Wagon (92/153)

TIME: 1:37 PM
PLACE: Nana's Club House
SUBJECT: Wagon

CD finished up his last yard for the year. Packing away all the extras this time. Birdbath, wagons, etc ..


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Finish (91/153)

TIME: 10:13 AM
PLACE: Sectional Meet 2010, XC Race
McNair Park, St. Charles, MO
SUBJECT: Finish

"If the word quit is part of your vocabulary, then the word finish is likely not."
- B.G. Jett

That wraps up the 2010 Cross Country Season. The team did very well this year. Making it all the way to Sectionals. Next Saturday is State. The school actually has 1 runner who qualified. We wish him all the Best!!


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Street (90/153)

TIME: 11:13 AM
PLACE: City
SUBJECT: Street

Husband and I was on a top secret mission to pick something up. I got a txt from my mom wondering where I was, I snapped this picture and sent it to her. lol. She got all mad and said, "Fine! Don't tell me .." LOL.


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Batman (89/153) *Throwback Thursday*

~*~

TIME: 6:30 PM (guessing)
PLACE: Home Field, Front Yard
Halloween, 2000
SUBJECT: Batman, Catcherdude Age 5

~*~

Halloween Flashback.


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Two Peas in a Pod (88/153)

TIME: 9:56 PM
PLACE: Nana's Club House
SUBJECT: Two Peas in a Pod

So my mom added to her chaos at her house. They added another dog to their ever growing house. I guess better her house than ours. Though Catcher Dude did name this one. So along with Milo (right) they now have Yadi (Left).


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Batter (87/153)

TIME: 9:13 AM
PLACE: Home Field, Kitchen
SUBJECT: Pumpkin Bread Batter

~*~
Lately I can not get enough pumpkin. I crave it like it is a lifeline. Pumpkin muffins, bread, puddling, it just does not matter. I have been eating it up like crazy. So here is the batter to the wonderful Bread I made.



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Pantry (86/153)

TIME: 9:15 AM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Food Pantry

Can tell it is getting close to holidays. My pantry is stocked. Stocked with cakes, brownies, breads, cookies, etc .. mix. Things start being on sell and I start buying them up. Any of time of year? Thing sits empty.


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Grill (85/153)

TIME: 12:45 PM
PLACE: Nana's Club House
SUBJECT: Grill

Time to start preparing for winter. Covering all the furniture and appliances. Grill has provided many of meals this summer. Now it is time for it's winter nap.



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Jack-O-Lantern (84/153)

TIME: 10:47 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Werewolf Jack-O-Lantern

TOMMY DOYLE(approaching): Laurie!
LAURIE: Hi Tommy.
TOMMY: Coming over tonight?
LAURIE: same time, same place.
TOMMY: can we make jack o' lanterns?
LAURIE: sure.
TOMMY: can we watch some monster movies?
LAURIE: sure.
TOMMY: will you read to me, can we make popcorn?
LAURIE: sure, sure, sure.
~*~
Halloween (1978); Jamie Lee Curtis, Brian Andrews
~*~

So the end result was not that all great. But it was fun. The pattern was a little to hard, and detailed IMO. But it was what he wanted. Still had a great time.


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Carve Me (83/153)

TIME: 6:34 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Carving Pumpkin

[first lines]
[Lucy scoops out the innards of the pumpkin Linus brought]
Linus: [groans] You didn't tell me you were gonna kill it!
~*~
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown(1966)
~*~

Son & I spent tonight hanging out together. He passed on a par-tay to hang out with his ol' mum. We went to dinner, then went to pumpkin patch to shop for a pumpkin. We had a great time. Many laughs! These are the moments!!


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Cousins (82/153) *Throwback Thursday*

TIME: 2:55 PM
PLACE: Thies Farm, October 2008
SUBJECT: Cousins

"Cousins are different beautiful flowers in the same garden."
-Anonymous




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Mulching Leaves (81/153)

TIME: 5:33 PM
PLACE: Nana's Club House
SUBJECT: Mulching Leaves

Instead of raking leaves, taking the easy way out and mulching the leaves up. Just another sign summer has past, fall is ending, and winter is soon to arrive ..



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Pawwfect Pose (80/153)

TIME: 1:15 PM
PLACE: Nana's Club House
SUBJECT: Pawwfect Pose .. Milo

This is my mother's little over a year old shih-tzu Milo. He loves having his picture taken. He always poses. Sitting pretty. What a ham!!



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Batting Lessons (79/153)

TIME: 8:35 PM
PLACE: The Clubhouse
SUBJECT: Batting Lessons

“When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win”

So baseball season is over, so you would think that would be the end until spring. Not. So. Much. Now starts the busy time of being in the cages. If he is not in lessons. He is catching the pitchers that are taking lessons.



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Yellow (78/153)

TIME: 3:11 PM
PLACE: Nana's Club House
SUBJECT: Yellow

~*~

[Bambi sees the butterfly has now gone; he then runs over to a big yellow flower among some other wildflowers.]
Bambi: Butterfly!
Thumper: No, that's a flower.
Bambi: Flower?
Thumper: Uh-huh, it's purty.
[Thumper smells the flowers.]
Bambi: Purty.
[Bambi starts smelling the flowers, and comes nose-to-nose with a little skunk.]
Bambi: Flower!
Flower: Me?
Thumper:[laughing hysterically] That's not a flower! He's a little-
Flower: Oh, that's all right. He can call me a flower if he wants to; I don't mind.
Bambi: Purty. Purty flower!
Thumper: [starts to giggle] Oh, gosh.

Bambi (1942)

As I was waiting for son to finish up cutting lawn, I noticed the mums were all in full bloom. I have never had good luck with mums. They never seem to return again.



