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It’s Mine, But You Can Have Some

Sydney loves her frisbee. At any given moment she’ll find it and have it hanging from her mouth enticing anyone to play.

Sydney & Frisbee

As I’ve mentioned before, a face with so many wrinkles is difficult to turn down, even for Sparky. Turns out he loves the frisbee just as much as his friend The Tubby Torpedo, but his version of playing is different than hers.

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Sparky is much like the older kid that comes over to visit and you have to hide/put away the toys that he will most likely eat or break.

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He’s the kid that doesn’t really understand sharing and wants it all to himself.

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He’s also like the kid that has some bad habits that your kid picks up, like suddenly not wanting to share and keep her cherished toys to herself.

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She starts to work really hard to remind him that it was hers to begin with.

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Eventually there is an intervention and all parties learn to share. Wrinkles or not, life is more fun when you share

or

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things get taken away and you are left to think about how easy it would have been to share in the first place.

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One Loaf of Bread Later

We made the largest sandwiches in the world a few day ago.

Sandwich

This is the second time in my life I’ve cooked bacon. I’ve decided that it is okay if it doesn’t become a regular part of our menu. I felt like a large strip of bacon after cooking it. Feeling like a large strip of bacon isn’t a good feeling, for all those vegetarians that are reading.

This guy

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was the one in our little family that wanted to try the concoction out. He’d had it in a restaurant and thought it was delicious. So we tried to make it. It wasn’t as good, or so he says.

picnic

I was more into the idea that we were going to eat indoor picnic style because our table was on the outs. Plus, I’m more of a strictly seafood type of gal.

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No Shoes, No Service!

I lMamasitaove it when our gardener and landscape designer come to town. I finally can let my eradication dreams come true since I’m finally informed about what qualifies as a weed and what doesn’t.

Saturday night we went to see Riders in the Sky with my parents, Sue, Steve, and Grandma and Grandpa Elvrum. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but they were quite funny old men, not to mention the fact that they’ve been playing music together for 31.5 years! Very polished routine. I sometimes wonder what would have happened had I stuck with the violin.

After the show we attempted to have a bbq outside, but the weather just wasn’t cooperating. One thing I love about our house is the fact that people actually want to stay and enjoy it! My grandpa would always demand to leave at previous places I’ve lived, but now he’ll sit and talk home improvement, one of his passions!grandpa It should be noted, that he approves of our new door! Yee-haw!

Today, we hopped on the train and went and saw the Mariners win in the 13th inning! Longest. game. ever. Here’s a side note about my family related to long baseball games:

One time my dad and brother(s?) went to see the Mariners play a game. Going to Seattle involves driving and spending the day walking around. Somehow, don’t ask me how, Izak managed to get himself into the car and all the way to the Kingdome before he realized that fliphe had no shoes on. (Please keep in mind that Izak was a teenager, not a child.)

What do you do if you have no shoes on and you’re supposed to go to the M’s game?   You go to the game, of course!

The best part of the story?  It was a 19 inning baseball game. Legend has it they gave out free coffee to those that remained in the stands. Poor Izak had to wear tube socks for 19 innings. My feet would have been cold, but he’s a tough sailor!

So, today we went to the game, but we were all wearing shoes. It was only 13 innings long so no free coffee for us, not that we’d drink it…if it was a soy milk chai tea, you might convince me.