Life goes on

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So Brenden is playing baseball this year - the 5-6 year old league uses a pitching machine and the rules are closer to real baseball than T-ball but not quite. Brenden's team, the Dodgers, is in last place (0 - 4). That doesn't bother me because it doesn't seem to bother Brenden. The first game of the season I found myself rooting for the Dodgers against the Braves and boy did that feel wierd.

I have watched maybe a total of 15 minutes of pro baseball on TV this year - man I don't recognize anyone except Chipper Jones and he's the old man of the team. Even Bobby Cox has retired.

We had our new island and gas range installed. I love it but I have to learn how to cook w/ gas all over again. I'm not complaining! Photos soon come.

This last weekend I learned how to drive our new zero turn riding lawn mower. Once I felt comfortable I let Brenden sit on my lap and we conquered the front lawn. We had fun but I need to buy some ear plugs.

What I'm Watching:

The Tourist: Ugh. Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie romance - adventure. Adventure romance? Either way it seemed pretentious and Jon and I had worked out the shocking twist in the story about the time the opening credits started. If this had been made in the mid -50's starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly I think I wouldn't have had such a negative reaction to it. It wasn't that bad - it just seemed like an anachronism.

The Karate Kid The remake - It takes place in China now. A young african-american kid and his mom have moved there from Detroit and he is having a hard time fitting in. After he gets beaten up by a bunch of kids who study kung fu at a local school the handyman (Jackie Chan) from his apartment starts teaching him kung fu. So yeah why they didn't call this movie The Kung Fu Kid is beyond me. It wasn't as good as the original but that opinion may have been caused by my age. Seriously, I sat there missing Pat Morita. Over Jackie Chan.

Grown-Ups A stupid Adam Sandler comedy featuring many, many refugees from SNL. I'm ashamed to say I laughed.

American Idol I'm not really watching it - I just wanted to say I've seen a little and Steve Tyler grosses me the hell out. I'm surprised his daughter Liv hasn't keeled over with embarrassment.