So, MLB will feature a regular season game in Iowa for the first time ever in 2020, to be played at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville. While the Cubs’ AAA team is in Des Moines, which would normally given them some territorial claim, the Black Sox connection makes the White Sox a logical host for the game. One would think that another Midwestern team would make the game a good regional draw, and a way of MLB lavishing some attention on teams that get crowded out by the big costal markets. But the novelty will make it a slam-dunk national interest story. Of course, that means the Yankmes* will be the road team.
* The 1917 Yankmes finished 6th in the AL, 28.5 games out of first place, ahead of only the Browns & Athletics.
Oh, seriously? It's not going to be a big enough draw already? I hope Judge has corn allergies.
And of course, this game'll be blacked out for Iowans because of the 8 teams that claim the state.
Mom still on trip. Kids getting unruly. Supplies and morale running low.
This is when you mix things up and go into dad mode. Cake for breakfast, cereal for dinner? Sure. Inappropriate movies that mom would never allow? Why not. Wear pajamas to Target? Heck, I might do so myself. You can ride the fumes of this behavior until mom gets home. She'll give you a healthy stink eye, but other than that, she'll probably let it ride. #dadvice
Pops couldn’t cook a meal to save his life, which certainly made life interesting when he was a single parent for nine years, but he sure knew how to make a good sandwich. I miss having hoagies with him.
The Poissonnière is still at an age when deviations from the routine are novel. We’ve had a couple unexpected stretches of just her & me together recently, so I’ve been sprinkling in pre-supper runs for ingredients: out to the Italian deli for meatballs, or to the butcher for freshly ground beef. She’s shown some initial interest in cooking, so we made sloppy joes together one night, her first experience with that staple of childhood. Turns out that when you run low on ketchup and have no Worcestershire in the house, that you can make some pretty awesome sloppy joes with a mixture of katsu, Crystal, fish sauce, A1 (which I never otherwise touch), and tomato paste.
My kids won’t eat sloppy joes, or manwhiches, or bologna, or most of the things I associate with ‘childhood staples’. Kernel mostly sustains herself on PB&J (w/ Nutella!) and Niblet, although not as picky, isn’t terribly willing to experiment either. Kid’ll dominate some shrimp though, or all things.
The Boy did not like his foods to touch and would not eat tomatoes.
The Girl had an adventurous palate (once ate a verrry hot chile at a dim sum place in SF before I could stop her; ate all the weird stuff I made; turns her nose up at canned refried beans because I always made homemade pinto beans and black beans, etc etc).
The Boy now eats everything, while the Girl is just emerging from deeeeeep militant veganism.
I let The Little One dress her self to a certain degree. It results in some interesting combinations, but she loves it so I love it.
And if anyone out in the world has a problem with it, well I pity them for giving a shit what a 2 year old decides she wants to wear.
While I tend to feel similarly, I’m simultaneously hyperconscious of the Inept Dad stereotype. I love it when my kid wears a tie-dye shirt with striped shorts and polka dot socks, because if that’s what she’s feeling that day, then that’s her personality showing itself. I’ll set boundaries — clothes that are appropriate for the weather & the context they’re being worn — and pre-select items from her closet to hang in her wardrobe, which makes our time-constrained mornings easier.
But the thing that makes me feel hyperconscious is hair. Yes, dads should be able to do some things with hair that doesn’t resemble what they’ve worn themselves. I totally get that, and I support that. Man, I did a great job last night distracting her from the always-fraught post-hair wash detangling & brushing by telling a made-up story about a lonely coconut. Her hair was silky this morning and brushed out easily. My ponytails don’t look great, but they get the job done. However, by the time I got her to school, the combination of the ponytail rubbing on the car seat and her taking out the barrette I put in to hold the front stuff out of her eyes (cue exasperation) made her hair look, well, like I’m barely competent. And yeah, I can put it back, and yeah, I had shoulder-length hair for a while, but I haven’t been fooling with long hair for most of four decades like Mama has, so it’s never going to look Just Right. I can tell the difference, and I know everyone else can, too.
As a never-long-hair-haver I take a "I'm sorry, I can't do any of this, you'll just have to wear your hair down if you haven't learned to do it yourself yet." approach. On that note, though, I do have advice on something:
Man, I did a great job last night distracting her from the always-fraught post-hair wash detangling & brushing
On a similar note, we got one of these for my long-haired son. It is awesome, and made a huge difference in how easy it is to brush his post-bath hair.
