It’s been a long week and difficult first week. I thought I was in decent shape, but nothing compared to where this exercise program is going to take you. The Yoga routine (day 4) pretty much wiped out the soreness – 90% of it I’d say, before it I could hardly walk. I’m starting to [...]
It’s day 3 of week one and I can sum it up in just a couple of words… ou, ou… ooouuuch! It’s pretty easy to see how a person would be in the best shape of their life in only 90 days, there’s simply no question in my mind. Basically there’s only two possible outcomes; [...]
We buried my grandmother today, pretty much ruined my Monday, still so hard to believe she’s really gone. We did everything together.
She was a pretty simple lady, not philosophical, not interested in politics, she lived her life letting her actions speak for themselves. She never tried to change the world, she simply invested herself in [...]
I lost my Grandmother today… she was such a huge part of my (our) lives. And she attended more softball and baseball games than I can begin to count, always encouraging to the kids. I think it reminded her of an earlier time and folks came to know and expect to see her around the [...]
Oh, how many times I heard that one growing up. For that matter, still hear it today; so much for growing up I guess. Horse play is a staple at the Atkinson’s, we thrive on it, even though it drives Mom nuts most of the time. Whenever someone sits next to you on the couch, [...]
The first post of the year… and the first post in almost two months, how embarrassing! Believe it or not, I’ve actually been working on the ole blog, but that’s just been back-end technical stuff. This blog was actually born out of my interest to play with Drupal (the software behind this blog), [...]
Hope you’ll all forgive me — the blog’s been suffering lately. Life’s been pretty crazy the last few months and I’ve been away traveling for work. Much of Septemebr has been spent away from home, then toss in fall baseball and the ole plate is pretty full. Hopefully things will slow [...]
If it's not Sam, it's Megan… today it was Megan's turn. She went swimming at a friends house and the girls were racing through the garage in their flip-flops, dripping wet – not a good combination. Megan has a hard enough time staying on her feet under the best conditions, so needless [...]
It's been awhile since my last post, a crazy couple of weeks and some personal family challenges with the death of my grandfather and an eight month old niece within a week of each other. Mud Dawg and JCBI parents/players, keep checking back. I'll get pictures posted and season videos completed for each team over [...]
This was the first weekend I can remember without a ball game or practice. We managed to catch-up a bit on the house and I finally managed to clean out the garage from the mess of winter. Sheri and I even made a trip to Lowe's and managed to pick out some tile for the [...]