Busy Weekend

…I guess I was too "busy" for pictures - I never touched the camera all weekend

Saturday started with a lazy morning, followed by a 4th Birthday party in Rossford. We hung out there (hoping for nicer weather) until it was time to leave for a Mud Hens game.

I had never been at a game where an umpire reversed a call – what he had called a three-run homer, was actually a foul (after some words from the Hens manager and consulting with the two field refs)! This reversal was quickly followed by a tirade by the Iron Pigs manager resulting in his ejection from the game. Can you imagine the 3 players having to come back out of the dugout and return to the bases and the plate? Of course it didn’t sit well; and after the next pitch resulted in a strike out, the batter was ejected from the game (as he has dragged away by fellow teammates). I was beginning to wonder if this was a hockey game!

Fantastic and long lasting fireworks were a great conclusion to our first trip to the ballpark this season.

SNL with JT as host was the perfect ending for Saturday – I think he is so multi-talented and am looking forward to his fourth appearance as host.

Reading the paper and drinking coffee in the living room was not as long as some Sunday mornings – there was a lot to get done outside! BEB joined us and as D worked on a water pressure switch in the utility room and then cut grass, she and I accomplished more than I anticipated:

** Stained the upper deck, steps, and the rafters underneath
** Stained the north side of the back garage
** Took all the deck furniture out of storage and placed it on the upper deck
** Wire-brushed and touched up the lower deck furniture

We worked HARD with only one break for lunch! A little before 6 the three of us decided to go geocaching for about an hour. We needed to be back by 7 since BMA was heading out to visit for the evening.

Climbing under and around bridges between home and GR was part of our caching adventure as it was lightly sprinkling rain. We found the first micro immediately; the second was a bit tougher terrain and difficulty and took about 15 minutes around a one-lane bridge. Our third search had to be aborted due rain and time constraints (this one was proving tougher to locate) – we’ll have to go back to this bridge and complete the hunt another day.

As we ate and talked (and opened much appreciated gifts) it was a nice ending for this great Mother’s Day weekend! ~~ K