We went to the park with our friend yesterday and tried to throw ourselves off the various pieces of playground equipment.

3 steps left and turn, 3 steps right and turn, flip hat and kick, 3 steps left, 3 steps right...

Camera at arms length.

Hopefully she doesn't get my nose...

Blue Hat!

Hats!

You try and steal some ice cream one more time and I swear you'll lose that hand!

Our favorite food

If only she came flat packed with a one page sheet of instructions... :-)

One big foam mallet and we'd be set...

Surf's up...

One pile of books - one quiet child.

I miss the times when security was this simple. The doll under one arm and the puppy in the other. Every night...

.:. procycling .:.: "Jan Ullrich, winner of the 1997 Tour de France, has consistently been Lance Armstrong's biggest rival at the race and the German looks in better shape than ever. But Ullrich suffered a setback on Friday morning, suffering a training crash that left him with neck wounds after his head smashed through the rear window of his team car. His T-Mobile team, however, say that there is no serious damage done."

This really is a great official statement. I was going fast enough to put my bare head through the back window of the car I was following but it was just a flesh wound. The fact I have to ride 2100+ km in the next 22 days with whiplash won't affect my performance at all.

It's a shame. If T-Mobile falls back there aren't a lot of teams who can challenge Armstrong.

Ultimate highlights

Hey Breathers...great start to Div. 4 on Wednesday! Two solid games and
one great win. Personal highlights for me from my beer drinking and chip
chewing vantage point were...well, hands down, game 1's 13-12 victory
was one of our best games of the year... but for other highlights there
was also Paul jumping twice his height on a regular basis, Stevie's left
handed endzone grab in game two, hammers thrown left right and center
that actually arrived at their destinations (you remember those days
don't ya Wade?), the amazing Stevie/Sean popping team, the husband and
wife duo of Kyi Handlers Inc. handling amazingly despite the hubby's
dislocated shoulder, Nadine's awesome play, Miranda's always being open
and making some thread the needle throws, and Marie's great cutting, but
most importantly, her spice cake! My only question would be how one of
Stevie's grade one students made it on to the field to play in game 2?
Those temper tantrums were a dead giveaway.

First, no practice Monday.

Second, keep thinking 'bout fall league. The official email will be
coming soon!

Third, next singleheader is July 20th. That means team dinner and drinks!

Fourth, next week's games.

Right now, Wade, Mark, Rikki, and DJ are out. Paul might only be around
for game 1.

Ladies and Gentlemen, a big round of applause for Glenn Kerr who'll be
joining us (your cleats are in the ulty bag Glenner!)

*Email me by Monday at noon if you are out and I will send out the final
roster Monday night. If you already know you are out for the week of the
13th, let me know that too since I won't be on email all next week. *
**
And the games? We're at Winona North, the upper field at 59th and Yukon.

We're up against Unassigned Players and then the Huckin' Hobbits.

Let's hope summer's back for Wednesday.

see ya Breathers,
Mark

Sent: Fri 6/24/2005 6:53 AM

Subject: practice Monday


Hey Breathers..well done once again..yeah, our women carried us to victory...again... with Marie's triumphant return from injury, Miranda's break force throws, Jen's D, Tanya's handling even after her half a beer, Joan's cut that won us game one, and Nadine's just being everywhere with her catching and handling...it helps erase the memory of those hammers that Wade and Paul threw..although they both made up for it with their fieresome D..and let's not forget Carey's awesome speed...we might just have to pay that ransom after all with his upcoming kidnapping adventure in Peru to get'im back.

Schedule's not up yet for next week....should be interesting as we might just land ourselves in Div. 4 with those two victories....but no problem..right?right?

Next week's roster:

Rikki, DJ, Carey, Joan are out..could be me too if my heel doesn't get better. Min is in as a sub. As always, email me by Monday morning if you can't make it after all.

Other roster stuff...we say temporarily au revoir to Jeanette who's now on the sub list and bienvenue back to Marie who rejoins the full time roster.

Practice is on for Monday at the usual place and time to toss the disk around and enjoy those long nights of summer.

We'll chat when the schedule's posted...enjoy the weekend Breathers,
Mark
________________
And Carey's response....

Help I have been abducted. Please send money ASAP. US dollars non-sequential. You can forward the cash to a special associate who will be contacting you directly. Please do not call the police.

Thank you

Carey

Overcoming Procrastination Through the Pull Method: "2. Advice such as 'just buckle down and do it,' 'get organized,' and 'try harder' are based on a dysfunctional definition of procrastination. What they're really saying is: 'If you weren't such a lazy bum you could do this. No fooling around. Life is dull and hard. There's no time for fun. Work is a horrible thing to contemplate, but you have to do it anyway.' Most procrastination happens because through procrastinating we are temporarily able to relieve fears: fear of failure, fear of being imperfect, fear of impossible expectations. Most of these fears, in turn, are ultimately based in the idea that work and life are awful struggles which we must somehow get through and that this whole horrible process will somehow make us better people in the long run."

Isn't summer great?

Who? Me?

I give you two pretzels today for a chip on Friday ... capiche?