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It Takes Effort and Hard Work

06 Saturday Aug 2016

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This week was a busy week. Between trying to get settled in my new office and first week of football, it was crazy. A little bit too much going on but really in all honesty I thrive on that! My ADD brain loves to be busy and live in chaos! I am going to try to get better at writing everyday even if it’s short. To just write a lesson learned, or a fun exciting thing that happened, or something inspirational. That’s my challenge for myself to you, my readers.

Today we are going to the Mariners game. We are going to the game. The game that is going to honor the best, if not one of the best, baseball players ever. Ken Griffey Jr. His number will be retired today! I have always loved this guy. His drive, his focus, his determination is or was phenomenal. I only hope that a small percentage of all of “that” that he has my kids will have one day. He is also very humble about his career. He will tell you he was that good because of the work he put in, it was a huge sacrifice he made, with huge pay off. He made it look easy because of his hard work. I am sure it was far from easy. Success in any venue takes dedication, work, perseverance, sacrifice and most of all desire to be better, or even desire to be the best, along with, at least a shred of, talent. You cannot be that successfull or that good without all of those things then add to it an amazing support team, great teammates and some luck and you have a Hall of Fame career. I am pretty sure Hall of Famers don’t try to be in the Hall of Fame. They try to be the best they can be everyday. Every. Single. Day! It takes all of “that” and maybe even more. 

So I say to you, moms, dads, workers, husbands, wives, and athletes, what are you doing today to be great? It takes 100% everyday, even your off days. Even when you don’t feel good, or your wife is being a bitch, in order for you to be a Hall of fame husband, you have to be good even then. That’s what makes most of us not Hall of Famers, we make excuses of circumstances and blame others for our actions. But that is what we can do to change the outcome. Put in the work, everyday! Even when your team sucks, even when you hate your coach or hate your boss or the client you are working with is doing everything he can to torpedo your efforts. DO YOUR BEST. ALL. THE. TIME. 

Will you be voted in the Hall of Fame. Maybe not, there are 3 people who didn’t vote for Griffey Jr and he is the best ever! HOF is court of public  opinion, but are your efforts everyday getting you closer? You are in control of just that, your effort! Put in Hall of Fame effort it, may look easy but making things look easy…is the opposite of easy!

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It’s Supposed to be Fun

03 Sunday Jul 2016

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Today was day two of a baseball tournament. It was a rough tournament. We didn’t win a game! The Boy’s team lacks kids who are leaders and who have work ethic. No one wants to work hard. They go through motions like major leaguers. You know how they hit a routine base hit and jog to the base, 10 year olds have not earned that right to jog into a single, or to not run when they hit a ball straight to the pitcher. 10 year olds should be running o first base every time they hit the ball. They need to cover their bases and back up from the outfield. It was a hard game to watch and an even harder car ride home.

I struggle with the balance of trying to encourage and support my son and lift his spirits versus trying to call him out on all the stuff that needs to be fixed. They need to focus, they need to play their position cover the base when you’re playing second base. Make a good throw, know the game! 

I just hope the boy knows I love watching him out there. I hate seeing them not put effort in. I hate seeing them give up when things go wrong. They get off track so easily as a team. The boy hit a grounder to short stop with runners on 1st and 2nd at the ens if the game yesterday. He got thrown out for the 2nd out but advanced both runners, the next kid got out no runners scored to end the game. He was so convinced that he lost he game for the team. He was crying and upset, unconsolable, and they had another game right away to play! He was so lost in the negativity in his head In just didn’t know what to do. Confession: I did yell at him after trying o be positive and help encouraging to lift him up, which probably didn’t help! But it as so frustrating to see him all down for absolutely no reason. His team lost but they played alright. The rest of the tournament went the same way. The boy was not as heady and negative. But the team was just ehhh!

Anyway, I want to know how to help here I feel like all I am doing is making it worse. I want them to try at least out effort in cover their bases and run out to start play. Not go out on the field like they are being punished. It supposed to be fun!!!

Date Night Always Makes it Better

07 Tuesday Jun 2016

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Well recently emotionally I have been in a funk! I don’t know what it is but I have been sensitive lately. I cried for two hours yesterday. Maybe my psyche is just getting adjusted to my new lifestyle of working out regularly. Maybe I am missing the extra time in bed with the Hubs. Maybe I am just fucking crazy! I am leaning towards the latter.

