Random Acts of Living


Tuesday, September 30, 2008

A Foggy Day in July

It was a foggy morning at the end of July. This type of fog we don't see all that often...
...so I went outside to get some pictures. You never know when you might need a fog scene.
Below is the treat I found hanging from the lights over the hay bails in the front yard...
...don't you think the center looks like a heart?
...a closer look shows tiny beads of water like crystals strung on fine silk. For a better look, click on any of the pictures.
I wonder, if the sun would have broke through the fog, would the "jewels" have sparkled?

K-Monster's 4th Tackle Football Game

This game was played on Sept 25th at home. A beautiful day for a football game. This time my daughter brought my granddaughter, my son's oldest girl, along and she ran the camcorder. The game started out with the boys trying hard as they always do.
...but for all their effort...
...they just weren't keeping the other team from scoring...
...or making touchdowns either.
This went on till the 3rd quarter, then they seemed to turn it around.
I thought this kid was going to turn around and go back the other way.
His hesitation got him tackled.
The cheerleaders never lack in spirit and enthusiasm.
Then the boys started making touchdowns...
...all the way free and clear.
They were on his heals...
...and almost had him...
...but he was just fast enough and made it.
The one below was for the extra point.
They didn't win, but managed to go from 0 at the beginning of the 4th quarter to 20 at the end of the game.
Good Going Guys! Now if you can just figure out where that 4th quarter came from and apply it to a whole game.....

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I Won! I Won! NOT!!!

I got the following letter and check in the mail yesterday. I knew right away that it was a scam/fraud.
But some people are fooled by this and actually attempt to cash the checks.
I went online and found the Stub Hub is an actual site, they sell sports tickets. In their notifications page they tell all about this scam. On May 27, 2007 they wrote:

StubHub recently learned about a mail fraud scheme that is illegally using
StubHub's name and logo.

The perpetrators of this scam have been distributing false sweepstakes letters claiming to be from StubHub Financial Services or Prime Financial Services. These letters include counterfeit checks bearing the StubHub name and logo.

Important: These checks are NOT genuine and StubHub did not send them.

StubHub and eBay do not conduct drawings or sweepstakes of this nature. We are working with law enforcement to identify the origin of this fraudulent activity. StubHub, Inc. is not responsible for these correspondences.



They obviously haven't been able to stop the perpetrators. I wanted to make sure an let everyone else know that this it a scam and to not fall for it.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

I've Been Giving It Away for FREE!

A few weeks ago we had a visit from a longtime family friend that lives in Oklahoma. As usual we all met up in Wichita for dinner.
As we prepared to leave I told family to meet me outside, I have vegetables for anyone that wanted them, mainly cucumbers. A man at the next table overheard my offer and "jokingly" said that he'd take some, too. Our waiter also said that he'd like some (see picture below) and my husband told him to come on out and get some.
Outside my husband gave the waiter some cucumbers and told him to take a couple back to the gentleman at the table next to ours that said he wanted some also. I followed the waiter back in to ask for a couple of "go bags" and since he'd gotten some of the produce I didn't feel I was out of line for asking. Inside he asked me if he had seen okra also. I said, yes, but my sil had already laid claim to it. He said if I had anymore in town with me that he sure would like some. He hadn't been able to find any in the stores.

Fast forward to Sept. 20, my husband and I came into town to do some shopping. While in Dillon's in their produce department I decided to see if they had okra or not. There in the organic vegetable section in a neat plastic box was fresh, uncut okra.... at $7.99 per pound! The batch in the picture above I cut yesterday evening, 1lb. 13.8oz. Nearly $16 worth! Did you hear my jaw hit the floor?

Monday, September 22, 2008

K-Monster's 3rd Tackle Football Game

K-Monster had another game on the 11th but it was drizzling and I didn't want to take my camera out into the moisture. I did take my old camcorder, but I haven't edited the video down short enough for my blog. September 18th was his 3rd game. I didn't get pictures of the bleachers (I don't know why not) but my folks even drove out to watch. By the end of the game there was a bit of a chill and they were bundling in blankets. I thought this was a good shot. We're in red. Number 5, about to get squashed, is my next door neighbor.
That's the K-Monster, #31...
The boys really tried to stop him...
...but he just seemed out of reach...
...see the helmet on the ground in the lower left corner...
...and they didn't give up...
...but he was just too fast.
#72 was listed as being 196lbs. and it took K-Monster and another to just slow him down.
A pass off to #5...
and then he's down.
Here's another down and stretching for distance.
This one looks like a bit of Do-See-Do. LOL
There were some really pretty pink and purple skies that night.
The game was another learning experience, they lost 6 to 46.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Bone to Pick

