The Monster Within

Just a quick post from the balcony of my fabulous condo in Bayfield,
Wisconsin that looks over Lake Superior. It is awesome and you will
see plenty o' pictures from the adventures we have had while here.
This is a girls trip and it us way fun. I love my seester and mom!

The monster within is the intense anger that I sometimes experience.
Over the years I have gotten very good at keeping that monster in
check. When I do let the monster get the best of me, I often feel
stupid and embarassed. Yesterday, while playing softball and losing
23-3, I took a pitch that looked low and long. It was a strike so I
was out. I then lost it and threw the bat to the fence. It didn't go
anywhere near anybody but as soon I did it, I felt stupid because I
knew that I had lost control of my anger. I would not have been a good
example to my students of good sportsmanship. Hopefully I will be
better in the future. One of the umpires came up to me and said:
"usually when a player throws a bat, I would kick them out if the
game. But in a game like this, that would just add injury to insult."
I was glad he was nice to me. I think I may feel a little idiotic for
a few days!

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Fourth of July Weekend!

That is the longest slideshow. I hope you had the time to watch it. If you are busy, I understand.

I had a lot of fun this weekend with family. My dad's brothers and him always get together on the 4th. My Grandpa loved the 4th and to honor him they decided that they would always get together and celebrate. Each year they switch off whose house they go to and this year was our turn in good ol' Rhinelander. A few of my cousins also came which was nice. We pretty much ate and ate and ate. Good times!

On Friday we went up to Wausau and watched a Wisconsin Woodchuck baseball game. This is a summer collegiate team. I remember when these boys were hot stuff. Now they just are little and young although they can still be handsome! My friend, Marla, met us there which was also nice! It was fun!

Saturday was the party and basically at our parties all we do is sit around and eat and drink and be merry. My uncles, a few cousins, dad, and brother- in- law love to play poker so they did that most of the day. That night we went to a parking lot down the road and watched the Rhinelander City fireworks. They were not as good as they were in years past but I think a lot of people probably noticed that this year due to the budget cuts everywhere. I actually think the little display at the ballpark on Friday was better.

Well, today I am off to fish for a while. I think real worms are going to do the trick today. Later, I may be driving down to Wausau to go to softball practice and hang with friends. It is a beautiful day. The wind is blowing and it is sunny. So it is nice but not too hot. I like it!

Fish Heads, Fish Heads, Rolly Polely Fish Heads

Warning***there will be a picture of a dead fish head in this post.

My friend, who graciously lets me stay with her in Wausau when I play late softball games, thought that my blog needed a special tribute to Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. In order to do this, she had this Michael Jackson stuff all displayed on her dining room table for when I arrived. I found it quite funny. You should hear my dad talk about Michael Jackson. He sure is sick about all the hoopla. I liked Michael. I thought he was kinda a freak in a lot of ways but I will always treasure his music and the memories of my life it brings back. The era of Moonwalking, will never get old! :)

Now onto Farrah. Apparently, I do not remember anything about Farah except that she was famous. I pretty much have a horrible memory and she didn't make the cut. I am sure if you asked my brother about her, you would get a totally different response because of the whole sex symbol thing. Yada Yada. Marla and her sister loved Farah, though. In fact, they would fight over who would get to sit on that bean bag, so their mom had to set a timer so they could take turns. Kids are funny.

Random dream: I had a strange dream about being a director of a play that had like 100 little kids in it. I didn't ever show up to the practices and another adult pretty much was the director but he gave me all the spotlight. It was weird. Thanks for coming to support me though Bills family. You were all there and Oliver was six months and walking and talking. Weird.

I went fishing yesterday and caught this......


Funny thing about sticks is that they don't put up much of a fight and really are pretty heavy at the end of the fishing pole. I have come to the conclusion that artificial lures are not for the birds and especially not for fish. Next week will call for nightcrawlers.

Here is a picture of the only thing resembling a fish I have seen since fishing a few times since being home. It is gross so if you don't like fish or dead fish on the shore you should skip the next picture. If you are all about the gore of life...enjoy!

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Here are some pics from Green Bay. We did a lot of playing with the kids. Also enjoy the video of Thomas playing tag with my Uncle Tom. It is hilarious. He would just keep tagging you. It is the previous version of tag! (The pic of the deer at the end was across the street eating the neighbors lawn just before we ate dinner. We really do live in the wilderness up here!)

Didn't do a whole lot today. It was rainy and chilly. Hopefully, there will be less rain tomorrow so softball isn't cancelled. We have a double header again.

I did start writing another novel. Sometimes I wonder why I do that to myself. SIGH.

Hope your Monday was fab!