow" players were Jeremy Case who shot 3 3 pointers; Cole Aldrich had his first double-double with a score of 11 points, the future is in good hands with him; Russell Robinson was great as always scoring 15 points; Sherron Collins with 13; Mario Chalmers with 11; Darnell Jackson and Sasha Kaun both had 10 points; Brandon Rush scored 7 points; Darrell Arthur and Rodrick Stewart had 6 points a piece; and coming off the bench in the second half scoring 3 points was Connor Teahan; Brad Witherspoon, had 2 free throws; Tyrel Reed, Matt Kleinmann and Brenan Bechard all had 2 points. Witherspoon is a senior but is not returning to the team as will be student teaching next year.
One play was like "huh?" But KU pulled it off. When it looked like Mario missed the basket there was Darrell Arthur picking up the rebound and scoring it. ESPN will HAVE to have that play on the replay reel (this happened just before the end of the first half).
KU won by 54 points! WOW!! The bench players did an excellent job finishing. No one from either team were in foul trouble. I liked it when Bill brought in the players for the final time. I can't wait to see video of the extra stuff.
This was also Senior Night for KU. It was great to see the players families sit together and cheer together. The kids gave their speeches. I enjoyed listening to Sasha Kaun's accent (he sounds like a relative of mine), Darnell Jackson's speech had me wiping my eyes, and Russell Robinson was pretty great too. It would be nice to see video of this and Coach Self's reaction to all this. After all, these were his recruited seniors (with the exception of Jeremy Case). Case was recruited by RoyW, but he never played under him.
The next challenge for the Hawks will be on Saturday afternoon when they play Texas A and M, Mark Turgeon's team. This could be an interesting game to watch. (Hopefully I will be back from CHS to savor it!) . ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS!
KU won by 54 points! WOW!! The bench players did an excellent job finishing. No one from either team were in foul trouble. I liked it when Bill brought in the players for the final time. I can't wait to see video of the extra stuff.
This was also Senior Night for KU. It was great to see the players families sit together and cheer together. The kids gave their speeches. I enjoyed listening to Sasha Kaun's accent (he sounds like a relative of mine), Darnell Jackson's speech had me wiping my eyes, and Russell Robinson was pretty great too. It would be nice to see video of this and Coach Self's reaction to all this. After all, these were his recruited seniors (with the exception of Jeremy Case). Case was recruited by RoyW, but he never played under him.
The next challenge for the Hawks will be on Saturday afternoon when they play Texas A and M, Mark Turgeon's team. This could be an interesting game to watch. (Hopefully I will be back from CHS to savor it!) . ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS!
Strong Gusty Winds
This morning I thought was going to be pretty uneventful. Sure the weather had changed somewhat (thankfully no snow) but it was cold and blustery.
When I was fixing breakfast I thought I heard a dog in my backyard. I shook my head thinking, "No I'm just wishing that Daisy was back there." Then I heard it again. Those dogs next door were really loud, it's as if they are in my backyard. I was taking a pill and opened the blinds. Then I saw the problem. After nearly chocking on my pill I saw half of the fence down!! That was the first time that had happened after having that fence up for nearly 16 years. That was our first section of fence that we put up.
The pole had broke off along with some sections of the slats. I brought out my camera and noticed that the neighbors dogs were in their pen. I am thinking the next time we build this fence we will have to fix the 2 x 4's differently and get new slats as they look pretty pittiful. We have several sections of fence that need to be replaced/repaired. I guess we should have done this on Saturday instead of talking to that "window specialist." I am just hoping for a warm and sunny day this week!
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Senior Day is tonight at AFH. We will say goodbye to seniors Sasha Kaun, Russell Robinson, Jeremy Case, Rodrick Stewart, and Darnell Jackson. They are all nice kids and very good role models. Hope they do well in whatever they pursue in life. Of all that group I believe that Darnell Jackson has a very good chance of turning pro, and hopefully not in the D league. But I guess the D league is better than nothing at all. KU is playing Texas Tech tonight. Tech is the team who knocked off Texas and helped KU become tied for the Big 12 title. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS!
When I was fixing breakfast I thought I heard a dog in my backyard. I shook my head thinking, "No I'm just wishing that Daisy was back there." Then I heard it again. Those dogs next door were really loud, it's as if they are in my backyard. I was taking a pill and opened the blinds. Then I saw the problem. After nearly chocking on my pill I saw half of the fence down!! That was the first time that had happened after having that fence up for nearly 16 years. That was our first section of fence that we put up.
The pole had broke off along with some sections of the slats. I brought out my camera and noticed that the neighbors dogs were in their pen. I am thinking the next time we build this fence we will have to fix the 2 x 4's differently and get new slats as they look pretty pittiful. We have several sections of fence that need to be replaced/repaired. I guess we should have done this on Saturday instead of talking to that "window specialist." I am just hoping for a warm and sunny day this week!
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Senior Day is tonight at AFH. We will say goodbye to seniors Sasha Kaun, Russell Robinson, Jeremy Case, Rodrick Stewart, and Darnell Jackson. They are all nice kids and very good role models. Hope they do well in whatever they pursue in life. Of all that group I believe that Darnell Jackson has a very good chance of turning pro, and hopefully not in the D league. But I guess the D league is better than nothing at all. KU is playing Texas Tech tonight. Tech is the team who knocked off Texas and helped KU become tied for the Big 12 title. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
We own!! KU Beats KSU!!