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Plaque (77/153)

TIME: 12:15 PM
PLACE: Koch Park
Suburban North Conferences XC Meet
SUBJECT: Plaque

Today was Conferences for XC. Basically now is when the individual achievements kick in. To move onto next weekends District Meet the runners had to come in top 14. Also the school has to rank a certain amount as well. The school today came in 2nd for Varsity and 1st for JV.

Good Job boys!!



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Pumpkin (76/153)

TIME: 9:45 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Pumpkin

“Men are like pumpkins. It seems like all the good ones are either taken or they've had everything scraped out of their heads with a spoon.” - Unknown

I have very few Halloween decorations. But this is probably my favorite. I decided today I would dig out a couple of my decorations. I love things that light up. So I made sure he got pulled out of the storage bin.


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Scary Dead (75/153) *Thowback Thursday*

TIME: 10:45 PM
PLACE: Home Field, Halloween 2007
SUBJECT: Scary Dead

This was taken in 2007. I remember this Halloween. Catcherdude went to help out at someones home that had put together a lil haunted house for the neighbor kids. He wasn't feeling to start with that night. When he woke up next morning he had 102 & missed school.


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Ghost (74/153)

TIME: 10:10 PM
PLACE: Neighbors Yard
SUBJECT: Ghost

Casper:"I'll never be nothin' but a scary ol' ghost without any friends...

I love when it becomes the time of year when yards start being decorated. I took this photo in my neighbors front yard. Decorating became even easier when these blow-up's came on the scene.



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Leaves (73/153)

TIME: 4:45 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Leaves

“One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: Do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.”
- Tryon Edwards

“True friends are like diamonds; precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves; found everywhere.”
- Unknown

Truth be told this is the start of my favorite time of year. There is just something about fall colors, turning & falling of leaves, and cooler temps, that makes me feel warm and cuddly inside.



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Apples (72/153)

~*~
TIME: 4:00 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Apples

~*~

“Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.”
- Frank A. Clark

I got a chance to get out and about. We went to the Orchard and picked apples & pumpkins, well I chose to forgo the pumpkins, but apples? I am a HUGH fan of apples, Fuji apples to be precis. I LOVE Fuju apples.

I would have liked to taken pictures at the Orchard, but I didn't have camera. So next best thing was to snap this at home.

Meanwhile, I think I will make apple butter & a few other things using apples. There are more than just what is pictured. If you have a good apple recipe .. share ..


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Coach (71/153)

TIME: 3:45 PM
PLACE: Affton Athletic Baseball Fields
SUBJECT: Coach

“The test of a good coach is that when they leave,
others will carry on successfully.”
Author Unknown


Besides his High School Coach. This is the best coach CD has had. They bonded so well together. Catcherdude is sad to see them have to move on.


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Texting (70/153)

TIME: 2:00 PM
PLACE: Binder State Park,
Jefferson City, MO
SUBJECT: Texting

"-Tweeting, blogging, texting. Remember when we just talked to each other??

Keeping people updated on race results is what CDD spent most of his time doing at this last race. (When he wasn't babysitting me ..)



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Helping Hand (69/153)

TIME: 6:35PM
PLACE: Affton Athletic Baseball Fields
SUBJECT: Helping Hand

“The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm”
Swedish Proverb

As this season, and team winds down it is hard to not tear up. CD has loved this team from day one. This team has been together a long time. The days are counting down to where they will all go their separate ways. To find new beginnings with new team mates. To face one another on opposite sides of the fields. Until then ..


"Can I give you a hand?"




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Slide (68/153) *Throwback Thursday*

TIME: 1:45 PM
PLACE: Thies Farm, October 2008
SUBJECT: Slide

Every year I would take the teen to the pumpkin patch. When he got "to old", I started taking my niece.


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Scroll Saw .. Golf Version (67/153)

TIME:4:30 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Wood Working


Another Creation by the step dad.

*set to automatically post

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Fence (66/153)

TIME: 5:00 PM
PLACE: Queeny Park
SUBJECT: Fence

“Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” Robert Frost


I thought this was a good picture to take, and the most perfect quote. As lately I choose to take down fences (walls) that I knew good and well needed to stay in place. Some have been there 10+ years.

I hurt many when I did this, but most importantly I hurt me the most. Time to rebuild those fences. Mend the ones that I can.


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Homework (65/153)

TIME: 8:00 PM
PLACE: Home Field
SUBJECT: Homework

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” ~ Lily Tomlin



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Crab Apple Branch (64/153)

TIME: 10:11 AM
PLACE: HW High School
SUBJECT: Crab Apple Branch

“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” -Unknown

This seems fitting for today's picture. Everyone seemed very crabby today. Might had something to do with teen had to be up at 4 am to get to a Marathon. But no one got in bed before midnight.



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WildFlowers (63/153)

TIME: 5:00 PM
PLACE: Recycling Center
SUBJECT: Wildflowers

“Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.”


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Water Cups (62/153)

TIME: 4:35 PM
PLACE: Ron Jorgenson Invitational, XC Race
Queeny Park, Saint Louis, MO
SUBJECT: Water Cups
~*~
Coach Klein: Gatorade not only quenches your thirst better, it tastes better too.
Bobby Boucher: No, you people are drinkin the wrong water.
Coach Klein: Gatorade.
Bobby Boucher: H2O.
Coach Klein: Gatorade.
Bobby Boucher: H2O.
Coach Klein: [singing] Water sucks. It really, really sucks. Water sucks.
~*~
The Waterboy(1998); Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler
~*~

There were all these cups sitting, full, waiting, waiting for the runners to come cross the finish line and drink them up. I could almost not contain myself to tip them all over. Of course I didn't ..

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