I'm pretty sure we have roughly 30 of those laying around the house in various places, none of which are the bathroom....
That’s exactly the stuff we have, too. Great product.
This is weird timing. This picture just came up on my memories from 10 years ago. My 3 year old chose his "hat" to wear for the pet parade.
I should be at the game tonight if anyone else is and want to meet up for a bit. Section 106ish.
I thought about going to this one. Instead, planning on Sunday.
I'm not predicting a HR from anyone -- just want the win.
Is it legal to pick Carlos Santana for the HR contest? He should get at least two or three shots at Gibby.
As angsty as we've been about Bad Gibby, the Twins are 15-8 in his starts.
Seriously, though, I'll take Sano tonight.
Game tonight is the MLB.tv Free Game of the Day for anyone out of the FSN region.
Beer count at the Family homestead:
Lift Bridge Farm Girl
Surly Coffee Bender
Bent Paddle Golden IPA
Castle Danger Summer Crush
Lake Superior Riptide IPA
Sounds like you’re going to be in good hands cans during your visit.
Made the Mrs a vodka tonic with lime and some fresh-from-the-garden raspberries. Damn straight that is a thing now.
Locally sourced, locally sauced.
Rosario and Castro.
Polanco
Rosario
Cruz and kep
My dad is two weeks out from his (right) knee replacement. He has more than 90 degrees of flexion and is walking (quite a bit) without walker or cane. He can drive (automatic), but really shouldn't yet.
Modern medicine has its issues, but damn.
Sounds like he did his rehab. My fil did not, and the results are not good.
Doing his rehab. They only kept him overnight, which was amazing too.
When they released him, the doctor told him his primary rehab was walking. He has a set of exercises too, and some pain meds. But mostly, he takes Tylenol.
Sometimes they don't even keep you overnight. Infection is a big worry.
Pretty amazing but pain is only really an issue for the first couple days, and the meds they give you pre-surgery cover most of that. The real party pooper is annoying discomfort.
Sounds like the Vikings are going to stink this year.
So, MLB will feature a regular season game in Iowa for the first time ever in 2020, to be played at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville. While the Cubs’ AAA team is in Des Moines, which would normally given them some territorial claim, the Black Sox connection makes the White Sox a logical host for the game. One would think that another Midwestern team would make the game a good regional draw, and a way of MLB lavishing some attention on teams that get crowded out by the big costal markets. But the novelty will make it a slam-dunk national interest story. Of course, that means the Yankmes* will be the road team.
* The 1917 Yankmes finished 6th in the AL, 28.5 games out of first place, ahead of only the Browns & Athletics.
Oh, seriously? It's not going to be a big enough draw already? I hope Judge has corn allergies.
And of course, this game'll be blacked out for Iowans because of the 8 teams that claim the state.
Mom still on trip. Kids getting unruly. Supplies and morale running low.
This is when you mix things up and go into dad mode. Cake for breakfast, cereal for dinner? Sure. Inappropriate movies that mom would never allow? Why not. Wear pajamas to Target? Heck, I might do so myself. You can ride the fumes of this behavior until mom gets home. She'll give you a healthy stink eye, but other than that, she'll probably let it ride. #dadvice
Pops couldn’t cook a meal to save his life, which certainly made life interesting when he was a single parent for nine years, but he sure knew how to make a good sandwich. I miss having hoagies with him.
The Poissonnière is still at an age when deviations from the routine are novel. We’ve had a couple unexpected stretches of just her & me together recently, so I’ve been sprinkling in pre-supper runs for ingredients: out to the Italian deli for meatballs, or to the butcher for freshly ground beef. She’s shown some initial interest in cooking, so we made sloppy joes together one night, her first experience with that staple of childhood. Turns out that when you run low on ketchup and have no Worcestershire in the house, that you can make some pretty awesome sloppy joes with a mixture of katsu, Crystal, fish sauce, A1 (which I never otherwise touch), and tomato paste.
My kids won’t eat sloppy joes, or manwhiches, or bologna, or most of the things I associate with ‘childhood staples’. Kernel mostly sustains herself on PB&J (w/ Nutella!) and Niblet, although not as picky, isn’t terribly willing to experiment either. Kid’ll dominate some shrimp though, or all things.
The Boy did not like his foods to touch and would not eat tomatoes.
The Girl had an adventurous palate (once ate a verrry hot chile at a dim sum place in SF before I could stop her; ate all the weird stuff I made; turns her nose up at canned refried beans because I always made homemade pinto beans and black beans, etc etc).
