Libby, Amy, and I went to see the Paw Sox last Thursday evening. It was free baseball cap day, so we made sure to get there early so we could get free caps – thanks Rhode Island Lottery and WEEI! While the Paw Sox didn’t win (hardly – they lost 9 or 10 to 1), the game itself was a blast! Some photos:
Megan and Amy each pose with Sox, the female Paw Sox mascot (yes, there are two).
Me, lurking behind Paws, while he was signing little kids’ programs. Yes, I’m a dork.
My wiffy and our great friend!
Me and Paws. I swear, I didn’t shove any kids aside to get this photo. At least, not too viciously.
Playing with the tilt-shift function on my camera – made the field look pretty cool! And yes, our seats were great – right behind home plate.
Amy and I had such a great time at the game that we decided to base our summer vacation partly on seeing minor league baseball games. The other part? Based on my 40 in 40 list… but you’ll have to wait until the vacation is done for me to tell you what fun things we’re planning on doing!
Considering that this list is going to end with a substantial donation to TRI (I hope!), it seemed fitting to kick off my list by setting up monthly donations to some of my favorite non-profits and charities.
* As soon as I can figure out the monthly giving option…
I have had better days than today.
Our flowers are in bloom, with a vengeance.
Yellow and white (daffodils and tulips)
Purple and blue
And some of my favorites, the white bleeding hearts
There are more flowering now – many more tulips, the pink bleeding hearts, the invasive bamboo, the invasive pig’s wort (not likely to give us flu, I’ll have you know), and the invasive bishop’s weed. I love the flowers but the weeds? I could totally do without those.
So how did I do on my resolutions from last year? Not as good as I’d like to have done. I read a ton, scored a couple of goals in hockey, and grew out my hair. As for reducing screen-time, walking the dogs every mornings, biking to work 3x/week, blogging twice a week, and finding/hiding geocaches… let’s just say that I fell a little short on those goals. We didn’t get the tv/cable/router/printer/stereo setup figured out either and I didn’t finish the home office. But on both of those we made other adjustments that have compensated somewhat… maybe I can talk Amy into getting the tv setup finished this weekend!
My resolutions this year are more modest.
- Keep reading – at least 50 books
- Geocache – at least 20 finds
- Hockey – score two points
- Bike – more (which requires getting up earlier) (NTS: get gloves and velcro straps)
- Move – start lifting again
This year’s numerical summary:
- Books read: 88
- States visited: 8 (NH, VT, ME, CT, MN, WI, FL, NJ)
- Countries visited: 2 (St. Martin, St. Maarten)
- Hockey games played: 62 (most in the summer)
- New gadgets: 4 (iomega eGo hard drive, iPod touch, Flip video, MacBook Pro)
- Dogs: 2 (I can never seem to get Amy to agree to any more)
- TV stations we get with hockey on them: 15 (VS, NHL Network, NESN, 12 on Center Ice Package)
- Geocaches found: 15 (oh gosh, that’s lame)
- Political candidates I voted for who won: 5 (Obama/Biden most important!)
Happy 2009 to you and yours from me and mine!
40 in 40, friends, general | Megan 07/13/2010 | 
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