Hear the fireworks? See the celebration? The Philadelphia Phillies just won the World Series. Reese was 13 years old the last time this happened. I was 4. LOL We let Morgan stay up and watch it because it may not happen again until he is 41. :-)

It's really raining today. And windy. Reese says we are supposed to get snow this evening -- 3-6 inches. Yuck, I say. I thought we had at least another week or so before we would have to even start thinking about that white stuff. But, nothing I can do about it except complain or move somewhere else. And that would just mean that I had something else to worry about. Like tornadoes or hurricanes or wildfires. So I will cease and desist complaining about something I cannot change and be thankful that.......It is not snowing right this instant! LOL

You may have tangible wealth untold:
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be-
I had a mother who read to me.
- Strickland Gillilan

I want Morgan to be able to say that about me. I just joined the Bound Together online parent group. Hopefully it will give me some tips on reading to Morgan more consistantly and get him more interested in reading. I see how much kids these days are more interested in their video games and less interested in reading. I really don't want that to happen to my little guy. I love reading so much, I want him to love it, too.

My thoughts and prayers are with my friend Stephanie as she suffered the loss of her grandmother yesterday. May she and her family find comfort in the memories and know that friends are here for them.

What a perfect day for the Race! It was sunny, but cold (~45 degrees) so the kids didn't get too hot. Morgan did 19 laps around the Little League field. They had a great time. (photos coming soon) About 4 other parents and I walked over from the School with them and then kept track of them while they had their grapes, water and pretzel snack after running. Then we walked back over to the School. Hugs and kisses and they went inside for the rest of their day and my crazy day really began. Listen my children and I will tell thee......

I had to run home and change clothes to be at work at 11. Cram everything I needed to do there into 3 1/2 hrs instead of the usual 5 1/2. Leave at 2:30 (stopping at the bank first) to be home in time to meet the bus at 3. Set Morgan up upstairs with his homework while I made place cards for the First UMC Family Fun Night at Friendly's. Change his clothes and mine to go for dinner at 4:30. Hurry up and order my food so I could eat and leave at 5:30 to go to a gig up in Mahanoy City (try to pronounce that!!) at 7. I finally got home at 9 to find Morgan NOT in bed sleeping. Drag him away from the TV, brush his teeth and hear his prayers. Then sit with him for 10 minutes until he fell into an exhausted sleep. Now I'm playing on the frog. Should be sleeping. I'm not.

I actually have tomorrow off so I plan on doing a WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING. Just kidding. I need to clean out the attic some more so I can put Morgan's crib up there. And the air conditioners will soon need to be taken out and stored up there as well. And Mom is coming for a visit November 2nd so the house needs cleaned up for that event.

But in all this craziness I call my life, I have been smiling!

I met a man today whose 46-year-old son died of a heart attack. He said his son always told him: "Smile!" It's true. Nothing is so bad that you cannot smile. And when you smile, it makes things seem just a little bit better. And when things get just a little better, you can smile a bit more and it grows from there. So take a moment from your crazy-busy life and "smile"!

Today was Morgan's next-to-last soccer game. We played the same team we played in the first game of the season. We won 13-3. Of the 13 goals our team scored, 5 were by Morgan. Can you believe that? He was really on a roll. I taped the game and we watched it again tonight with Reese's mom and dad. It was a really fun game. The team plays well together. Just like a team. LOL They will be together again next year. The following year they get split up into boys and girls.

Wow! Tonight was the coldest soccer practice yet. I'm still trying to get warm. The kids were out there running around, some of them in shorts and sweatshirts, some in pants and short sleeves. I had a hooded fleece jacket and I was wishing for a large blanket and an extra large hot chocolate.

What a strange day. It was cold, cloudy and 41 degrees this morning as we headed out to Morgan's soccer game at 10:30. It was misting when we got to the field and set up the chairs. Then, half way through the first period, the sun came out and we all wished for sunglasses. Then it got windy and cooler. Then the sun came back out......Like I said, strange day. We were to play Molly's team, the Red Monsters. Only 4 of their team showed up, so we gave them 2 of our players. That was confusing. They were wearing our team shirts, but kicking against our team. But we won anyway -- 8-7. Of those 15 goals, 14 were made by a player in a green shirt. LOL There was supposed to be another game on the other half of the field, but only 2 players from one team showed up. They left before we could ask them if they wanted to be Red Monsters. Too bad. We could have kept our team together. But they all had fun. Morgan got a goal! Yea!