Footie, and Some Catching Up

[przed]

There's at least one game every year that you play in the pouring rain, and this week was that game. It started out as a steady drizzle, but midway through the game it was just chucking it down. Fortunately it was an entirely reasonable temperature, so we weren't wet and cold, just wet.

This game had one awesome milestone: Ros scored her first goal ever! She's been much more aggressive this year than she has in past years when she's been a more defensive player, and she managed a lovely shot right into the net. (All that playing with soccer with the boys has paid off.)

Alas, that was our only goal. And since we were playing one of the better teams and our defence fell apart a few times, the final result was 1 - 3 for them.

I'm wishing now I'd started practices much sooner. In spite of me emphasizing passing and not clumping up, the team still aren't passing and in fact keep trying to strip the ball from their teammates so they can score. There's three games left. I'm hoping for one good passing play before the end of the season.

Apart from soccer, there's been a few outings. The weekend before last we were up in Sault Ste. Marie visiting the Sweetie's family. It was a low key visit, which was nice. The Sweetie had got his mom an iPad for her birthday and in the course of showing her how to take pictures with it he took my new favourite picture of me and Ros.

Me and Ros reading The Order of the Phoenix


This past weekend, the Sweetie and Ros were in Halifax visiting his dad, leaving me solo. There was housework and writing done (though not nearly enough of either), a joint 50th birthday/20th wedding anniversary party for a pair of friends, and a trip to Stratford with other friends for a fun performance of Jonson's The Alchemist.

And tomorrow we're off for five days of camping.

Comments

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I can see why it's your favourite picture - you both look as if she's just received an invitation to attend Hogwarts!!

Have fun camping!

[przed.livejournal.com]

I think we might have been discussing why Dolores Umbridge is such a horrible person. *g*

We're just getting ready to leave for camping! Yay!

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Excellent photo!

Woe for the soccer and the rain and, yeah, teaching them not to strip the ball from their own teammates would be a good thing. *g* But yay for Ros' first goal!

Have a great time camping!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Considering the photo is a complete fluke, it worked out rather well. *g*

The stripping the ball from teammates thing is starting to drive me crazy. Especially since it cost us at least one goal this game. Ros had the ball in good position at the side of the goal and one of her teammates was right in front of the goal. Instead of waiting for a pass, the teammate ran to take the ball from Ros. Arghh!!!

Shall do!

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

It is a great photo *g* 'Order of the Phoenix', wow, getting into the heavier end (and the very thick books!)

Yay for Ros' goal! And I hope you all have a great time camping and have better weather *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of amazed Ros has handled the last two books okay. Because, man, there's some harsh stuff in there! It probably helps that she's sought out spoilers on all the books and knows exactly what's coming.

A big yay for Ros' goal. And so far the weather's looking good. Only one day in five with rain. Fingers crossed!

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Me oh my how that sweetheart has grown up..:) And scoring her first ever goal too!

[przed.livejournal.com]

She's definitely getting bigger! And the goal was awesome!

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

lol--did you find something in the book unbelievable? What a smirk.

Speaking of Harry Potter--we went to my daughter's friend's house the other day and when I sat on the couch, I felt something stiff and pointy. I'd sat on her HP wand. Good thing she didn't know its power! I wonder what would happen if it had really been magical? ;-)

[przed.livejournal.com]

I think we were discussing what a horrible person Dolores Umbridge is. (She'd just banned Harry from quidditch for life!)

You've got to watch out for sitting on stiff and pointy things. ::snerk:: Goodness knows what might have happened if it had been a magical wand. *g*

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

I knew there was no way to make that not sound dirty.

H8 Dolores Umbridge! Ack!

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

Awww, what a lovely picture! Have fun camping :)