- I dug out or cut down every plant/bush/tree in my yard last week. I look at it like an artist wanting a fresh canvas. Even though I’m far from an artist, and will plant the lowest maintenance plants I can, I still want to landscape my yard. I think that will include sod in the fall, hydrangeas, and maybe rhodadendrons. Of course, the landscaping won’t start until after the patio is built. Yay, home improvement projects!
- I went to the Red Sox game yesterday. It was a good game, even though the A’s lost. I really feel like I should be disappointed in the A’s, given that they contended for first place for the first two months of the season. But I knew they were barely a .500 team this year, so I’m not all that upset, especially after trading Haren in the off-season and Harden and Blanton in the last month. Hopefully, Billy Beane has a plan that will result in another playoff run early next decade.
- The biggest travesty of the day at the ballpark was the beer vendors closing up during a rain delay in the bottom of the sixth inning. Are you kidding me??? That’s exactly when I wanted (another) beer!!! Usually, the Fenway beer vendors stay open until the seventh inning stretch. My buddy and I were heated.
- Let me be the last person to weigh in on the Manny Ramirez trade. The Red Sox gave up a ton for Jason Bay. However, even with his great stuff, Hansen doesn’t have the mental toughness to be a reliable reliever. Moss would have been a fourth outfielder for the Sox at best, and paying the rest of Manny salary this year isn’t a big deal for the Red Sox, one of the highest spending teams in baseball. So, to get rid of a distraction like Manny, and land an All-Star like Jason Bay, I say it was a good deal. It was also a great deal for the Pirates, who wouldn’t been able to keep Bay past next year anyway. Manny makes me sick, though. For someone with all of his talent to quit on his team and act like a douche, that is inexcusable. And all of a sudden, he’s running out ground balls in LA. Whatever. LA deserves Manny because fans there don’t care anyway.
- Speaking of weighing in, I didn’t even get on the scale this morning because I didn’t want to know. I know I have gained at least ten of the 30 pounds I lost. I need to get down to 180-185 by a wedding I’m going to on August 23rd.
- For some reason, my phone won’t charge. I think it’s the connection between the phone and the charger cable, because it’s pretty loose. I hope Verizon gives me a new phone since I’m under warranty. Actually, no, I hope Verizon gives me a reason to go buy an iPhone.
- I’ve been using my camera a lot more lately. Granted, it’s only a Canon EOS rebel 35mm (film) camera, but I’ve been more photographer-ly lately. Any good beginner photog websites/tips/tricks are always welcome.