It Is What It Is

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Give Em Enough Rope

Sorry its been soooo long but I have been so busy. I know, not a good excuse when I managed to crank something out everyday for a year.

So The MMWLL First Ever Movie Night/BBQ/ Basket Auction was a HUGE success! We made about $2700. That's about $1200 more than last year when we had it at restaurant instead of at the fields. We learned a few things that the next people can do better but overall, I got nothing but compliments. FYI, the movies were Sandlot and Frozen showing at the same time on different parts of the minors field. Biggest suggestions were get more GlowSticks and have camp lanterns in the Porta Potties. (Sadly we lack permanent bathrooms which will be remedied when the fields are remodeled - again, someone else's headache.)

The post season tournament schedules have been released with both kids on TOC and All Star Team and all their practices, Colin's soccer schedule and Andrew auditioning for HS band drum line (2x per week for 3 weeks) and working... computer time is maxing out but not for blogging.

Dirt Alert!!!

I had to fire the vice president, hence the title Give Them Enough Rope.

My vice president is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree. In fact, he pisses people off almost daily. He is a horrible manager and a worse umpire, however there really hasn't been a tangible reason to get rid of him. He volunteers for everything from Snack Shack to umpire to All Star manager in every division to director of Western Regional. He got us great deals on our regular season and post season jerseys. Stupid is not a real reason

UNTIL....
I get emails from the other 2 managers in his division. A parent took a screen shot of his Facebook posts.

"Closed our another year at Little Boring League..."
"All Stars in LL is really a joke..."
"For those of you looking for real baseball, go to youth or pony league..."
" So tired of this non competitive level, such a waste of time..."

The Sting:

I had the manager of the Little Star team (7-8 year olds) who is also the manager rep, call a coaches meeting 1/2 hour before the practice so the kids and parents wouldn't be there and only told him, none of the other coaches.

The manager rep and I are sitting at the picnic table when he walks up.

Me: Can I talk to you?
Him: Am I in trouble?
Me: Have a seat.
Him: What's up? Am I in trouble?
Me: Yea
Him: Do I owe money?
Me: Yea. (He didn't turn in his candy money yet from December of 2013)
Him: What else? Did I do something?
Me: Yea - handing him the FB posts
Him: Ummm, I was hoping you didn't see those.
Me: Welll, obviously I did. Not smart...
Him: So you want me gone???
Me: Yea...I'm removing you as coach of the Little Star team.
Him: Really... ok
Me: And it would be in your best interest to email the board and submit your resignation. Quietly with some thing like "personal reasons"
Him: Ok... see ya
Me: and I'll need your keys and any equipment that is the leagues. Your son is welcome to stay on the Little Star team and you may sit in the stands as a parent but you are not allowed on the field.

Got the keys and the equipment. I saw him sitting in his car.

Moral of the story - be careful what you post, you never know who may see it and when...

It is what it is...
Namaste

Friday, May 30, 2014

The List of Lasts Continued

The Lists of Lasts continues.

This week was my last All Star draft and boy was it uneventful. I was hoping for a little drama over which players to choose. Some passionate debate over who has the best pitching style and who can bring the big bat. Nope- nothin'. And with only one manager that wanted the position in each division, my job was super easy.

Today I wrote my last President's Message for the MMWLL yearbook. Someone else took over putting together the yearbook so my last yearbook was last years... and I bet its gonna be awesome.

Tomorrow night will be my first and last Movie Night and Basket Auction. We'll see how that goes.

It is what it is...
Namaste

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Boy vs Burrito

We went on a weekend staycation to the lovely Oceanside CA this Memorial Day weekend. We got a great deal at the Holiday Inn 4 days, 3 nights for 2 families for $199 and $ 150 back on an American Express Gift Card!

What a great deal, you say? What's the catch? 1 word... Timeshare! We had to listen to the owner upgrade deal and we had to bring friends. So we rounded up some of our most easygoing friends and off we went. We love our time share and would have upgraded to points every year instead of every other year but since the money pit of a boy has us down about $6000 since March, sadly no more timeshare points this time around.

At the Rockin' Baja Lobster, Colin ordered the Epic Burrito. I think it must have weighed 5 pounds. And he ate every bit.

As he lay on the floor in the hotel room groaning we had this conversation.

Colin: I need a beer.
Me: A beer???
Colin: I need a beer.
Me: When did you start drinking beer.
Colin: Today on the boat...
(he probably had a sip of Scott's on the fishing boat)
Me: I have some champagne
Colin: Nah, I need a beer
Me: Why, cause champagne is for girls?
Colin: Yea
Me: I guess you'll start drinking something manly like whiskey
Colin: I started drinking that yesterday.

It is what it is...
Namaste

Friday, May 16, 2014

The Line Up

Scott makes tons of baseball line ups. One game gets over and he is onto making 3 or 4 lineups for the next game. Favorite saying? "Time to make a lineup." You could say he is obsessed.

While watching "The Office", I got a little inspired. It was the episode where Jim puts Dwight's stapler in jello and leaves it in his drawer for him to find.

You got it...

The lineup is in jello. What's next???? Maybe a bat....

It is what it is...

Namaste

In case you were wondering what a supertanker DC10 looks like dropping fire retardant over San

Diego...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Fire!

There are at least 9 fires burning in San Diego. Luckily we are in no danger at this point, although smoke is visible from my house.

And it was dang, stinkin' hot today...seriously! Good thing the solar panels are powering the AC that has been running for 3 days straight. Not only hot but very poor air quality.

It is what it is...
Nana sate

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Shoe Junkie

My name is Marybeth and I am an addict.

All together now..."Hi Marybeth!"

I admit it. I am a shoe junkie. Just this week I got these 6 pairs of shoes! 6 pairs! Holy Moley!!!
Let's take a look:

TOM'S - 2 pairs from their sale site. In case you don't know,TOM'S are super comfortable. And for every pair you buy, they donate a pair to a child in need. So really it's charity.

Feelgoodz Flip Flops
Why buy flip flops for $20 when you can get them from Old Navy for like $2? These are sooooo comfortable! They kind of mold to your feet. And they are biodegradable. So it's good for the environment. Plus there was a deal for 20% off. I think they need to check their Tech Support because the coupon code gave me $20 off. Score! Practically free!

These kicks are from Avon...really... It's not just makeup anymore and I'm helping out my friend, Jasmine.

Who doesn't love Kohl's? Get their Kohls charge and it's like you hit the coupon lottery! Plus now they have Kohls Rewards. I got an email with a $20 reward. That combined with my 30% off coupon and $10 off sticker that was stuck on the front of the newspaper got me these platforms.

And these Blinged Up Baseball Flip- Flops? - bought them from myself at Baseball Moms Rule. The Prez should look Presidential scooting around our dirt fields.

http://bit.ly/1dbVvfP

Yup - I'm an addict.

My favorite kinder teacher, Ms Bartig is also in the Shoe Junkie Club. I found the need to share my story after she admitted to buying 5 pairs of shoes this week too!

It is what it is...
Namaste

Friday, May 2, 2014

Jewelry Binge

Since Ericson has been off for a month, so have I. Since I had been working so much and with baseball in full swing, I have not had much time to make any jewelry lately. Until now...

Lets's see what we have here.