McComb Family

Briana had her first double-header for softball on Saturday. It was down in Sacramento where, let's just say, they have a much bigger pot to choose from for their players!! We held our own, but it was definitely not what we've been used to. Up until then, we had won all of our games! : ) It was hot, and we played two different teams, so they were fresh and ready to go. By the end, our girls were fading fast!! In fact, Briana fell asleep in the car on the way home! It was a lot of fun though and good to see how other teams play. They have slightly different rules as well, so it was a high scoring game!



Then today we went to the Auburn Rodeo. I tried to convince Adam to stay home with Bret, but at the last second he changed his mind and got in the car. My bad luck!! He was a nightmare -- he was hot and tired, which made him cranky and obnoxious. I know, hard to imagine....but true!! Briana brought her friend Taylor, and they were more interested in playing with cell phones than watching the rodeo action. Bret and I got new phones, so Briana has confiscated the old ones and thinks they are hers! Needless to say, it wasn't the most enjoyable rodeo I've ever been to! : ) Still fun, but.....



Bret stayed home and started doing some tractor work on the front. We want to redo all the "landscaping" in the front. It is in dire need of updating!!!



Back to the grind tomorrow!

Posted in: on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at at 6:39 PM 0 comments  

Bret got a final on the other house today!!!! Almost 3 years to the day since we got our permit. Whew -- thought it would never end!! Of course, there is still lots of things to do, but at least the pressure is off now! : )

Posted in: on Friday, April 25, 2008 at at 5:08 PM 3 comments  

Glad it's all done, and he's feeling better. This has not been a fun time for him!

Posted in: on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at at 11:59 AM 2 comments  

Bret did plans for a couple whose daughter happens to be a friend of Briana's. They had tickets to the River Cats game last night and invited us to go along. For those of you who don't know, the River Cats are our local Triple A baseball team. We have never actually been to one of their games, so we decided it would be fun to do -- plus the tickets were in a suite (you can't beat that!!). It was fun. I think the kids enjoyed the food and bounce houses more than the game, but who wouldn't!?! Of course, shortly before the game ended Adam's hernia started acting up again. Poor guy!!

Posted in: on Friday, April 18, 2008 at at 8:10 PM 0 comments  

So, another new date now for Adam's surgery -- Friday. I had called after our trip to the ER this weekend to ask if there was anything sooner. The only day before his scheduled surgery that his surgeon was operating was this Friday, but it was all booked up. They had a cancellation today though and got him in. It will be nice to have the whole weekend for him to recoup, and I'll only have to take one day off of work now instead of two. Hope it all goes smoothly!!










Briana had another game last night. They did a great job again, but it was a looooong day. She had a Girl Scout field trip up to Georgetown right after school. They ended up running late, so one of the leaders kept Briana up there while I went up to meet her. Her game was back up there and we were going to end up being late if I had to wait for her to get back to Northside first. Yikes! Busy, busy, We're off to practice again tonight. She should be professional by the time she's 9 at the pace we're going! : )

Posted in: on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at at 4:28 PM 0 comments  

Just thought I'd check with everybody and see who has Skype. My uncle and I tried it out this morning and it worked pretty well. There was some delay on my end probably because I'm on satellite, but it wasn't too bad. I'd like to get my video camera going too, but I only have that set up to my laptop at this point. Still more to do, but at least I'm on my way. If you do have Skype, my username is batons97 to add me as a contact. Let me know if you're using it -- it seems like a great way to keep in touch!!

Posted in: on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at at 5:02 PM 0 comments  

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Yesterday I officially found out that I will definitely have a job next year. My layoff notice has been rescinded, which means I won't have to go to the hearing Monday. Yea!!! Not that I know what I will be teaching though -- they could put me anywhere. It looks like there will be a position in science (if they keep it as that), 5th grade, and 6th grade. I'm sure people with more seniority than me will be looking to bump me from my spot, so we'll see how things shake out. Should be interesting. Hopefully I'll know before August what I will be teaching!!!

Came home to celebrate, had some friends over for dinner, and Adam ended up not feeling well. His hernia was really bothering him and quite painful. Then he started throwing up. He'd start to fall asleep, and I'd think if was going to go back in because he was relaxed -- then he'd wake up crying and throwing up again. Poor little guy. Finally called the advice nurse and she said bring him into the ER. So I took off with Adam while Bret stayed and played host!! : ) Any excuse he can find to avoid any health/medical problem!!! We got about halfway down the canyon and came upon a car accident. A guy who supposedly was drunk hit the side of the mountain, spun his truck and hit the guard rail head on breaking his axle in the process. People were stopped and out of their cars, and I guess he was belligerent and really giving people a bad time. I finally got some guys to help me get through -- they escorted me through past the crazy guy, going off-road and over rocks he had loosened when he hit the side of the hill. Luckily my car is skinny and fit through between his truck and the hill, but who knew it was an off-road vehicle as well!?! He he!! I must have passed at least 30 cars who were blocked because of him! Once I got through that we were on our way, and then he threw up in the car. It was such a wonderful evening!!! Got to the ER, they checked him in -- little thing was still in agony and throwing up. He finally feel asleep after midnight and sometime between then and about 1 a.m. when we saw the doctor his hernia had self-reduced. They gave him some crackers and juice to make sure he could keep it down and released him about 1:30. Ended up getting home about 2:15. Fun, fun, fun!!! Glad they bumped his surgery date up, but it's not soon enough for me. Let's hope we make it to the 28th without anymore ER trips!!!

Posted in: on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at at 10:04 AM 1 comments  

Again this year I am the manager of Briana's softball team. We had Opening Ceremonies a couple of weeks ago and here are a few pictures from that day.
Her team is made up of four 1st graders, four 2nd graders, and three 3rd graders. She's one of the little pip-squeaks of the team though. Our first game was last night at Northside. We played the other Cool team. I was a little nervous going into it that our team wasn't ready, but we won! Our pitcher pitched a no-hitter, so she was really excited!! Briana got a base hit and played 2nd base for the game. She'd like to eventually play pitcher, although she hasn't really learned how to do it yet. Maybe someday!!

Also, Adam's surgery got moved up yesterday, so now instead of 2 1/2 months it will be in 2 1/2 weeks. The new date is April 28th. Thank goodness. I couldn't imagine having to deal with this thing for that much longer!!! I'll let everyone know how it goes! The other day he was running his finger along my scars like he does and asked why I had a big one and a little one (the little one is from where they had the drainage tube). I told him that's just how the doctor needed to do it for my surgery to be done, and he told me to tell his doctor that he wanted his big scar on the bottom and the little one on the top (opposite of me!!). Luckily he is not nervous or apprehensive at all. We'll see how he is when he's actually there, but for now he's doing great. I even bought him two books which we've read a couple of times that tell about going to the hospital to have an operation. He's just looking forward to some spoiling!!! : )

Posted in: on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 at at 7:30 PM 1 comments  

The date is finally set......June 20th. Yes, it will be another two and a half months before Adam's surgery. The good thing is that it will be during summer vacation, and we won't miss any school. The bad part is that it's another two and a half months! Ugh!!! Not that it is slowing him down much. Here he is just a bit ago....

Posted in: on Saturday, April 05, 2008 at at 5:51 PM 0 comments