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Posts Tagged ‘sports

Summer Vacation

Posted by: dateacher on: May 21, 2009

Now that my stint as a temp dental assistant is over and I officially start my summer vacation, I have been thinking about summer vacations of the past.
As a child, many a summer vacation was spent at the beach.  My mother grew up near Myrtle Beach and most of her immediate family still live in [...]

Play Ball!

Posted by: dateacher on: April 15, 2009

It’s that time of year – baseball season – did you think this was going to be a post about it being Tax Day??  (Hope not)
A week ago it was opening day and now the season is one week old.  In that time, baseball has lost an up-and-coming pitcher, a former rookie of the year [...]

Opening Day

Posted by: dateacher on: April 6, 2009

Well, it’s opening day for one sport close to my heart and closing day for another.  It’s a pretty superb day when I get to watch my favorite baseball team play (even if they lose to the Baltimore Orioles) in the late afternoon, and then that same night I’m able to watch my favorite college [...]

What do you do?, play edition

Posted by: dateacher on: March 25, 2009

We work hard, and hopefully we play just as hard.
I’ve discussed before my obsession with sports.  However, my participation in such sports was limited due to asthma and allergies.  My coordination also played a factor.  I did play hard when I played though.  There were backyard whiffle ball tournaments and driveway basketball games in my [...]

What do you watch?, television edition

Posted by: dateacher on: March 21, 2009

Continuing the theme…
I probably am not much of a reader since I’m a very visual person.  I’m not an artist by any stretch of the imagination but I prefer to view things over reading about them.  I’d much rather go to an art gallery than read about the paintings in a book.  Pictures speak to [...]

The Madness of It All

Posted by: dateacher on: March 20, 2009

How many of you enjoy sports?   How many of you are fanatics?  How many of you go MAD for March?
I love – love – love sports.  I have friends who tell me I am the perfect wife because I do not mind watching sports with my husband, but I’m not such a fan [...]