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Kickball: It's all the rage

Last night marked opening night of the Underdog Seattle Kickball season. My team, Nick Nolte and the Hoblows*, dominated - winning 99-0!

*Don't ask what it means because I have no idea - I didn't think of it. I was ok with our original name: A Swift Kick in the Grass

Ok, ok, so the other team didn't show up which means that the score is automatically listed as 99-0. But it's still really cool that's what will show up on the online scoreboard! We found some peeps who were willing to scrimmage, so we still had some time to master our kicking, catching and looking pretty in the outfield skills...

Highlights from the night:

• The collision between Holden and me
• JJ Mraz's fedora
• Being able to watch Maddie's butt from outfield all night

But really, kickball is making a comeback. Even the Jonas Brothers play, so it must be hip.

My goal: To make it through the season without pulling a muscle like last year.

I dare you

...To try not to laugh while watching this.

(Don't mind the foreign text in the clip)

Diana

Steph recently got this camera. (But hers is a little different color as you can see here.)

The Diana

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It's plastic and super lightweight, but takes the most amazing pictures. They are almost old-fashioned and the color is so vibrant! She's brought it out on a couple of occassions, and I'm looking forward to when she prints the next set from Chelan.

Check these out.

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This guy just blogged about it too.

Maddie got a similar one called Helga the Holga.

You can also browse quite a few galleries here.

Big Announcement!

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I've been chosen to be a contributing blogger for a new blog at the SeattlePI.com! It's going to be all about running, particularly in Seattle. In order to pique their interest, I sold myself as the runner who has a love/hate relationship with the sport, not necessarily as the diehard runner. Because as you all are probably aware, I really do enjoy running, but sometimes my snooze button gets the best of me.

So all of my obsessive posts, posts and more posts and talking about running has definitely come full circle.

It might be awhile until my first post, but I'll definitely be linking to the inaugural blog!

Hilarious Voicemail

Years ago, Maddie sent me this voicemail message and I just remembered it.

I don't know what is more funny:

1. His laugh


2. The picture someone used to create a YouTube clip


3. His accent


4. The fact that the person who received this voicemail forwarded it along to others, who then forwarded it on to even more people and eventually crashed the voicemail system at the company.

What do you think?

Why yes, you can pet them...

"Yes, I know, they are very cute. Her name is Lily and that is Maggie."

This weekend I dog sat my mom's little westies. Man, they are a lot to handle! I felt it was my duty to introduce the little monsters to Greenlake and I was stopped nearly every five feet. People were lovin' them up! Can you blame them?