A week of no chaos!

Since we have been out of school all week, I haven't really had much to do. I have found myself sitting and watching tv, like I normally wouldn't do... Tuesday after the scrimmage, I started getting excited about cooking! I went to the store and bought some things for alex and I to make cookies! He has been so excited. So yesterday, after doing all the laundry I can stand for one day, Alex and I hit the kitchen. Everything started ok, then I open the mix and Alex drops (he really kinda threw it) all over me... We only recovered about half of the mix (we only came up with about 16 cookies and it is supposed to make 3 dz). We went on with cooking and after we took out the cookies we began to prep the frosting. We stepped up to put the frosting on the cookies, and I saw something move. I looked up (because whatever it was, was rite beside us I mean within a few feet) and just as I look up a little mouse runs out from behind my toaster, runs down the cabinets and runs behind the fridge!!! I am screaming, and Alex is screaming, and Nathan comes running in to save the day, then laughs at us when he sees that the mouse if maybe an inch long... I grab the kids and we sit on the stools, so our feet aren't on the ground and we can safely watch daddy, since he just laughed at us! We sit there and Nathan is banging on the fridge, when the mouse reappears and runs across the floor, Nathan didn't even have time to react before he got across the kitchen, he is a fast little booger! Don't worry he didn't get into my cookies, but now I am petrified of walking into a room with no light on!

On a happier note, I have my Christmas shopping done! Eat your heart out!

Soper, Rock Creek, Boswell- alot to Bennington- not so much

I have been discovering over the last few weeks how much of a challenge coaching really is. However, I can do everything in my power for the girls and if they do not care, then it is out of my hands. We have spend hours upon hours of doing drills and scrimmaging for us to shoot 13% in games! The only reasonable explanation for this, is that they just don't care. They come to practice and go through the motions, and everyone wants to play when it comes to games, but no one wants to do anything while they are on the floor. We have been having a very difficult time with things that should have been taught to these girls in elementary school however, they were never taught the foundations of athletics period! We are having a very hard time shooting, passing, dribbling, and pretty much everything else... The only thing we do right is run the plays, but we can't even get it down the floor! I am beginning to get frustrated, however, I continue to get parents telling me that I am doing on heck of a job... WE will see how this turns out, however, I have a feeling things will get way worse before they get better!