Re-introduction to Socializing

I am starting to remember how much I used to enjoy socializing with family and friends. The last couple of years we have gotten out of the habit of spending time in the evenings at other people's houses and inviting them to ours. I think the biggest reason this occured was having a child that is under 4 and into everything. You cannot really enjoy yourselves at get togethers if you are chasing after a child...having to break off in the middle of a conversation and grab the Little one as he climbs on the couch and is ready to teach himself to fly is annoying. Babysitters were out since the only people we trust to watch the boys were the same people we wanted to spend time with didn't help either.

My re-introduction to socializing started out slowly...a friend invited me to join a new Bunco group with her and after much guilt (at leaving boys home with father once a month), I did join, and enjoyed and still do enjoy the heck out of it. I love trying new recipes out on the girls and getting together to roll dice and gossip about anything and everything. We are on hiatus this summer and it's a bummer, but Fall will soon be here and we will resume the fun. Last month my Husband and Oldest Son spent a week at Scout Camp leaving me and the Little Rugrat at home, so I invited a friend, my Mom and her friend over for dinner and cards. I learned a new card game that night "Hand and Foot" and really enjoyed myself (especially after I put the little one to bed). The boys will be canoeing the Current River in Missouri in a couple of weeks and I plan to have the girls over again for dinner and cards. Yeah!

Last night I hauled the Husband and the Boys to a MOM's evening get-together and cook-out and really enjoyed myself at that. I don't believe the husband was all that comfy, but at least he knew one of the other Husbands and they discussed Scouts all night. The boys had kids to play with along with a trampoline so they had fun. The high point...the Food was excellent (Brats), and the low point...the HEAT (101+ and the hottest day of the year so far), but I loved it.

So the point of this blog I guess is to say that I am not going to let myself get into this rut again, and allow myself (no guilt...okay maybe just a little guilt) to get out and enjoy being around grown-ups again.

Championship Baseball Game

Had a disappointing evening at the ball field tonight. It was the championship game and we only needed to win 1 game to be the champion, but we lost our first and then our second to come in 2nd in our Division. My Oldest actually came away not too disappointed, as he said "This is the best I've ever done", maybe this means next year we will win, since he has gotten a little further every year in Championship play.

I will tell you that I will not miss sitting out at the ball field with the heat (95 today with a heat index of 105+) even at 7 PM when we started. It is wearing on the parents and exhausting on the boys. I don't get to spend alot of time watching the games. Unfortunately I have a 4 year old who will not sit still to save his life. I spend most of my time chasing him, and not watching the baseball games, although I have yet to miss one of Oldest Son's games since he started playing 8 seasons ago.

Tonight we didn't pull into the driveway until 12 AM. I'm exhausted, but unable to settle down into sleep. I am hoping this post will get all of the churning thoughts settled down and I can sleep when my head next hits the pillow. All I can say is "Congratulations Rays" on your 2nd place victory!

I HATE SUMMER!

I have decided that I hate summer! There are 3 major reasons I do not like summer 1) IT IS HOT!...it looks like this summer is going to be hot, hot, hot...we are already running about 10 degrees above normal for June, 2) NO SCHOOL...this means I have both boys home, eating ALL the time, and they are bored, noisy, fighting, and all around nuisances, and 3) NOTHING TO DO...I complain throught out the year that I have too much to do...running to games, school functions or scouts, but I have the opposite problem in the summer. After baseball season is over in mid June I have nothing to do and nothing to distinguish one day from the next.

When June 1st hits I start daydreaming wistfully for the 1st of September and at the moment I am deep into this daydream. My philosophy of summer is this: June is depressing since it means that summer is here and is just going to get hotter, July is wearing on the soul since the heat beats down on you relentlessly, but August is actually spiritually uplifting in that although it is still the hottest month of the year, there will come a day when the temperature spikes and then comes the downward slide to fall.

Here's to August!

I chose the name because...

I chose the name..."A Scouting Mom's Blog" because that is how I think of myself. I'm the mother of a scout, and I volunteer as a Scout leader myself, but this blog is not all about scouting. My family, family activities, random thoughts, recipe ideas, likes and dislikes, craft ideas, etc. will all find there way into this blog.

A whole new world

This is a whole new world to me. I've never written down my thoughts before, but especially not online for the whole world to see. We shall see if I have anything interesting going on upstairs or if I've let my brain rot from inactivity.