A Mixed Bag of a Day

Have you ever had one of those days where you just couldn't get yourself moving even after coffee?  That's the kind of day I had.  It was a slow start, and I got a few things done but just couldn't keep myself from nodding off while doing school stuff.  I finally gave in and took a nap.  I rarely do that.  I got a few hours and it felt good when I got up.
  Tim and I had a date night and went out to Avon to the Crushers Game.  I caught one of the tennis balls they use for an end of the game contest.  What was funny was that I was thinking that we'd never have a chance since we were no where near the dugout area they were throwing from.  Little did I know that a few seconds later one zipped its way right to me.  The amazing thing is I CAUGHT IT!  A great two-handed catch! LOL
   We also sat in our usual seats, right behind home plate in the first row.  It is a fun area being that close.  A praying mantis was on the netting there too.  Only he was on the inside of the net facing us.  We were hoping he wouldn't get whacked with a foul ball!  He's that blob in the lower right area of the picture.

Here's a picture from our vantage point in the game.  It was great!  The umpire never cleaned off home plate and it was beginning to bother some of the fans.  It was a hoot listening to them tell blue what to do.  He of course ignored them. LOL  Tim and I would laugh each time one of them would yell at the umpire to clean off home plate.

Here's a picture of the right field area. It's interesting that in this picture the sky looks bright blue.  We sat under gray clouds all night long. I enjoy watching these kinds of games where you just have fun and it doesn't matter who wins or loses.  I also enjoy time with Tim on date nights.

Check out this link, it shows what one of our Middle schools does for incoming 7th graders.  It's also encouraging that a local news team was there to report it.  I love good news.
Check out the words to this song by Group 1 Crew called, Let's Go.
Andale, andale


It's your boy Toby Mac
With the Group 1 Crew
What you got, bing
What you got girl? Come on

I've heard life is like a box of sweet delights
But in reality every day is a fight
So we hold on to the promise
That things happen for reasons
We may not understand it
But faith keeps us believin'

And I know that we can make it
With faith in our hearts, we can face it
Any mountain that comes our way
We can move

There's never a right time

To get up and live life
You only got one try
(Andale, andale)

So take what you've been given
And make time
To turn someone's day bright
And change how we live life
(Andale, andale)

The future's what we make it
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(One life, one world y'all)

The future's what we make it
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(One life, one world y'all)
The future's what we make it
So let's go

We in a time when sun don't shine in all places
Typically nose to the grind just to make it
Take the same old, see the same faces
Sayin' it's the hand we've been dealt so we take it

But if life's what we make it
I'm a turn the world around
Make the poor people famous
Make the B the new A list
Give your Facebook page a new face-lift

And every status you post
Will compliment who you are
The whole world's dark
While you shine like a star
Then bring hatred to an end
And watch the honor
Of our generation come alive again

There's never a right time
To get up and live life
You only got one try
(Andale, andale)

So take what you've been given
And make time
To turn someone's day bright
And change how we live life
(Andale, andale)

The future's what we make it
It's the right time
To get up and live life
You only got one try
(Andale, andale)

So take what you've been given
And make time
To turn someone's day bright
And change how we live life
(Andale, andale)

The future's what we make it, so let's go
Yeah, we got brighter days ahead
I know you got dreams, I believe in them
I know you got problems too, forget them
'Cause life's too short so let's begin

Yep, see it's all about you
You are the change the world needs to view
'Cause when we change the world changes too
And it's a small world after all

'Cause I got something that'll change the world
Moms to the dads, every boy and girl
All I wanna do is show ya how it could be
If ya open up and let your spirit free

So let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go
Let's go, let's go, let's go
Toby Mac, Group 1 Crew
There's never a right time
To get up and live life
You only got one try
(Andale, andale)

So take what you've been given
And make time
To turn someone's day bright
And change how we live life
(Andale, andale)
The future's what we make it

So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(One life, one world y'all)

The future's what we make it
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go
(To the beat y'all)
So let's go

(One life, one world y'all)
The future's what we make it
So let's go, yeah
(Andale, andale)


I like this part of the song:
So take what you've been given

And make time
To turn someone's day bright
And change how we live life
(Andale, andale)
The future's what we make it

This song shows how we can make a difference even if we're one person.  We shine God's light everywhere we go and we can make a difference. What an encouragement to us isn't it?

The last few pics are from another date Tim and I had.  We rode the train to Hale Farm and Village.
This is the candle making area.  We learned all sorts of things about candles here. The cheapest way to make them back then was to get the fat from the animals you slaughtered in the fall, and cook it up in a vat.

Here's my sweetie.

This was very intriguing to me.  They were little musrooms growing in the hole of a tree.

Here's me peeking around the corner in the carriage house.

Well, take care and thanks for stopping by. May God bless you in everything you do.  He loves you very much you know.