Leon and I attended the Iowa Cubs game against the Louisville Bats on Friday night! It was a lot of fun catching up with some college friends. I hope more are able to attend next year!
My sister-in-law dropped us off with the intent of eventually finding a parking spot nearby and joining us but no luck. Every single lot was full and she wasn't in a state to walk several blocks. At least I got to visit with her for the drive from our parking ramp over!
Leon didn't understand the game but was totally in it for the food. Thankfully his dad gave me some money to keep the kid happy and boy did I!
He got a big slice of pizza right at the beginning and then ate half my peanuts. Then we climbed over a fence barrier to our left, three more times to either find a restroom or more food and drinks. He had seen a sign for Raising Cain's chicken fingers but apparently it was just an ad because there was NO booth for it. He settled for a generic BBQ booth and only ate a teeny bit of the $14 plate of chicken strips and fries. I ate the rest, not wanting anything to go to waste... And since I'm counting carbs and blood sugar these days, I'm still working it off.
sigh. The things I do for these kids!
It was delicious.
Ok - since a month ago, when I last blogged.
1) I did NO sewing. I hope to remedy that this week. I need SOMETHING to send to the fair. I should actually sign up for some tickets today.
update: DID! Signed up for 6 entries. Not sure if I'll have that many but we'll see.
2) Meri has a new boyfriend and I finally got to meet him a couple weeks ago. He's coming for taco night tonight too. We like him. and she really likes him. So things are good.
3) Leon and I visited with Maddy and Matthew and went on adventures in paint
and boating!
4) Leon is out of school!! and as far as we know, is now in the 8th grade. You can't tell ANYTHING by those new fangled report cards. M=met expectations, N=nearing expectiations, S=sweet but trying, etc. He is sleeping/gaming away his summer. It's a challenge to get him out into the sun much less bed but we're doing our best! Thus the bribery with ball game food.
Come outside little boy!!...
5) staying as positive as I can about certain situations in my life right now.
Robb would have said, "yep - told you."
6) possibly buying another car later this summer! The current cars are nickel and diming us to death. One car will only drive smoothly if you put in a bottle of fuel injector cleaner and only if you put it in and fill it when it's around 1/4 of a tank. Then you're good (maybe) until it's back down to a 1/4 tank. weird. Another needs new tires. Another rattles when you start it and needs new tires too.
never ending.
7) I did something stupid (and almost died) with my riding lawn mower and that story is for another day. Now the front tires look a wee bit bowlegged. With any luck, Meri's new BF will help me bend it back into place today. I hope.
8) Leon and his middle school band played during Memorial Day out at the cemetery.
9) same day I realized that my blood sugar was way too high. That darn drunken peach cobbler.
It's SO sweet!
and delish.
eh - I needed a wake up call.
10) Aggie's other grandparents came for a day and helped us all tear down the Eagle's nest from in front of our house and put up portions of it for a deck for Aggie's little house back in the yard. It's adorable!
pay no attention to the wheelbarrow! it's not still there. This is an older picture.
and she is adorable too.
Just Grandma and Aggie
She is a stitch and a half!
Anyway, back to work and other things! I hope you're having a beautiful week!
Eat a taco tonight!
