http://haphazardous.net Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:02:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've been housecleaning all day today in anticipation of the arrival of some beloved guests tomorrow evening. Nothing motivates me to clean my house like having house guests and I only wish we had them more often! My dad, stepmom, and niece Elise are arriving tomorrow from NH and I'm ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/08/17/rio-and-bongo/ I finally upgraded my Wordpress installation and the site survived intact. There was a little glitch with the categories but I worked it out. I still have some minor issues to solve concerning thumbnail images and my archive pages but it's not urgent. It's not like there are 10,000 visitors ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/08/04/forgotten/ Main Street in Plevna, Kansas. Today my team is off to Oklahoma City to face off with the Victory Dolls. I won't be there because I'm still nursing a torn ligament (MCL), which sucks but this is the last bout I'll have to miss. My stepdaughter, Emily, will be making her ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/07/26/makin-waves/ This past winter Kansas got hit by a severe ice storm that decimated the trees. As we drove along the highway we could see the aftermath - the forests were littered with the wreckage of huge broken limbs. Only the trunks and sturdiest limbs survived intact, but they had been ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/07/18/survivors/ Gosh, it's been an awful long time, eh? Here's the lowdown: We went to Kansas, as usual, for the 4th of July. This photo was taken on the road. More to come! I tore a ligament in my knee and had to sit out the last home bout. My team was also ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/07/14/two-monkeys-and-a-buffalo/ Back from Tulsa and fully recovered from a weekend of brutality and debauchery. The Green Country Roller Girls taught my team how roller derby is really played and it wasn't pretty. All the same, it was a fabulous experience and I truly admire GCRG for their sportsmanship and hospitality. Personally, ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/06/05/lessons-in-derby/ Just so you know I haven't quit posting photos altogether:) http://haphazardous.net/2008/05/25/lemaires-cajun-cafe/ Yep, we actually own this movie. We watched it for the first time the other night and it's pretty much everything I hoped it would be - cheese and hilarity galore! I was disappointed to discover that none of the women ever appear in any of the awesome outfits pictured ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/05/21/invasion-of-the-bee-girls/ These are my new skates, aren't they lovely? I would've posted sooner but I've been sick. Just a cruddy cold so I pretty much just want to sleep a lot but otherwise I'm pretty functional. But yeah, these new skates have made skating much more enjoyable. I can already feel an immediate ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/05/20/wicked/ Damn, it's been a while, eh? Anyone still out there? In any case, I'm hoping to post more frequently by keeping my updates short and sweet. For now, here's a quick synopsis of the last few weeks: I've been skating like a fiend and loving every minute of it. Played in ... http://haphazardous.net/2008/05/14/long-time-gone/