I have been feeling lonely and under appreciated by the Hubs, but he has been sick. So I should give him a little slack and not take it so personal when he is tired and crashes right when we go to bed, before we have sex. He has been home mostly resting for the better part of the last week. I am just being a bit sensitive. I feel irritated with myself by that, but I do like to tell him how I feel. When I do we chat about it. Usually starts with a little yelling match and then ends with a solid conversation of him saying he does love me and want to be with me and me saying sorry for being so stupid and over sensitive! But the food thing is that we are not arguing forever like we would have a couple years ago. I still would like him to be able to be a little more understanding or empathetic but we are making progress.

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Today was a better day. I didn’t have time for crazy head today. I had a busy day and then watched the boy in a scrimmage with his tournament baseball team. He pitched today, which is new for him. He did pretty well. He struck out two batters, buy his team behind him could get outs. The Boy there two innings, face 29 batters only walked 2, but 3 better got hit by pitch, so many errors they score like 20 runs on him. But he threw strikes! It was a good start!

Now the Hubs and I are headed out to date night. It would be nice if we could start a but earlier. We are committed to date night so we always go, we just wish we do something other than just eat and drink. We thought of going for a ferry ride but there is no ferry until 11:30 or so. For today our creativity is taking us to the next town over for some food and drinks. I love date night…gotta go participate!

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Baseball by the River

13 Friday May 2016

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Hello Sex Love And Washing Clothes-ers! The Fam and I are heading south for a baseball tournament. Not sure the Boy can even play, but we are going g to support his team anyway! If he feels good enough and he can open his eye all the way the Urgent Care Doctor said he could play. We’ll see and we’ll play it very cautiously!

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Where we are camping at there is a river. I wonder if it will be warm enough to escape and have sex on the river bank? The Hubs and I have been busy and tired and not very adventurous with our sex sessions lately. Maybe at least we can get a walk in this evening and sneak away in the woods for a make out session or something! We just have to ditch the kids and all the other baseball Fams!

I am looking forward to building be relationships with the baseball team families. I really am. I love getting to know knew people and enjoy travelling and especially watch the Boy play! It will be a fun season, I hope!

However, I really would love a weekend away with the Hubs I think I will be looking for some plane tickets or at least a hotel room for the first non baseball or dance weekend that is schedule for mid July! Until then we will do our best to sex it up quietly I the trailer and runaway when we can hide from the kids to kiss make out and feel eachother up!

Here’s to a fun weekend!

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Never make “Down Time” plans!

11 Wednesday May 2016

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So it’s Wednesday a busy worn day and Jump Day Challenge Day. I haven’t wrote yet because at the end of base all practice the Boy took a pop fly to the cheek. We were in urgent care for X-rays and to get him checked out. I had been thinking about my Challenge for today but hadn’t created it yet. I  exhausted emotionally as well as physically. I just want to go to bed, but I need sex with the Hubs! Why does it feel like so much work when I am tired?

So today I am challenging you to have sex! Just fuck, I want to break out the sparkly butt plug but that might just have to wait until tomorrow or next week’s challenge. Just fuck your lover, enjoy relax show and feel the physical expression of you love for each other take care of and/or surprise him/her with appreciation and give a little oral too just for good measure!

Good night!
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Missed Posting HMD!

09 Monday May 2016

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I haven’t posted since Wednesday I don’t think! I have thought about topics many times but haven’t had the time or taken the time to sit down and do it. I had a busy kid weekend baseball tournament and Dance competition and I also had time to run as well! I just got back from a run this morning too! What a great way to start a Monday and week off in a positive way!

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Yesterday was Mother’s Day we usually do something like a dinner with extended family but we had a baseball game in the morning and the Inlaws have purchased a new piece of property and we working on their new home. So we headed out there after the game and hung out in the quietness of their woodsy new place. So for now I have to get ready for the week and my Monday at work. Hope you all have a great day and a great week!

Go forth, exercise everyday, eat right and have sex everyday! Let’s focus on taking care of ourselves, being positive and healthy! Love yourself this week!

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Baseball Practice Watching Zen!

28 Monday Mar 2016

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I don’t get to do this very often any more but I am sitting watching baseball practice, and blogging. I love watching my son and his team play and even practice! I love this “chore” I miss doing it all the time. Now that I work I only take time off for the games, but today I got to come watch. I love this part of being a mom!!! Back to practice now!

