We signed Ethan up for what we thought was t-ball. He is playing on a 5-6 year old team and it turned out to be a pitching machine league. So far he has done pretty well, but it makes me nervous to see a ball flying at him that fast. The parents on his team are going to provide quite a bit of entertainment for us. We’re only 2 practices into the season and I’ve already labeled a few of them.

See this guy? I call him “Hang Man.” See how he hangs on the fence constantly coaching his supposedly 6 year old son (who looks like he’s 8 o 9!) The man doesn’t stop talking and giving pointers and asking his son what he’s going to do if he gets the ball and… Seriously, I could care less how old his son is (who can’t throw, hit or catch), but either sign up to be a coach or sit down and shut up already!

And this guy looks like someone. Can you guess who?

Steven Seagal maybe?

The other night I went to a board meeting and on my way home noticed I had a missed call from home while I was in the meeting. I called the house and there was no answer.

As usual I panic and think the worst. The first thoughts are usually that Nate had to take Ethan to the emergency room. All these bad scenarios ran through my head as I called his cell phone. When he answered and I asked what they were doing, he tells me they are at the vet’s office.

Being the intelligent person I am, I quickly realize that our vet is not open this late in the evening and Parker did not have an appointment. Before I can ask why, Nate explains that our dog was run over by a car. How in the hell did that happen in the hour I was gone?

Apparently Nate was outside and Ethan opened the sliding glass door to tell him something. Our wild dog ran out and instantly saw a squirrel. So the stupid dog took off and went right into the street. Nate says a car slowed down enough that it didn’t run over Parker, but did hit her with its bumper throwing her a good ten feet. Her new nickname around here is “Bumper Thumper.”

Remarkably, she was alright. I don’t know how. No broken bones and no blood. Stupid, stupid dog.

So this is how my week has been going. There is always something going on. Yesterday it was a flat tire caused by a nail. Tomorrow….who knows. We have purchased another house and that means our evenings have been spent painting (mostly touching up things) and getting our house ready to put on the market this weekend. There is nothing like listening to a sander at midnight. The countdown is on. We are truly in the midst of chaos.

All of this and my real life job, has left me a little absent in the blog world. Things have really picked up over at Prop & Pans. If you haven’t been there recently, come check it out! We have lots of great reviews written by a variety of bloggers and giveaways all the time. Right now you can win a Tigger & Pooh DVD or get a free sample of Theraplex.