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Catching up

by Lisa B on September 21, 2009

This post is going to be one of those great, random, short “what I’ve been up to instead of blogging” posts :)

Church: We seem to be settling into church. I setup a website for a little girl who we’re doing a fundraiser for — and you can help! I’m still finishing up a few things on the site, but I should have online donations available soon. We’re doing a fundraiser BBQ chicken dinner if you’re in the area. Check out the details at KaitlynAcosta.com and download a flyer — help us spread the word! So along with that site, I’ve also been trying to work on the church site — the pastor wants to setup his sermons in a podcast. I’m having to look up information about this again as I *used* to know about all that but have seem to forgotten. If any of you do this for your church, give me a shout. I’ll blog about it here too as I think others might benefit from the information.

She Seeks: I began setting up this site right before She Speaks, and I continue to work on it. We would love for you to help us promote the site to 20-something ladies. It’s a division of Proverbs 31 Ministries and really seems to be filling a void. Today’s post is on domestic abuse. I am more likely to lash out physically than Duck beating me — I think that’s a by-product of growing up with older brothers who would wrestle me. Still, I know many women who struggle with that. Pass it along even if it doesn’t apply to you!

She Reads: This is another division of Proverbs 31 Ministries. I helped setup this site. I wish I were more into reading as I think it would greatly help my writing, but I just can’t seem to make the time to read for pleasure. I’ve always gotta be learning something :) There’s some great posts here about whether or not Christians should read stuff like the Harry Potter books. Doodle loves the movies but she’s not much of a reader either — so we haven’t read the books. There’s some great discussions going on in the comments though so check it out. They are going to have author interviews and you’ll be able to converse with the author in the comments. A neat idea! Mary E. DeMuth has posted today also sharing about domestic abuse and her latest book Daisy Chain.

Softball: The Sunday league ended yesterday. Kind of a bitter-sweet ending. We went undefeated this season (6-0) and won the championship game by 3 runs. The first game of the championship was quite a bit of drama as the other team was really trying to stretch the rules … ie. cheat. Nerve wracking is what it was. But we pulled it off! Ball Hogs rock! Duck’s still got some men’s games left and we have our co-ed team. Our co-ed team was undefeated as well until last Wednesday … but I’m supposed to be letting that go :D I know we win and lose as a team, but all I concentrate on are my mistakes. I know. I’m hard on myself.

Vacation: Doodle is out on intersession already and we’re planning on taking her and a friend of hers to the Great Wolf Lodge in VA. I’ve heard great things about the place and it better be as awesome as they say, because it’s ex-pen-sive! Doodle’s already thanked us a million times for bringing her friend though so I think they’ll have a ball! Pray for Duck and I though as we’ll have 2x the talking to take in.

New member of the family: Congratulations to my niece who gave birth to a healthy bouncing baby boy. Everyone is doing well. That makes me a great-aunt. Wow. I must be getting old ;)

I think that’s all for now. It may be another week before I catch back up with ya’ll. Just wanted you to know I’m still alive. But with working on 5 or 6 different sites this past week, well, mine’s fallen to the very end of the list as usual :)

Remember you don’t have to be a light to the whole world, just the ones God places on your path (to quote My Genius Better Half).

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Women’s Softball 2009

by Lisa B on May 13, 2009

It’s bitter sweet really. The Adult Women’s league ended last night. The season seemed to fly by — I guess because there were only 4 teams in the league. We finished 4th in the season (that’s right 4th out of 4 teams) but that just so does not do our team justice. To look at our record of 4-9 does not tell of the heart that each lady played with every night. Several of the games we lost, we only lost by a few runs — and those all came down to one bad defensive inning.

The game I’ll remember is when we gave the undefeated 1st place team their first loss. Yes! That was awesome :) And we beat them in the first round of the tournament. Last night we played in the championship game. No one really expected us to be in that game. I know I didn’t. We lost 17-8 — just didn’t hit the ball. I’ll forever be focused on how bad I did though. Popped up to the pitcher with bases loaded, 2 outs. Unacceptable. So I’ll keep working out and practicing ball. There’s always co-ed this fall.

This was my first year coaching and a stressful one at that. I had just wanted to play but knew I couldn’t play without putting a team together. Well, that and if I had not put this team together, there might not have been a league at all. Although I’ve griped about coaching most of the year, I think I’ll be crazy enough to do it again next year :)

Way to go Luther’s Angels!

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Back Row: Angie, Gale, Rose, Melanie

Front Row: Tracy, Sabrina, Lisa C, Holly, Lisa B (me), Katherine

Styling behind trophy: Cece :)

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Not exactly according to plan

by Lisa B on June 13, 2008

Yesterday didn’t go at all according to my grand scheme. I was not able to stay off the computer as much as I’d hoped — I had a work project to complete. I did refrain from reading blogs, and only checked email for ones regarding the project. Duck worked from home which always throws my schedule off, and he convinced me (although it wasn’t that hard) to not clean house and ride our motorcycles to lunch.

When we rode to lunch, it was the first time I’ve gotten my bike on a major highway. I think the fastest I got the bike up to yesterday was about 63 MPH. And that was fast! Without a windshield, the wind was coming at me from all angles. I was afraid of one big gust knocking me over, but I survived! The vibration in the bike was a little much at that speed — something that Sportsters are known for I think. I was tired even after a short ride and that’s just not how it should be.

I need to give Duck a big THANK YOU! for riding my bike to put it in the shop. I think he had it up to about 70 MPH and had a much longer distance to ride it! My bike is too small for him and not comfortable at all. He takes such great care of me :)

I played in my last softball game of the Spring League last night. One of my players broke her foot attempting to slide into home. Please keep Nikki in your prayers. She’s in a lot of pain and can’t swallow pills. I hope they give her some strong liquid pain medicine! Other than that, we lost by at least 11 runs that I know of. The team we played shouldn’t really be in a church league, but since Duck warns me to watch what I say on here, I’ll leave it at that.

The best part of yesterday was when Duck paid me a compliment. He said I’m doing really well on my bike and looking more comfortable. I still have to learn a lot — how to park and I can’t back the bike up in our driveway to go out by myself. But that’s ok — I’m headed to the gym. Maybe if I get some bigger muscles, I’ll be able to roll my bike over the gravel to get it out. For now, Duck’s relieved I can’t go anywhere on my bike without him :D

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End of School — Beginning of One Hot Summer

June 7, 2008

Yesterday was the last day of school for Doodle, and I didn’t send her. They weren’t doing anything — they’d already had their end of the year party Wednesday. I was amazed at how much pizza a third grade boy can put away. Seriously, Doodle doesn’t eat anything compared to some of those kids. She’s [...]

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Life from the Laundry Room

May 5, 2008

It really sounds like a blog name, but it’s just describing my day — today. Because you see, I don’t go to the laundry room that often. At least, not as much as I should.
Today I was determined to “just do laundry” if I did nothing else. I was on a roll. Folding clothes from [...]

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Youth Athletic Associations

March 26, 2008

As you may remember, Duck and I coached Doodle’s Upward Basketball team. Upward is a wonderful organization that allows the kids to not only learn about the sport, but also Jesus. They make sure to tell the coaches to be positive toward the kids, parents and referees even if they disagree. The atmosphere there is [...]

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You know you’re in trouble when …

March 24, 2008

Mom IM’s you to make sure you’re still alive — because it’s been for-e-ver since you blogged!
I’ve actually had quite a few people get on me for not blogging lately. So here’s a somewhat update since the last blog post.
Charter School: Well, I went to the lottery. I was really disappointed because Doodle is #31 [...]

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