Lists

In The News:

1. Guess who is having another baby.
2. And baby makes twenty! (Not my quote, but cute, right?)
3. I know it isn't any of my business how many kids they have, but COME ON!
4. I don't care how organized you are, nobody can parent this many kids they way kids need to be.
5. I think that siblings are important, even great, but they aren't a substitute for parents.
6. And they shouldn't have to be.
7. I wonder if it will make the news when one of those kids rebels.
8. I wonder if the Duggars will be given any grandchildren.
9. Or if the kids are getting over their parenting right now, helping raise their sibs.
10. Pretty soon, they are going to run out of "J" names.
11. I could go on forever on this subject, but like I said, none of my business, effects my life in no way at all.
12. Except to make me thankful for vasectomies.

Take Me Out To The Ballgame......

1. Last week our family went to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play the Blue Jays.
2. The Red Sox lost.
3. The game itself was actually a snooze.
4. But we had fun anyway.
5. I observed some things that night.
6. While it is said that Fenway Park is one of the worst stadiums in the league, there isn't another with its charm, that is for sure.
7. No matter how filled the seats of the stadium may seem, there are still just as many people waiting to plow you down on the way to the rest room or to get a hotdog.
8. I didn't have a hotdog.
9. I chose a sandwich from the "Healthy Choice" cooler. 
10. It was a wrap with one leaf of lettuce, two paper thin slices of tomato, a portion of a slice of american cheese and a few slices of deli turkey breast.
11. I only ate the tomato thins and the turkey.
12. I wish I'd had the hotdog.
13. Then to make myself feel better I got Cracker Jacks.





14. The Cracker Jacks ($4.50!) came in a bag, not a box and the prize stunk.
15. The prize was a quiz question/factoid thingee.
16. A better blogger would remember what it was.
17. Most people don't go to the game to watch it.
18. They go to talk to their friends on cell phones.
19. While Erin didn't talk, she did send a fair amount of text messages, one in the form of a photo of the game, sent to a bunch of her friends.
20. She immediately got a reply that said:  "You're here too!?"
21. It was fun searching each other out and waving.
22. Pete turns into everyone's dad when going out like this.
23. He is anxious to get to his seat, he thinks we left too late and are going to hit traffic (duh, it's Boston), he got edgy waiting for Meg to meet us, and he would walk ahead of us, lose us in the crowd and then turn trying to get us to move faster.  It was funny.
24. That night out cost us our entertainment budget for a few months.
25. While I missed the television commentary and still think the best seat for a game is my couch, I can't wait to go again.

Two hundred thirty-seven to go.  Rain, rain, go away...

Comments

[Laurie]

Lucky grrl! It's such a crowd thing, in a good way.

I agree with you on the 18 kids. Yeesh.

[maryse]

yeah that 18 kids thing is a little fucked up. i try not to be all judgmental but how can you really know any of your kids when you've got that many? and c'mon, if they weren't some sort of freak family with TV shows and stuff how could they afford to support all of those kids? and all i can think is how these kids are never given a chance to become individuals. finally, when's the 20 year old going to move out? is he in college? is she still homeschooling him?

[maryse]

and yes, you should have gotten the hot dog.

[margene]

I'm the oldest of 7...hated it and it's one reason I don't have children today. I could go on...
There is something magical about being in a ballpark. It's the only place I'll eat a hot dog and the only place they taste good.

[Karen]

I can't imagine having 18 children. Two are sometimes overwhelming.
It's not a true trip to the ball game without a hot dog! Next time have 2;)

[Mary Beth]

OK, here we go:

First list, #9, yes, that is exactly what happens. They will either have no kids or one or two. Cuz they been-there-done-that.

Second list, #3, aren't they all? Which is why you have to...#4.

I'm a bit like Pete, all calculating about the logistics. There should only be one like that in a marriage.