Posts made in February, 2011

LOL

Posted by Administrator on Feb 16, 2011 in Tom Glavine | 0 comments

So I have it set up for Yahoo to send me “alerts” for Tom Glavine articles.

I got an alert today with the following headline:

Tom Glavine named Braves pitching coach

I read it and thought, “Wait, WHAT?” I mean, I admit that I haven’t TOTALLY been paying attention to all things baseball, but, I follow enough Braves-related things on Twitter, I figured I’d have heard something about something as big as that. So, I clicked the link.

The link went here:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/15/tom-glavine-named-braves-pitching-coach/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

And this is what it said:

ATLANTA (AP) – First-year manager Fredi Gonzales says Tom Glavine is his really not-so surprising choice as the Braves pitching coach. He replaces Roger McDowell, who in an even bigger surprised is the new Georgia Tech basketball coach. Adding things that Charles says I left out.

This is Greg’s working copy of the Glavine story. gggggggggggggggggggggg

LOL.  I cracked up. Someone made a mistake making THAT live on the site. *snicker*  I LOVE that it got picked up by the Yahoo Alerts. I wonder what things Greg added that Charles said he left out? LOL

Here’s a screen cap (if you click on the screen cap it should open it up bigger). I saved it for posterity in case the link ends up getting axed:

It made me laugh. Ah, if only he actually was a pitching coach…..

Another Year Older

Posted by Administrator on Feb 14, 2011 in Me, The Dogs | 0 comments

Clank’s birthday was Saturday. We got him a new collar and a raw beef marrow bone (Ratchet got a bone too). I think he had a good birthday. This is what he looked like at the end of the day:

Seems pretty content to me.

So yesterday was my birthday. I turned 32. I bought myself some bracelets from www.beadforlife.org and hubby got me some pretty tulips. We went to Famous Daves for lunch (Got the Georgia Chopped Pork …yum) and then went to Sweet Daddy Cupcakes (www.sweetdaddycupcakes.com ) for cupcakes. Oh gosh, they were SO good. I stuffed myself with three of them — Peanut Butter Cup, Oreo and Strawberries & Cream. They were all amazing, but I think the Strawberry one was my favorite. This morning I ran 3 miles to try to combat the birthday feast. (1 mile for each cupcake.  jk)

We also bought tickets for the first day of the MLB All Star Fan Fest thing. (All Star game’s in Phoenix this year). They were/are doing a 2-for-1 deal for that day, so we got those and if later we discover something cool happening on a different day (You know, like if by some miracle Tom Glavine’s making an appearance. Ha ha, yeah right) then we’ll pick up tickets for that day too. I’m excited. We went to the NFL Experience thing a few years ago and it was cool, but baseball is my thing so I’m really looking forward to going.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Update

Posted by Administrator on Feb 2, 2011 in Me, The Cats, The Dogs | 0 comments

About time for my monthly blog check-in. Sorry, my life is boring right now.  When does baseball season start again? Ready to hear Tom Glavine in the booth …

Me - Still running. Lately I’ve been running 4 times a week. I usually run 3 miles twice and the other two days I run 5 miles – so 16 miles total. Not too bad.  I still run slow though. Oh well. I’ll never be a speedster.

The dogs - Ratchet is still (knock on wood) seizure free since starting the Phenobarb. Yay. He also has remained free of ear infections so those were definitely food related. However, he still has allergy problems. Lots of licking and chewing at his feet. I’m not sure if this is still food related or if it’s environmental or what. All I know is that it is frustrating. But paw licking is better than seizures and ear infections. Oh, and I mentioned in a previous entry about his weight loss. That’s no problem anymore. The last time we weighed him, he was at 57lbs and he looks like he’s put on a little more since then. Clank is doing great. Allergies are still well-maintained,  and being his normal sweet self. He used to sleep in his dog bed at night, but now he has taken to sleeping on our bed almost exclusively. I guess he figures Ratchet does it so he might as well too. And they both sleep on my side of the bed. In related news, I usually sleep like crap. Hah.

The Cats - Nefarious and Zoni are doing great. I can’t believe how small they used to be and how big they have gotten now. They grow up so fast. Yesterday, they learned how to climb up on the top of the fridge and from there, the top of the kitchen cabinets. Heh. Zoni is a cuddler. She usually winds up in my lap at some point before the day is done. Nefarious is a trip. Every day he brings his stuffed bunny out of their room and leaves it in the living room or family room. He doesn’t do anything with it once he brings it out. Just carries it out and leaves it there. Always cracks me up.

Here are some recent photos of the crew: