I didn't forget about you guys, I promise! With hurricane Hanna coming through last weekend I didn't know if we were going to have to get out quickly so I didn't post anything. Wanted to include that in my post. Then Monday hit and I haven't stopped running since. At least that is how it feels!
Highlights

• My English teacher's birthday was on the 6th. So I made her a little gift. Click here to find the full story. I had to carry her gift around for the first have of the day. (English isn't until 1 o'clock). Nick decided he would try it on for size..I think it looks better on my English teacher.
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• It has been a nasty muggy week. It rained most of the week. :( I am very tired of rain.
• Wednesday we played a new game at church. It is called...I don't remember the name actually. It has some interesting rules though. Like in Ultimate Frisbee you can only take two steps before passing the ball. If someone bats it down to the floor, however, you start to play the ball with soccer rules. The idea is to knock over the other teams pin. You can only have on goalie. You can have others guard, but only one person can be over the top of the pin. My team lost, but bearly. I was trying to do my best to guard the pin, but there is only so much you can do when you are wearing coolots. We only lost by one though, so it wasn't that bad.
• I have recently received permission to have a web cam. I can do it with people I know only. Also, I can only do it in the kitchen. This is for my own safety of course. I don't mind at all. What I do mind is when my father decides he wants to be a pain and annoy the mess out of me while I'm using it. Maybe that novelty will wear off soon...I hope...

Take me out to the ball game....

...buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks. I don't care if I ever get back!

Saturday we went to a Mudcats baseball game at church. When we arrived they were finishing up the end of the game that had been rained out the night before. We came in at about the sixth inning. The Mudcats were loosing by one to the Tennessee Smokies. They were not able to bring the game back to beat the Smokies. We had some pretty nice seats. We were at ground level off the right field. The pitchers warmed up right in front of us. There were a few foul balls we had to duck for. The little boys that sat above us made sure that the balls didn't stay on the ground where someone would fall and hurt themselves! There was a net directly in front of us so ground balls were not a problem!




Between the first and second Inning the Mudcats mascot came out on an ATV and shot some shirts into the stands. No one in our group caught one. :( Oh well, better luck next time! Pastor asked if one of the men could make a motion for the church to by him an ATV. It was a running joke the rest of the night! I couldn't believe that I got this picture as the Mudcat drove in front of us and off the field. He hit the warm up mound for the pitchers and jumped. The picture is blurry but still so very cool!



In the middle of the 4th or 5th inning they had to post pone the game because of lightening. We don't want fried baseball players now do we? When that happened half of the crowded went ahead and left. We were the only ones left from Tabernacle that stayed the rest of the game. I enjoyed taking pictures and watching the rest of the game once it started back. The Mudcats lost the second game as well. It was only a seven inning game so I'm not sure if they would have won if it had been a full game or not.



All in all it was a great family fun night!

School Week, Baseball weekend

I've been pretty busy with school lately. Its been keeping me on my toes. But I am really enjoying it. Unless it rains...anyways. The hardest thing I have had trouble with is the no backpack rule. You can have a purse as long as it is smaller than 12x12 or if its clear. Do you know how much talent it takes to carry three slick books, a lunch box and a jacket? I am very thankful though that a friend of mine came across a purse/bag/thing that is within the limits and my stuff fits in! YAY! The weight on my shoulder does sometimes cut the circulation off in my arm though. I would rather have that then be juggling books down the side walk.

With the Democratic conventions going on my Government teacher offered extra credit if you watched it and wrote a paper about it. About thirty minutes into it I was beginning to wonder if it was worth the ten points extra credit. Its not that I found it boring, its that I am not particularly interested in why all those speakers want Obama for president. I did the assignment in spite of my lack of enjoyment. The paper only had to be three fourths of a page. Mine ended up being a page and a half. Why does that always happen to me? I say more than is really needed? Anyways. He said we could do it for the Republican convention too. I will probably do it for them as well. Maybe do a comparison of the two conventions?

I am excited about this weekend. Saturday we are going to go with church to a Mudcats game. I enjoy watching baseball, but I also enjoy watching it with other people and being able to fellowship with them. I need every excuse I can get for running my mouth! :) I haven't been to a game in years. Don't worry, I will bring my camera and share pictures. I can't decide if I want to take my glove or not. What do you guys think? The last few times I've taken it we have sat where I didn't need it. The one time I could have used it, it was sitting on the shelf at home. *shrugs shoulders* We shall see.

Interesting Email I recieved

Enjoy-

Summary of My Last Year on the Computer

I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about
poison in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a
wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing.

Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for
the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick
girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for
the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once
I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are
sending me for participating in their special e-mail
program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214
angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has
granted my every wish.

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually
horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I
smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get
answered if I forward an email to seven of my friends and
make a wish within five minutes.

Because of your concern, I no longer drink Coca-Cola because
it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to
watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl into my back
seat when I'm pumping gas.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who
make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under
God" on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it
causes cancer.

And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup of water
in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face,
disfiguring me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I
could be nicked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug
me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they
are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't
support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to
dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls
to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.

I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I
now have their recipe.

Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because
a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to
cause me instant death when it bites me.

And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00
in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a
molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from
certain gas companies!

If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in
the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on
your head at 5:00PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12
camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy
hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to
a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's
second husband's cousin's beautician...

Have a wonderful day....

Oh, by the way.....A South American scientist from
Argentina, after a lengthy study, has discovered that people
with insufficient brain activity read their email with their
hand on the mouse.

Don't bother taking it off now; it's too late.

Received from February.