I have a bone to pick, I'm just not sure with who. Here in recent years, with our men fighting overseas it confused and concerned me that so many "troops" were dying. Here's my bone... the word "troop". I was under the impression that this word was plural, just as it was... troop. The news started reporting that multiple troop had died in roadside explosions and I'm thinking, how many men are in a troop? Then I'm told that when they say X number of troops that means X number of men. HUH? So I looked it up in the dictionary:

1. an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
2 .a great number or multitude: A whole troop of children swarmed through the museum.
3. Military. an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more platoons and a headquarters group.
4. troops, a body of soldiers, police, etc.: Mounted troops quelled the riot.
5. a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts usually having a maximum of 32 members under the guidance of an adult leader.
6. a herd, flock, or swarm.
7. Archaic. a band or troupe of actors.

Nowhere does this say that it is anything but plural. I believe the correct terminology should be a troop consisting of X number of soldiers.

Anybody else have any thoughts on this?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Mark Your Calendars

If you live in the Wichita Kansas area, mark your calendars to come join us at Genesis for good food and good fellowship...
10% off all the food you buy will go to the Golden Wheat Chapter AHSGR to help pay for our bills so we can continue to purchase great research material for our library and bring in informative and entertaining presentations to our meetings.


See You There!

Saturday, September 13, 2008

That's the Breaks on the Mend....

Finally got a break from the rain and venture out with my camera to get a picture of the grandson's cast. I rather surprised him (and his family) because they weren't expecting me. The boy likes blue...
...he seems to be getting around a lot better since they put the cast on. Appears to be a lot more relaxed.
While I was there my son was showing me his revamped game system and that he now had classic Atari games available to play. He started playing Centipede when the movement on the TV caught their cat's attention...
BTW, this cat's name is Psycho. She earned her name, there weren't a lot of people that she would allow to touch her and some people she flat went off on. In the last year she's actually gotten friendly and cuddly.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Update on That's the Breaks

My son finally got around to sending me pictures of the X-rays of the grandson's metal plate and screws that were put in his leg...

Last week he went in and got a dark blue cast put on his leg. His folks bought him a silver Sharpie which he took to school with him and all the kids in his class signed it. I'll get a picture of the cast in the next few days and get it posted. He's healing well and getting around a lot better.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Awards

Anita at Prairie Dreams had bestowed upon me an award way back in July and I was too busy at the time to get it posted and then she notified that she had another award for me the other day. I decided I'd better get these awards acknowledged and passed on.

The first award, Just Plain Fun to Read, I'd like to pass on to bloggers that I read everyday...

  1. KSHIPPYCHIC
  2. A Second Look
  3. WichitaKsDailyPhoto
  4. Momo Fali's
  5. St Vincent's Hospital Male Nurses
  6. Blackholes and astrostuff
  7. Creative Clown
  8. The Junk Drawer
  9. My Recycled Bags
  10. Good Reading at Enroute 365

I LUV YOUR BLOGI would like to pass this one on to Psiplex, Momo Fali's and everyone else that I had in mind for this has already received it from someone else. That's what happens when you procrastinate!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

K-Monster's 1st Tackle Football Game

K-Monster's first tackle football game was Thursday, September 4th. Before I get started with the pictures I'd like you to take a look at the two teams stats. This is our team. K-Monster is #31. #5 lives next door to me. Most of the boys on our team are playing tackle for the first time this year and most are barely over 100lbs. Now look at the stats for the opposition...
...the majority of their players are in their second year playing tackle and they've got few "big boys" on the team which they didn't hesitate to put in even though they were stomping us.
Here was the beginning huddle, a beautiful day for being outside at a football game...
In the lead are #31 and #5...
#31 in the middle of the pack...
...there's #31 and #5 again (why are these guys on the left just standing there?)...
...I'm not sure which one of the boys this was, but thought it was a good shot...
#5 has the ball and to the left it appears that #70 has a shoulder pad in his grip...
...#5 down...
...our cheerleaders were right in front of where we were sitting...
...and put on quite a show...
...K-Monster got hit in the hip and was down temporarily...
...but it wasn't long before he was back in the game.
I barely caught #5 running by between the down markers and cheerleaders in front of me...
...this is the only touchdown we made this game that counted. Another boy made a touchdown but it didn't count because of a foul during the play.
Here a player has a grip on #5's jersey...
...one last shot of K-Monster, #31, in action.
It was an experience building game. They didn't win but they'll go into the next game knowing more than they did in this game.