New Market Rebels

Well, summer is here.  Although, I don't know how.  I mean, weren't we just celebrating Christmas?!  Alas, it's here, whether we time traveled here or not.  I'm just floating the time travel idea to explain how time is flying.  There is no scientific proof it's true, just a hunch!

Anyway, summer brings much fun.  Summer also brings baseball.  Which brings me to a big announcement.  We will be selling tickets for the New Market Rebels this summer.  The New Market Rebels play in an all wooden bat summer league called the VBL.  On a personal level, I have known two young men who have played in the VBL.  The games I saw when they played were some of the best baseball I have ever seen!

I have asked a friend of mine to guest blog on the Valley League.  She graciously agreed and her post will be here tomorrow.  She has a blog called The Fair Base Ballist and I highly suggest you read it, especially if you like baseball.  Elizabeth is an outstanding writer and I believe she could get anyone to, at the very least, appreciate baseball.  Most likely, she will make you a fan.  She can explain the Valley Baseball League far better than I can even attempt and so I will leave it to her.

In the mean time, tickets are here.  They are $5 for adults $2 for children 12-under.  We have schedules posted.  Also, kids in little league wearing jersey and hat, get in free.  I said kids for those of you adults who just thought about trying to wear your old little league jersey to get in free!

Not the Rebels stadium, but you get the idea!  credit: www.gardnerphotos.com

To See Or Not To See

First, I want to apologize for not posting lately.  Things have been crazy around here.  Soccer, school, the store, and weddings!  Yes, weddings!  Two in consecutive weekends.  Young love.  Alas, that's another post altogether.

This is about eyesight.  I am getting to the age that in a recent eye exam I was told that I needed bi-focals.  Bi-focals!  There is something about that word that just sounds old.  I immediately think about Ben Franklin.  I didn't want to try them.  I am pretty active and I do not like wearing glasses now.  People have told me horror stories about bi-focals, especially no line ones.  They have fallen down stairs, or just fallen- period.  Look, I'm clumsy enough.  I don't need another reason to have me tripping all over the place.  So, I went the route of contacts with reading glasses for close up.

I have been trying out my contacts for the last couple of days.  Still not sure if this is going to work. 
#1- It is against everything you learn in life to put the contact on.  "Don't stick anything in your eyes!  It's dangerous!"  We are told this early on in life.  Some of us more than others. 
#2- They seem like they are huge.  My aunt did tell me they make smaller ones.  You should have a fitting for trying out sizes of contacts.  It doesn't matter how much I pull on my eyes, they don't want to go in!

So, we'll see how it goes.  I know what your saying, "Just deal with it.  Bi-focals aren't that bad."  I'm sorry.  Maybe I will end up with them, but I am just not ready to go there yet.

More Trash Than the Law Allows-literally!

I don't really need to say much here folks.  Unfortunately, people are slobs.  These people are in San Francisco, CA.  We've gone all across the nation this week, huh?  I thought my post on trash had changed people for the good.  Sigh... if only people would pick up after themselves...

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