My washer was very old and when you put too many clothes in it the basket was so rough it would put holes in the clothes. The dryer quit last year and I had hoped for new ones then but crafy D fixed it (dang). With our tax return this year we bought a fancy new washer and dryer pair. We bought the nice new front loaders so that we could stack them in our tiny wash room giving us some much needed storage space.
Yesterday poor Boo went to wash a load of her clothes and the washer wouldn't work. Knowing how expensive the washer was it put her in a bit of panic thinking she had broken my new washer that I had waited for a long time to get. Poor girl. She did not dare call and tell me that it wouldn't work so she waited for dad to get up hoping he could fix it.
Well apparently there is a little arm at the back of the soap dispenser that gets stuck every now and again and you have to take out the soap drawer and push it until it gets unstuck. ( thanks to all of those who figured out this problem). All is well with the washer. I hope this doesn't scare her away from doing laundry, it is sure nice to have the help.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
comp soccer What the Heck?
As many have read both in Boo's post and in the previous one of mine Boo has made a comp team in soccer. Boo has played soccer since she was six and we discovered AYSO. She loves soccer and has consitantly played for eight years but it was not until three years ago that we heard about Comp Soccer, up until then she had only played AYSO.
The first year we found out she was too late to try out for any team so we promised her the next year that we would make sure to keep tabs on tryouts so that she could make a team. AYSO was just not challenging enough for her and she needed something harder to develop her skills. The next year we watched for tryouts and I still missed the team she wanted but she did try out for the Rampage team in Roy and became an alternate but never actually got on the team.
This year I promised her that we would do our best to make tryouts. During her indoor season we found out that one of her indoor coaches was started a comp team so we were very excited because she would have a good chance at this team. We kept tabs with him and he knew Boo was interested and when tryouts came he made sure that we knew so Boo could tryout.
Since we knew she had a great chance at this team we decided not to try out for any of the other teams.
The first day of tryouts went great and Boo looked like a shoo-in to make the team. Second day of tryouts all was not so well. In looking over everyones applications the coach made a discovery that Boo is too old to play on his team. Despite the fact that she has played on a U-13, 14 team all year with comp soccer she is actually a U-15 player because her birthday is in November. BIG BUMMER so we made a mad scramble to find out which teams were still having tryouts.
She missed the tryouts for the team she really wanted and there were only two teams locally still having tryouts once we discovered our error. La Rocca and Wasatch Soccer. Of course both second day tryouts were on the same day. She hit La Rocca first day and did very well but was told that the teams were pretty much set and she would probably not make the team, Went to the first day of Wasatch and there were fewer girls there so she decided to hit their second day figuring she had a better shot. Well she did not make Wasatch and was very upset thinking we had, again, missed the boat. Imagine her surprise when she actually made La Rocca. Good job.
She is on the La Rocca classic U-15 Team (this is the lowest of the teams but gives her the chance to move up if she does really well this year)Her dad and I just paid out a small fortune for her to play for the year (just under a thousand dollars with team fees, uniforms and training fees I know pick your chin up off the floor, I know I had to pick up mine). but I hope that this gives her the opportunity to improve and become a really good player and feel like she belongs. Coach seems really knowledgable and she made a few friends on the team already.
So good luck and we will post game times and such for her so that if people would like to come cheer her on they can.
The first year we found out she was too late to try out for any team so we promised her the next year that we would make sure to keep tabs on tryouts so that she could make a team. AYSO was just not challenging enough for her and she needed something harder to develop her skills. The next year we watched for tryouts and I still missed the team she wanted but she did try out for the Rampage team in Roy and became an alternate but never actually got on the team.
This year I promised her that we would do our best to make tryouts. During her indoor season we found out that one of her indoor coaches was started a comp team so we were very excited because she would have a good chance at this team. We kept tabs with him and he knew Boo was interested and when tryouts came he made sure that we knew so Boo could tryout.
Since we knew she had a great chance at this team we decided not to try out for any of the other teams.
The first day of tryouts went great and Boo looked like a shoo-in to make the team. Second day of tryouts all was not so well. In looking over everyones applications the coach made a discovery that Boo is too old to play on his team. Despite the fact that she has played on a U-13, 14 team all year with comp soccer she is actually a U-15 player because her birthday is in November. BIG BUMMER so we made a mad scramble to find out which teams were still having tryouts.
