Reunion

When your child plays competitive soccer, you become a part of a very small, close-knit community.
After being a part of this “family” for a number of years, you begin running into soccer people everywhere!
The best part about this family is watching the kids grow up.  It’s also the hardest part because, as they get older, [...]

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My Week – In Pictures

I’ve been a bad blogger this week.
Life has been hectic with me taking on a two-month subbing gig (yay for me!).  Soccer season officially kicked off, and I also attended the football game tonight.  As a result, the pictures are few in number.  I trust you’ll forgive me.  I hope to have some knitting stuff [...]

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My Week – In Pictures

Well, I worked four days this week, leaving little time for pictures.  But I did manage to snap a few…

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Dirty Business

If you’ve ever been a soccer parent, you know that this is a dirty game.
Atlanta has gotten a lot of rain in recent weeks, and it showed when we took the fields.
Observe…
Chicky’s socks…

Her teammate’s were even worse…

Sorry for the poor quality.  I took those with my camera phone.
My shoes took a muddy beating as well, [...]

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Time to Bring Out the Socks

Chicky and I are on the road again.
This weekend, we’re in Atlanta, which cannot go by the nickname “Hotlanta” cause it’s FREEZING!
When we left home (i.e. Florida) at 6:30am, it was 50 degrees.  My phone has a weather application, and I checked it as we traveled.
When we hit Dothan an hour and a half later, [...]

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Travels With Chicky

I know I was bad this weekend…not blogging or anything.
I drove Chicky and a teammate to South Carolina for more soccer games.  You might recall that I made this drive three weeks ago.
Before we left, though, I checked the mail and found this…

Free samples!  With coupons!!
We drove to Jacksonville on Friday after school, allowing the [...]

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Traffic Jams, Soccer, and Knitting

It’s another weekend, and guess what I’m doing?
Sitting in a hotel after a day spent on the soccer fields.
We drove to Jacksonville after school on Friday.  We moved right along until a few miles outside of town, where we hit a major traffic snafu…

Ugh…what a mess!  We checked the GPS and saw that there were [...]

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Photos From the Road

After nearly 20 hours in the car, Chicky and I are home.
Her team lost its first game and won its second.
The drive home seemed so much longer than the one going up.  But, once again it was a lovely day.
We started early…8am at the fields…

The temperature was much more pleasant than the day before, when [...]

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HD Rocks

The cable guy visited my house today to upgrade my service which, thanks to a great promotion, will cost me the same as what I am currently paying each month.
Last summer, I had returned my DVR and HD box to cut down costs. We’ve really missed recording our shows.  We also missed our soccer channels.
Well, [...]

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Soccer Chick Makes a Big Decision

See if you can guess by this photo:

That, my friends, is Rollins College women’s soccer team.  Today, Chicky verbally committed to play there in 2010, her Freshman year.
I know it seems strange for a junior (almost a senior) in high school to commit so early, but that’s the name of the game in soccer.  Coaches [...]

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