I Survived!

Survived the nephew's birthday. He loved the Batman gear. The niece is becoming a pest. She needs to find some discipline and develop an attention span. She's very demanding for attention which might not be too odd since she has to compete with one or both babies that the SIL takes care of. Cake was good. No vile strawberry/chocolate combo this week. I was a piggy and had two slices.

Today's ball game was ok but the nephew's team needs more batting practice. They just aren't hitting the machine pitches and the team has swelled in ranks since last week. Actually looking at some pictures I took, it seems like the machine is pitching too high for 7 year olds. I don't think I'll take in too many games. It didn't have the charm of T-Ball or the skill you can see in a Little League World Series. Next week they're playing nearer my neighborhood so I imagine I could go. Besides it can help ward off a post-game visit since I'm not ready to entertain them. I got the flooring down in the kitchen nearly complete and it should be done on Monday. I won't know what to do with myself with the kitchen wrapped up. It started back in '02.

Desperate Housewives had a decent start. Shawn Pyfrom was back as Andrew. His paternal grandmother handed him his dad's "girly magazine" (looked like an issue of Penthouse) which she'd saved. Andrew said it looked like his dad was into big breasts to which she replied he was which was why she was surprised he'd married Andrew's mother. Fans of Jesse Metcalfe will be happy with this season premier.

The West Wing, since I ignored it most of last season was ok. I'm not sure what I think of the CJ-as-leaker plot. It's hard to be interested in a show that brings in boring political news items into its plots. We're doing the Bob Novak-Karl Rove Valerie Plame schtick. I won't go out of my way to tune in. Mother had it on and I was feeling worn out.

Congrats to the LT from Law & Order for an Emmy win (for a different performance). Shame on the Emmy's for snubbing CCH Pounder of "The Shield."

That's enough for now. I need to see what I can do with my blog here. Perhaps I'll backdate some posts.