She missed the tryouts for the team she really wanted and there were only two teams locally still having tryouts once we discovered our error. La Rocca and Wasatch Soccer. Of course both second day tryouts were on the same day. She hit La Rocca first day and did very well but was told that the teams were pretty much set and she would probably not make the team, Went to the first day of Wasatch and there were fewer girls there so she decided to hit their second day figuring she had a better shot. Well she did not make Wasatch and was very upset thinking we had, again, missed the boat. Imagine her surprise when she actually made La Rocca. Good job.
She is on the La Rocca classic U-15 Team (this is the lowest of the teams but gives her the chance to move up if she does really well this year)Her dad and I just paid out a small fortune for her to play for the year (just under a thousand dollars with team fees, uniforms and training fees I know pick your chin up off the floor, I know I had to pick up mine). but I hope that this gives her the opportunity to improve and become a really good player and feel like she belongs. Coach seems really knowledgable and she made a few friends on the team already.
So good luck and we will post game times and such for her so that if people would like to come cheer her on they can.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The week from Hell
Sorry not to have blogged but the last week has been one of too many things all in a four day period.
Tuesday Boo had soccer tryouts in ogden at 6:30, Tuesdays I work late so it was up to dad to get her to tryouts and back in time for him to go to work at 8:30. Needless to say he was late for work.
Wednesday we had Bee's birthday and more soccer tryouts for Boo in Kaysville. We went to dinner in Kaysville at the artic circle and then took Boo to tryouts took everyone else home so Dan could get to work and then I went back to pick her up at 8:30 after tryouts were over.
Thursday was the worst day of all-
We had Graduation for Ty - YaHoo! at 4:00 in ogden, Boo had tryouts at 6:30 in Kaysville and I had Class at 6:00 in Layton. Needless to say we were only on time for graduation. Why so many things in just one day, I have no idea. Boo was 45 min late to tryouts (sorry Boo) and I was an hour and a half late to class. Good thing I had cleared it with the Prof in advance.
Friday was the day we had our new couch delivered but unfortunatly it came in two different colors I would think that they could see the difference between brown and red. I had to go find stuff for a birthday party the next day
Saturday was the day to get ready for Bee's first all-girl birthday party. We had invited six little girls from the neighborhood and then we found out another girl in the neighborhood had her party the same day so we did not get all the girls we had invited but I think she had fun making bracelets, dream-catchers, decorating little bags and hats. I think everyone had fun.
Sunday was the day for the family party with my sis and my parents. We had a bbq and opened presents with Chilly and Bee, played the wii and had a good time until Fussy fell down my stairs and hurt his head. Poor baby.
After all of this Kelsey did not make the soccer team she wanted instead she made the other team that she tried out for and only went to one day of tryouts. More about that latter.
In others words a busy week with more stuff than we all should have to do.
Graduation is over Congrats Ty- we are very proud of you
Bee is Nine going on 20
Boo made a comp team (Yeah!!!)
May be crazy, but it is our life
Tuesday Boo had soccer tryouts in ogden at 6:30, Tuesdays I work late so it was up to dad to get her to tryouts and back in time for him to go to work at 8:30. Needless to say he was late for work.
Wednesday we had Bee's birthday and more soccer tryouts for Boo in Kaysville. We went to dinner in Kaysville at the artic circle and then took Boo to tryouts took everyone else home so Dan could get to work and then I went back to pick her up at 8:30 after tryouts were over.
Thursday was the worst day of all-
We had Graduation for Ty - YaHoo! at 4:00 in ogden, Boo had tryouts at 6:30 in Kaysville and I had Class at 6:00 in Layton. Needless to say we were only on time for graduation. Why so many things in just one day, I have no idea. Boo was 45 min late to tryouts (sorry Boo) and I was an hour and a half late to class. Good thing I had cleared it with the Prof in advance.
Friday was the day we had our new couch delivered but unfortunatly it came in two different colors I would think that they could see the difference between brown and red. I had to go find stuff for a birthday party the next day
Saturday was the day to get ready for Bee's first all-girl birthday party. We had invited six little girls from the neighborhood and then we found out another girl in the neighborhood had her party the same day so we did not get all the girls we had invited but I think she had fun making bracelets, dream-catchers, decorating little bags and hats. I think everyone had fun.
Sunday was the day for the family party with my sis and my parents. We had a bbq and opened presents with Chilly and Bee, played the wii and had a good time until Fussy fell down my stairs and hurt his head. Poor baby.
After all of this Kelsey did not make the soccer team she wanted instead she made the other team that she tried out for and only went to one day of tryouts. More about that latter.
In others words a busy week with more stuff than we all should have to do.
Graduation is over Congrats Ty- we are very proud of you
Bee is Nine going on 20
Boo made a comp team (Yeah!!!)
May be crazy, but it is our life
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