Archive for the 'roller derby' Category
Harrison told me yesterday that he wanted a little sister… and another sister too. If his dream were to come true that would mean that I would be insane blessed enough to get pregnant TWO more times or be burdened blessed with twins. Let’s hope he doesn’t have any crazy magical psychic powers. And while [...]
June 10th, 2011 | Posted in Baby, Pregnant, communication, roller derby | 3 Comments
We played the Hustlers – an amazing, super tough team. And we lead into the half! We ended up loosing by 20 points, but, we played better than ever. It was awesome. Here are a couple of the first of the photos: Listening: Those Darlins
May 17th, 2011 | Posted in roller derby | 1 Comment
Yes, we also work. A lot. Here are a couple photos from our bout on Sunday and see all of them here. I’m not a big hitter and I’m not a jammer anymore so, there aren’t that many photos of me, but, I’m still playing which given the state of my knee is pretty much [...]
April 15th, 2011 | Posted in roller derby | 2 Comments
Happiness is getting to play with a four year-old girl named Sam. Listening: Black Mountain (not really, but, I don’t know what we’re listening to and Marc is downstairs)
April 14th, 2011 | Posted in roller derby | 1 Comment
My team, the Hell Marys, traveled to play the Cen Tex Sirens up in Temple, TX last night. They are a very new team and though we are the loosingest team in our league we came away with a 195 to 33 victory. However, despite our massive win, I got knocked around harder than I have been [...]
April 11th, 2011 | Posted in Friends of the kid, roller derby | 1 Comment
We had our first official bout last night. The Hell Marys vs. The Honkey Tonk Heartbreakers. We lost. It was sad. At least I still look cute in that skirt. And we got our uniform shirts! The tie is printed on the shirt = awesome. Me warming up with some of my girls. Me setting [...]
March 28th, 2011 | Posted in roller derby | 5 Comments
Despite playing injured and us loosing all three of our games derby is still fun. I jammed a lot, which proved to be difficult when your knee is swollen so much that it is difficult to bend and that fluid is causing the muscles surrounding the knee (oh just little unimportant muscles like your quad) [...]
March 8th, 2011 | Posted in roller derby | No Comments
…is having to work late and hearing the squeals and screams of an ecstatic child playing with his Grammy downstairs. Marc’s parents have been with us for a week or so and we’ve been too busy to entertain them at all. However, with my first-ever derby bout and a travel game to Colorado last weekend and [...]
March 1st, 2011 | Posted in Friends of the kid, roller derby, work-at-home-mom | No Comments
…means getting a video game about your sport. Texas is included with 6 skaters two of whom still skate with the league now – Lucille Brawl and Bloody Mary. Pretty darn exciting. Listening: Wild Nothing
January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Austin, roller derby | No Comments
Forgot to update y’all about derby – I got drafted with 4 other amazing women to the Hell Marys. I am thrilled! Listening: Marina and the Diamonds
January 17th, 2011 | Posted in roller derby | 1 Comment