What a game!! KU finally showed what they were made of tonight against K-State and "mr. one season," Beasley (aka Spongebob). KU was ready to play their style of ball and took over at the very beginning. Beasley got two quick fouls in the first few minutes of the first half. Then something really strange started going on. It was like the "revolving door" syndrome. Everytime there was a stoppage in play, Mr. Beasley left the game to sit on the bench or he would be coming off the bench. Because of his fouls he didn't play much defense and they only used him in offense. I just don't get how everyone thinks Beasley is so good. He's not an all-around player and he is a ball hog.I call him a ball hog because he lead all scorers by unusual amount of points. You know how Biddy Basketball players are, about one or two players score the most and the rest of the team are just going through the motions. In this game, Beasley scored 39 points, while the rest of his team scored 9, 6, 5, 5, and 5 points. Now KU's points were spread evenly among the team. KU plays team ball and the kids like each other. To me this is what it's all about to be a team player not to be a ball hog. Darrell Arthur and Darnell Jackson had 10 points a piece, Brandon Rush led KU in scoring 21, Sherron Collins had 18, Russell Robinson had 14, Sasha Kaun had 9, and Mario Chalmers had 6 points. KU broke out of their 3 point scoring slump and hit 11 of them this game!
During the "game day" segment they interviewed Beasley and he talked endlessly about Spongebob Square Pants. "He's a funny guy," said Beasley about Spongebob. He has Spongebob sheets and everything Spongebob (I can imagine!). Hey Beasley, Spongebob is not real, he is a cartoon character.
Texas and KU are now tied in the Big 12 after Texas lost to Texas Tech this afternoon. Next opponent for KU? Who else, Texas Tech? This will be an emotionally charged night as all of KU's seniors will be starting and will be running down the tunnel for the last time in Lawrence. S wanted to go to the game but she has several activites at school to attend. We will be recording the senior speeches on the radio. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!
The Window Salesman
We thought we would invest in some good windows. We called up a reputable window/siding specialist in Wichita. We had seen their television ads and they seemed like a friendly bunch. The main work specialist came on out to our house took pictures and explained what they were going to do. We just happened to be picking up a new mower in Wichita today and dropped in for the "sales pitch."
He explained how good the new windows would cost and how we would be saving energy costs. He explained that his company was good in clean up, nice, friendly, did drug testing on their employees, etc. We went through the check list turned the page and.....EGADS!! This was just on windows only, eleven of them, $11,000 plus!! Well they had a sale, which by the way was ending on Friday, so that lowered the price to a nice $9,500 (still that price didn't cut it). Well now he had some lower priced windows that would have no insulation the sales price on it was $6, 700. For that price I could put both my kids in second phase braces or build on a room addition!! I looked a L. After nearly 20 years, we read each others mind, "that's tooooo much!" I said, "Can we think about it?" Meaning, I really don't think we are getting these! So the salesman emphasized that the sale was going off on Friday and that we need to act now.
Yep, we needed to get out of there now. I was thinking the price of a replacement window would run between 200--500 a window. NOT, 600 to 800 dollars. The salesman kept saying how great the company is and how much equipment it cost to come out to H town, etc. Then we asked, "How much would it cost to do 3 windows?" He replied, "We have a 5 window minimum."
Why don't they advertise that fact?? He showed us the figure and what we needed to put down. OUCH! The numbers didn't look that great. There was no way we could do this.
L told them that we didn't know it would be THAT much. I added, "Well, this was an eye-opening experience." The friendly salesman who was nice in the beginning wasn't too forgiving in the end. He lost a sale. I felt bad for him, but we just cannot budget that much.
Why can't there be no-hassle window salesman out there? He could have said, "Well, if you can't do it then at least you know how much it will take. Thanks for turning to our company in the first place. If down the road you can see it fitting into your plans, I hope that you'll be able to turn to us. We want to win friends, not make them mad."
But instead they made me feel bad because I wasn't taking the deal. I'd feel worse if I had taken the deal and gone into bankruptcy. These sales people need to realize that not everyone who walks into their business actually can afford their deal. I guess until then I'll be watching the DIY network and doing our own window replacements. (with a little help from our friends!)..someday.
He explained how good the new windows would cost and how we would be saving energy costs. He explained that his company was good in clean up, nice, friendly, did drug testing on their employees, etc. We went through the check list turned the page and.....EGADS!! This was just on windows only, eleven of them, $11,000 plus!! Well they had a sale, which by the way was ending on Friday, so that lowered the price to a nice $9,500 (still that price didn't cut it). Well now he had some lower priced windows that would have no insulation the sales price on it was $6, 700. For that price I could put both my kids in second phase braces or build on a room addition!! I looked a L. After nearly 20 years, we read each others mind, "that's tooooo much!" I said, "Can we think about it?" Meaning, I really don't think we are getting these! So the salesman emphasized that the sale was going off on Friday and that we need to act now.
Yep, we needed to get out of there now. I was thinking the price of a replacement window would run between 200--500 a window. NOT, 600 to 800 dollars. The salesman kept saying how great the company is and how much equipment it cost to come out to H town, etc. Then we asked, "How much would it cost to do 3 windows?" He replied, "We have a 5 window minimum."
Why don't they advertise that fact?? He showed us the figure and what we needed to put down. OUCH! The numbers didn't look that great. There was no way we could do this.
L told them that we didn't know it would be THAT much. I added, "Well, this was an eye-opening experience." The friendly salesman who was nice in the beginning wasn't too forgiving in the end. He lost a sale. I felt bad for him, but we just cannot budget that much.
Why can't there be no-hassle window salesman out there? He could have said, "Well, if you can't do it then at least you know how much it will take. Thanks for turning to our company in the first place. If down the road you can see it fitting into your plans, I hope that you'll be able to turn to us. We want to win friends, not make them mad."
But instead they made me feel bad because I wasn't taking the deal. I'd feel worse if I had taken the deal and gone into bankruptcy. These sales people need to realize that not everyone who walks into their business actually can afford their deal. I guess until then I'll be watching the DIY network and doing our own window replacements. (with a little help from our friends!)..someday.
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