POTD - Sunset at the Street Corner [backlit]

After tonight's baseball game, at the corner of Duncan and Kirby. Sometimes I don't mind getting stopped at the light.

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12 on June 12

TGIF! We had lots going on for today's edition of 12 on the 12th of June.

Morning stuff -
Hannah is no longer allowed to venture outside in the morning before we head to our activities - she longingly looks outside through the window.

What is she looking at? Probably this scene, across the street.

For some reason, our neighbor had his roof replaced today. We'll have to find out why, because all of the houses in our cul de sac were built 6-7 years ago. The crew started at 7am! We didn't care because we were already up, but my, that seems early. The crew worked until 8:30 pm and almost had the roof completed. That's fast.

Today's coffee - a seasonal blend from Starbucks. Totally yummy. But I can't drink my coffee just yet.....

And the newspaper - something new for us this month, as the publisher switched from an evening edition to a morning edition just a couple weeks ago.


So why wasn't I allowed to drink my coffee yet this morning? Two words - Doctor's Appointment, complete with fasting blood work. My appointment was first thing, 8:30, but for various reasons, I didn't get out of there until 10am! My coffee was waiting for me in my car, still hot in its vacuum travel mug, but I was STARVING, and I had to get some breakfast - from the Great Harvest Bakery. A yummy orange cranberry scone.

I also bought a loaf of pumpernickel and asiago cheese bread to enjoy this weekend.

En route to work - we had more rain this week and some of the fields are flooded. The corn is WAY behind.


I followed this guy for almost 15 miles down the road.


Fast forward to after work - I made some pizza for our on-the-go dinner, as Brian had a 5:30 baseball game (the last of the regular season).


At the ball field, Brian and one of his teammates (Tyler) goof off before the game.

The we get down to business - Brian playing 3rd base here.

Scott watching Brian at bat.

Well, they lost tonight's game, but made it interesting with a rally during the last inning that fell a little short. We finish baseball season up next week with a series of tournament games.

After the game, I shot this while stopped at a stoplight. I think it is lovely.


Scott always takes Brian home from the games, but tonight they took a detour to the Smoothie King. Smoothies for everyone (except me - too much sugar in them), which were enjoyed watching "The Pink Panther" remake (the one with Steve Martin). The kids and Scott are big fans.

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POTD - Baseball bags [sunflare]

Another nice night for baseball. Our team always uses this dugout. The boys hang their bags in this configuration every game. Creatures of habit. Or maybe they are just superstitious.



Bonus - we won the game!

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165/365 - The Blinds are Back

So we can sleep past 6am now.

Back on Day 155, I reported on our Makeshift Blinds, as I had taken 5 sets of our room darkening / double cellular shades in to be repaired. Over the past 10 days, with the sun rising at 5:30 am (and rising earlier every morning!), we have not been able to sleep much past 6am. Much grumbling has ensued from all family members.

But no more. Our room darkening shades are back!

Fixed. Cleaned. The woman at the blind shop convinced me to have them cleaned, claiming "they will be just like new". Well, she was right. The crisp pleats, the smooth opening / closing mechanisms. I love my blinds again!



And I love that the room is dark even at 10am (not that I ever sleep in that late...)

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164/365 - New Vitamins

I could never get the kids to take vitamin supplements - I even bought my favorite Flinstone's brand vitamins long ago (because if Scott and I loved them, certainly our kids would love them, too....wrong!).

I found these this weekend at Sam's Club and Brian convinced me to purchase them. I guess today's generation likes the gummy-type vitamin (because they taste like candy!) and now the kids clamor for their vitamins in the morning. In fact, they beg for more and I have to remind them that it's not candy. Fortunately they haven't figured out how to maneuver the child-proof cap.

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POTD - Lavender [flare]

I had a hard time getting the sun flare tonight. Probably due to the cloud cover (much easier to do with unfiltered light).

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163/365 - Side Swept Bangs

Following a popular trend, Erica decided to get bangs. Not just regular bangs like the ones from the 80s (my chosen style in High School), but side-swept bangs. (I really didn't know a technical classification existed for this type of bang-style - things you learn as the mom of a soon to be 12 year old)

I guess many of the actresses / stars that sport said side swept bangs include Ashley Tisdale and Taylor Swift. Just google the term and see the plethora of websites and images that come up.



Hers are quite subtle in this picture, but I'll take what I can get.

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