Hello Peoples...
Again I must apologize for my tardiness in writing... Baseball season is perhaps the worst time in the world for me to try to blog...I don't know how sports writers do it... I suppose if I had a laptop I could schlep it out to the ball field and type between innings and games, but at the moment I'm trapped in PC world and chained to a desk.
Since the invent of FACEBOOK, I've also become quite the FB addict, spending WAY too much time chatting with friends, playing Scramble and at the moment, laughing at my elderly sick dog, who has his head stuck in the trashcan...but I digress...
So, how was your summer? Ours was short...Busy...cool....and short. We watched Jared play baseball during the summer and now through the fall leagues. In fact, I'd still be at one of his games right now if it hadn't gotten rained out this evening.
We went to 8 or 9 Royals games this summer, including the home opener and the final game. (First time we've made it to both!) In fact, we made it to the final two home games. The Royals had an up-and-down season, to put it simply. Great April, pretty good May, so-so June, July and August and then a terrific September, featuring an amazing hitting streak for Billy Butler, numerous saves for Joakim Soria and the conclusion of a miraculous season for Pitcher, Zack Greinke.
On the home front, school started out good this year. Both boys are making good grades, things are going well for everyone for the most part, even Luke, our elderly, sick, trashcan-headed dog, who continues to fight on against a cancer that threatened to wipe him out more than two years ago. Dustin is still with his girlfriend of 7 months, Hannah. Jared has two twin neighbor girls who are infatuated with him and they both spend an awful lot of time on the computer and the phone.
Dustin excels at Orchestra and Jared is the athlete. Dustin's Orchestra concert was last week and they sounded as good as any symphony I've ever heard. Jared's baseball team is finally on a bit of a winning streak and Jared has made some nice contributions along the way. In their game last weekend, Jared pitched three scoreless innings, throwing 38 pitches and striking out 8 batters. On the 9Th batter he caught the ball and threw the runner out at first!
Sherry and I keep working and in spite of keeping too busy and neighbor kids who throw baseballs threw our windows, we're doing pretty well. In my spare time (HA!) I've been taking a lot of pictures rather than writing, and while I miss writing, I LOVE taking pictures. (Heck, I may even throw a few in here before I'm done!)
Life goes on...I keep getting older and trying to stay young-at-heart. I think I still have most of my youthful enthusiasm, but I do find that I get grumpy a lot easier than I used to. I still love my fellow man, but sometimes feel that I love them in a "tough-love" sort of way.
The weather this summer was much cooler than normal, and so far, fall has proven to be a very chilly one. I'm guessing we'll have snow by Thanksgiving this year with the way things are going. And politics aside, I've noticed that Al Gore has kept a low profile during this summer of record breaking low temperatures. In other words, it was not a "Long Hot Summer!"
So we'll see what fall brings other than the end of another year. 2009 has sped by as the years seem to do, although as I get older I think they keep raising the speed limit!
Take care and I promise I'll write sooner!
Dave
