Monthly Archives: July 2015

Blondie and Hera

Hera has been with us for a little over 12 hours now.  I must admit, she is a pretty good puppy. Blondie has, more or less, made her feel welcome.  There was the initial surprise when I opened the door … Continue reading

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It’s a girl !!!

I received a call last night that Hera’s surgery was complete (she had to be spayed) and she was ready to come home. Today, I took the afternoon off (2 hours vacation time) and lefty place around 1215 to head … Continue reading

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Baseball and my new Addition

Tonight we had our coaches meeting for the 2015 season wrap-up.  Believe it or not, all seven coaches were in attendance.  Good meeting, good food, good company as well.  They are a good bunch of guys. We discussed strengths and … Continue reading

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A busy week ahead

Well, baseball is over – for now, but this is a busy week. Tonight, presuming it stops raining, I will be going to the Stampeders game with one of the guys that I coached ball with this summer.  I love … Continue reading

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A new addition

The Calgary Humane Society had an emergency adoption event this past week. They had a large number of cats that needed homes, they also had a lot of rabbits. I think they did some sort of seizure somewhere in the … Continue reading

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Good things to come for the Rockies

Last night, both the AA and AAA Rockies teams faced elimination from playoffs. The AA’s finished 5th in the league and had to play a sudden death play-in game – the winner moved to the playoffs, the loser’s season would … Continue reading

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Baseball, puppies and a day off…

Tonight is an important night in the world of Babe Ruth Rockies baseball. The AA’s face elimination against the Dodgers in a rematch of last years play-in game. This year, the Rockies finished a distant 5th and will be visiting … Continue reading

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That’ll be fun…

I am in the process of planning my baseball teams year end party.  The players have decided that paintball would be fun.  Sure. I’ve played paintball with a baseball team before.  It was fun.  Sort of.  It also hurts getting … Continue reading

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It’s all in, Friday night…

The regular season for my AA Rockies ended last night. Ended on a bit of a stinker. The game started well enough, as many do. Lack of defence was the biggest issue last evening. I am not quite sure what … Continue reading

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Back to work…

My five days of time off are now over.  I started working this morning at 4am.  Fairly early, to be sure.  I was actually waken by my alarm on my cell. It was a good 5 days off. Yesterday, I … Continue reading

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