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When I am not at work I am cooking dinners, cleaning house and running kids around! Today, I got to enjoy the running them around by stopping to watch, when I didn’t have to be there to keep score or to do anything except watch! Now I get to go dance then go home and clean and then Monday night sext time with the Hubs!

Today is a good Monday, oh and the Sun is shining! It is a good day! What are you doing for you today? I am dancing. At least try to take a moment and breath just for you and your soul!

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Little League Opening Day

19 Saturday Mar 2016

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Opening Day for Little League today! Across the country and probably even the world all Little League organizations celebrated Opening Day. This year The Girl sang the National Anthem. She did great. She was so sweet and sounded so sweet. She got a lot of compliments. The Boy’s team played their first game. They lost, The Boy did great at the plate, had a few errors in the outfield. It was a good game!

After baseball we drove to look at a car to replace my mom’s car for her. She needs a new car. The Hubs and I want to help her out but kind of don’t. We don’t have a whole lot of money to help her. It makes it tough for us to decide what to do and how much to spend. Especially since her record with cars is to trash them. She doesn’t take very good care of her vehicles. But she drives our kids to and from practices more than occasionally so it important for her to have a safe car! Unfortunately the car we went to look at was not good. It is hard to find a nice car for under $3000. Hopefully soon we will!

After a day outside at baseball then driving over an hour to look for a car and driving back I am tired! It’s Saturday night though and that means I want to get freaky with my husband but I’m so tired! I need to grab a Rockstar drink or something and rally. I don’t know if we should go out or just stay home because if we go out chances are we (me) will get amped up while visiting with friends and then crash on the way home. Might be best to stay in and rally at home! We’ll see what the Hubs wants to do. This whole “adulting” with kids and trying to take care of Grandma too is tough and tiring. I want to dance and party and hang with my man and then fuck like we are 21…. But we are a bit older with preteens who are very active which means we are at the busiest parenting age! I will not give in though! We will keep our spark alive if it kills me (and it may) but for tonight…no excuse but fucking a little bit freaky!

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Baseball Season Is Upon Us

09 Tuesday Feb 2016

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Oh man…I forgot to blog today. I am tired after a long weekend. Had a great day. The boy tried out and made one of the “Major” Little League teams and today was their first team meeting! I am stoked for this season! I love the coaches and the players and the families.

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The girl is also excited. One of her dance friend’s brother is also on the team. So I get to be a baseball mom and a dance mom with that mom! We are stoked about that too! So stoked!!!

Ok I am going to pass out in my bed can’t keep my eyes open!

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Fun Times and Needing to Plan!

06 Sunday Dec 2015

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What a fun day! Today was the tree lighting festival in our town! The Girl’s dance team always performs at it. Their studio is down on the Main Street through downtown and they have giant windows in the front studio. So they perform in their studio and we watch from the sidewalk outside. It’s like watching them in a snow globe. It is a fun performance! So we got to see her dance twice today!

The boy started winter baseball camp this morning too! He was very excited to get up early on a Saturday and go play baseball. He and I were going to do the Jingle Bell 5k but when he was going to baseball it was so rainy be decided he didn’t want to. Which I was glad because I had a late night and a rough morning!

We had the volunteer banquet for Pee Wee Football. It was a lot of fun. It got over at 11 and then we went to one of the coach’s house for an after party. They have a fire pit so we sat around the fire and told stories and laughed…. and drank…

It was a blast but like I said made waking up this morning a bit rough and I needed Alieve! I basically lost my motivation to go running not to mention I needed to clean the house as we are having people over for the game tomorrow. Seahawk’s Party!!!! I used the running time to nap! I know bad excuse but, I needed to take care of myself and not beat myself up about it! I did need some time to relax!

I will get back into running and do races again, soon! Just as soon as I get a handle on life. With work and kids and husband responsibilities it has been rough for me to get a handle on balance and house work and scheduling exercise healthy eating and sometimes even grocery shopping! I was feeling like I almost got a handle on how to be a stay at home mom/homemaker, but still didn’t have it.

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And now, I am trying to figure out this whole working mom/homemaker thing and I have no fucking idea!!! I am trying I know I need to make better plans and schedules but when do I have time to plan out and schedule that planning time? One of these days I will get it… Or the kids will graduate or we will retire…it might take me that long!

I just got a breakfast casserole put it in the crock pot for tomorrow’s early game. Now I am going to go snuggle my husband and we have our ritual pregame sex to do and some more cleaning to do and he is sleeping through the F1 race on DVR that we were watching…. Oh well he needs a nap before we get it on!

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