What Every Woman Should Know

What I learned last night as I sat with a dead battery in the Kohl's parking lot that every woman should know:

1. Every woman should know how to open the hood of their car.
2. Every woman should know how to check the oil, the transmission fluid, and the windshield washer fluid.
3. Every woman should know to carry jumper cables (I did) in her vehicle and know how to use them.
4. Every woman should know how to change her own oil.
5. Every woman should know how to change a tire.
6. Every woman should know how to check the air pressure in her tire.
7. Every woman should know a good mechanic.

If every woman knew that then maybe more than one person would have offered to help jump start the van (I had jumper cables) last night and I wouldn't have had to call Phil to come do it.

Logan Scores the Winning Run!

Logan's team now has won 2 games! Each game they play a little bit better. Last Friday the played against the Cubs and only lost by 2 points. A 2 point loss is very good considering the Cubs were undefeated. And the kids did a good job that night.

Well Saturday (as I had to work at one of the 3 meetings I attend each year) the A's played against the Giants. They have the same skill set as the A's and one of Logan's friends (and the son of Phil's colleagu), Blake, plays on the Giants. As the story was told to me it was a close game the whole time with both teams playing well. But the most exciting play was Logan sliding into home for the game winning run! I'm sad I missed it but he was the happiest little guy for scoring that run.

I'm sure we'll see some good games this weekend as the As close out the season and wait for the post season play in the next two weeks to come. Go As!

Exciting News!

Nope we're not pregnant! Today I just got a promotion. I am now the Assistant Manager of Standards-Administration. Of course this comes with a raise. :) This is a big deal since my department normally has only engineers as Assistant Managers. This is very exciting news!

Happy Birthday Phil!

Happy Birthday to you. (Cha, cha, cha.) Happy Birthday to you. (Cha, cha, cha.) Happy Birthday dear Phil. Happy Birthday to you. (Cha, cha, cha.) Happy 37th Birthday Phil!

Pedros vs. Athletics

On Saturday the Athletics were recovering from a Friday night lose. They were motivated to play harder and better than the night before. They hit the ball, they ran fast, they overall fielded better. For the first time this season THEY WON! So next time you talk to Logan say congratulations. The team was very happy!

Tigers vs. Braves

It was Saturday 9 a.m. The players were still tired from their late Friday night of watching cartoons until 9 p.m. We were down 3 players. One of our players, Alex, played a very good game even though he was fighting a case of the croup. Despite being outnumbered the Tigers clearly one the game.:)

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As vs. Dodgers

Saturday the A's came one step closer to a win. They not only hit the ball with the majority of the team hitting off the pitch they also fielded better than they had in the past. We ended up tieing the game at 19 to 19. The team played a good 1 1/s hours. Logan hit off the pitch and even scored a run. Way to go A's. Friday's game against the Braves will be a win!

Royals v. A's

Friday was the most exciting game that the A's have had so far this season. We've all been hoping for a win. The A's came close on Friday night. We had a lot of good hits by all of our players. Logan hit but wasn't quite fast enough to getting to first. He did a good job backing up first base. We were close to winning in the 5th inning but the Royals had one awesome double play against us. The third baseman caught a fly ball just before it hit the ground getting the batter out and then turned around and tagged out the player on third. We got another couple on base and lost with an out at home. But even though we lost it was the most exciting game we'd seen. :) Good job A's!

Tigers Rookie Team Update

This past Saturday was an improved game for the Tigers team. The kids did a great job playing and the majority of the players were able to hit off the pitch! Only a few players had trouble running to first base. A good game considering the majority (75%) of the team are 3 year olds! Alex even went out on the field without me (Steph) having to stand out there with him. All in all I think the Tigers were winners!