When money started to get super tight (or nonexistent) for us a couple years ago, cable TV was one of the first things we got rid of. Quitting cable cold turkey was not as difficult as I thought it would be. And we still had Netflix, so we were able to watch TV shows. We […]
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Raining Threes
Number 3 is a very naturally talented athlete. And he’s playing travel basketball this year for the first time. He’s done rec basketball for the past couple years, but travel is new territory for him. Since he’s got some significant issues with anxiety, new territory and Number 3 don’t mix well. He loves basketball. But being new […]
It’s All In Your Approach
Yesterday I wrote this post about how so many of us women find ourselves in the familiar situation of having to go somewhere as a family and having to do all the getting-the-kids-ready part on our own while our husbands seem to be oblivious to the fact that we might appreciate a little bit of […]
Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court. Sort of. Not really.
Let me tell you something about second grade girls basketball. Um… It’s not really basketball. It’s more like skipping. With a ball. The girls also do a lot of hopping around with their hands up in the air. They have no idea that their coaches tell them to do this so they can block a […]