The Boy now eats everything, while the Girl is just emerging from deeeeeep militant veganism.
I let The Little One dress her self to a certain degree. It results in some interesting combinations, but she loves it so I love it.
And if anyone out in the world has a problem with it, well I pity them for giving a shit what a 2 year old decides she wants to wear.
While I tend to feel similarly, I’m simultaneously hyperconscious of the Inept Dad stereotype. I love it when my kid wears a tie-dye shirt with striped shorts and polka dot socks, because if that’s what she’s feeling that day, then that’s her personality showing itself. I’ll set boundaries — clothes that are appropriate for the weather & the context they’re being worn — and pre-select items from her closet to hang in her wardrobe, which makes our time-constrained mornings easier.
But the thing that makes me feel hyperconscious is hair. Yes, dads should be able to do some things with hair that doesn’t resemble what they’ve worn themselves. I totally get that, and I support that. Man, I did a great job last night distracting her from the always-fraught post-hair wash detangling & brushing by telling a made-up story about a lonely coconut. Her hair was silky this morning and brushed out easily. My ponytails don’t look great, but they get the job done. However, by the time I got her to school, the combination of the ponytail rubbing on the car seat and her taking out the barrette I put in to hold the front stuff out of her eyes (cue exasperation) made her hair look, well, like I’m barely competent. And yeah, I can put it back, and yeah, I had shoulder-length hair for a while, but I haven’t been fooling with long hair for most of four decades like Mama has, so it’s never going to look Just Right. I can tell the difference, and I know everyone else can, too.
As a never-long-hair-haver I take a "I'm sorry, I can't do any of this, you'll just have to wear your hair down if you haven't learned to do it yourself yet." approach. On that note, though, I do have advice on something:
Man, I did a great job last night distracting her from the always-fraught post-hair wash detangling & brushing
This stuff will be your best friend. It basically eliminates any issues with painful tangles while brushing.
On a similar note, we got one of these for my long-haired son. It is awesome, and made a huge difference in how easy it is to brush his post-bath hair.
I'm pretty sure we have roughly 30 of those laying around the house in various places, none of which are the bathroom....
That’s exactly the stuff we have, too. Great product.
This is weird timing. This picture just came up on my memories from 10 years ago. My 3 year old chose his "hat" to wear for the pet parade.
How do I add an image from my phone?
Via Upload New Media page. Your limit is 8 MB.
Your limit is 8 MB.
whhhAAAAAAaaaaa!?
That should be enough for a little while, right?
Wait, he played guitar with Guns 'N Roses!!
That will be a great photo to recreate in about 10 years. Or heck it would be great to recreate now.
Bucket list achievement unlocked.
Adalberto Mejía’s had an interesting fortnight. At least his colors have remained fairly consistent.
I should be at the game tonight if anyone else is and want to meet up for a bit. Section 106ish.
I thought about going to this one. Instead, planning on Sunday.
I'm not predicting a HR from anyone -- just want the win.
Is it legal to pick Carlos Santana for the HR contest? He should get at least two or three shots at Gibby.
As angsty as we've been about Bad Gibby, the Twins are 15-8 in his starts.
Seriously, though, I'll take Sano tonight.
Game tonight is the MLB.tv Free Game of the Day for anyone out of the FSN region.
Beer count at the Family homestead:
Lift Bridge Farm Girl
Surly Coffee Bender
Bent Paddle Golden IPA
Castle Danger Summer Crush
Lake Superior Riptide IPA
Sounds like you’re going to be in good
handscans during your visit.Made the Mrs a vodka tonic with lime and some fresh-from-the-garden raspberries. Damn straight that is a thing now.
Locally sourced, locally sauced.
Rosario and Castro.
Polanco
Rosario
Cruz and kep
My dad is two weeks out from his (right) knee replacement. He has more than 90 degrees of flexion and is walking (quite a bit) without walker or cane. He can drive (automatic), but really shouldn't yet.
Modern medicine has its issues, but damn.
Sounds like he did his rehab. My fil did not, and the results are not good.
Doing his rehab. They only kept him overnight, which was amazing too.
When they released him, the doctor told him his primary rehab was walking. He has a set of exercises too, and some pain meds. But mostly, he takes Tylenol.
Sometimes they don't even keep you overnight. Infection is a big worry.
Pretty amazing but pain is only really an issue for the first couple days, and the meds they give you pre-surgery cover most of that. The real party pooper is annoying discomfort.