The Countdown Begins

Vacation By the Numbers

2182-miles traveled (by car)
15-lacrosse games played (14 wins, 1 tie!)
11-Philadelphia friends we caught up with
9-states visited

5-modes of travel-charter bus (Christian), car, train, subway, horse carriage

3-championships won!
immeasurable-memories made

Season's End By the Numbers

This weekend ended the fall season. (And yes, winter season starts on Saturday.)

53 girls who attended the lacrosse clinic I hosted Sunday
51 seconds LSU needed to hold the score to win
43 age Jim turned on Saturday
19:30 time needed to letter by a sophomore
19:20 Christian's time at Regional on Saturday (woo hoo!)
11 pizzas consumed at Jim's team party Sunday night
9 games (out of 10) my team won this season
4 games refereed this weekend
2 games played this weekend
2 games coached this weekend
1 hour later we got to sleep on Sunday

Busy Weekend

Race Run: 1
New PR: 1!
Games Played: 2 (one each, Carolyn and Coleman)
Games Coached: 4 (three for Jim, one for me)
Games Ref'd: 7 (2 for Christian, 5 for me)
Fields Visited: 6 (2 for Jim and Christian, 4 for me)

Mom's Taxi

Saturdays.
Today the cross country team ran in the Atlanta Classic.  Carolyn and I left the house at 7:30 this morning to drive an hour and a half to Douglasville. We watched Christian run for 20 minutes and 52 seconds (new pr!) of which we actually SAW him maybe 30 seconds!  Then we drove an hour and a half back home, dropped off Christian to take a shower and went to a birthday luncheon for one of Carolyn's friends.  Then back home to pick up Christian and drive an hour to Carolyn's game.  (Camera left in car, STILL no photos!)  Meanwhile, Coleman and Jim drove an hour to Coleman's game and then hung out until the rest of us came for Carolyn's game.  A stop for yogurt with some teammates and then home for pizza and LSU football.

200 miles, 5 yogurts, 3 games, 2 pizzas, 1 race=one great day!

Thank You to Our Veterans

The brave men and women who serve and protect the U.S. come from all walks of life; they are parents, children and grandparents. They are friends, neighbors and coworkers, and an important part of their communities. Here are some facts about the current veteran population of the United States.

            9.2 million veterans are over the age of 65.

            1.9 million veterans are under the age of 35.

            1.8 million veterans are women.

            7.8 million veterans served during the Vietnam War era (1964-1975), which represents 33% of all living veterans.

            5.2 million veterans served during the Gulf War (representing service from Aug. 2, 1990, to present).

            2.6 million veterans served during World War II (1941-1945).

            2.8 million veterans served during the Korean War (1950-1953).

            6 million veterans served in peacetime.

from History.com

Thank you to all who served!

Last Road Trip

Queen B recently wrote about how much she enjoys my By the Numbers posts, so here are the numbers for our recent road trip:

2305-miles traveled

50-longhorn cattle we walked among

17-days the kids were gone

15-number of snoballs consumed

9-nights Jim and I spent away

9-states we drove through (GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, AR, MO, TN)

4-vehicles we rode in

4-hours we spent at the Oklahoma City Memorial

3-siblings we visited

3- times Coleman's birthday was celebrated

2-nights in a hotel

2-pirates we saw

1-HCBC blogger we visited

0-number of children harmed in the making of this road trip

This Week By the Numbers

242 drinks purchased for Coleman's lacrosse end of season party

143 gift bags assembled for Teacher Appreciation Week

70 cupcakes purchased for the team party

30 water bottles washed and filled for next weekend's tournament

25 pizzas purchased for the team party

8 dozen lemon bars baked (youth group party and book club)

8 sock monkeys completed for Carolyn's birthday party (4 more to go!)

3 dozen cookies baked for Christian's team party

0 meals cooked :(

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Filled it out and sent it on its way:

The first time Coleman and Carolyn have been counted in a census. (Coleman wasn't born until July of 2000.)

I didn't realize that the information becomes public after 72 years (random number!)

Just think-in 2082 my great grand-daughter might look me up!

I Survived

By the Numbers

Last week was a doozy!  In a nutshell:

Kindergarten Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Teacher Appreciation Week 

Dentist appointment 

2nd grade field day

6th grade awards ceremony

end-of-the-year choir party

School Book Fair

Fun Friday in Coleman's class

Kindergarten play

1 semi-final lacrosse playoff game

2 championship games

Cheerleading banquet

Birthday swim party

on top of the normal day-to-day craziness!

Can you see why May sends me for a loop every year?  This week, although busy, will be a piece of cake compared to last week!

This Week By the Numbers

50-dollars to fill up my van (yahoo!)

32-pigs-in-a-blanket I made for Coleman's lit blitz breakfast

17-soccer trophies I ordered

9-days the Halloween disaster decorations have been sitting on my dining room table waiting to be put away

5-days Jim was out of town this week

4-trips made to the soccer field (will it EVER end?)

4-hours at the hospital getting a follow-up mammogram (everything is fine, thanks!)

4-interceptions I watched Jarrett Lee throw (grr.)

3-gift cards won at BINGO

2.5-hours spent waiting for the cable guy to show

1-old friend visited with

1-soccer game I "refereed"

1-goal scored by Coleman

0-children who fell off of Stone Mountain  (47-times I thought about pushing one of them!)

This Week By the Numbers

187-pictures I took on Halloween Day

160-minutes I stood in line to vote

48-cupcakes I baked and iced for the "heavy snack day" at school

41-cans I delabeled and washed for Halloween party crafts

11-pumpkins on my front porch

10.5-pounds of candy collected trick-or-treating

10-giftcards I bought from Chick-fil-a for bus driver appreciation and BINGO night (4-how many I had to pay for)

5-bottles I painted to look like mummies

5-days I was at school 

4-trips to Walmart 

4-hours at the soccer field (that's a good week!)

3-Halloween costumes that were finished in time

3-stores I sent Jim to looking for green tape gum

2-dogs who were humiliated by being dressed in costumes against their will

2-days my kids woke up at 5 AM

1-pint of blood I donated 

0-loads of laundry I did this week... which is why nobody has any clean socks!