A Whole Lotta......!!

 ('Whole Lotta Dogs' on Facebook)

     Is Saturday here already?!.....Yep! ^_^ I was out on the town in New York with my hubby last night...on my 'virtual' date. :-) I was kept up waaaaaaay past the time I'm usually in bed!...We saw a whole lotta balls flying!! And it was well worth the 'virtual' traffic....the chili dogs that still have my stomach gurgling this morning...and the lack of sleep! :-)
     The matches were great!!...Sloane Stephens defeated Jamie Hampton...6-1, 6-3...

(Sloane Stephens on Facebook)

 

 (Sloane Stephens on Facebook)

     And SURPRISINGLY  Lleyton Hewitt beat Juan Martin DelPotro, 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6 6-1!!!...

(Australian Open page on Facebook)

     WOW!! O_O Who knew that was gonna happen?!....NOT ME!!...In fact, I thought Del Po might go all the way this year, and give my 'baby boy' a run for his money!

      Speaking of my 'baby boy', Rafael Nadal, he's playing Ivan Dodig later today! :-) I've got to get another nap before then! ^_^...and also I have some other business to take care of this morning. But this afternoon.......LOOK OUT, TENNIS! ^_^

    Oh Yeah....I did get some crocheting done too! I made a few variegated lapel pins. Look at them and tell me what you think...

 (Variegated Mauve Lapel Pin by Wuglyees)

 (Variegated Cornflower Blue by Wuglyees)

 (Variegated Coral by Wuglyees)

     If I can muster the energy...and get some more naps...and get my other business taken care of...^_^...I may make a few more of these variegated ones today. I kinda like the character the thread already has, without me having to rack my tennis-tired brain to figure out what colors to put together!! ^_^
    
       Okay...I'm gone! ^_^ Have a good Saturday, Everybody...and a good weekend if I don't see you!...or don't recognize you!...You might start looking like a tennis ball! LOL :-)

A Little Doze'll Do You!

I enjoy my sleeping, and a doze,
a nap, and such.
In fact I might enjoy a snooze
entirely waay too much!

At any time of day,
you'll find me like a weeping willow.
Head hung low and dragging,
looking for the nearest pillow.

No, there's nothing wrong.
I'm not depressed. I've still got bounce!
And I can stay awake and be
quite witty when it counts!

But I have been awake for things
when I could have been asleep.
And now my time's so valuable
I don't treat it like it's cheap.

My sleeping, dozing, napping,
is to my life a special key.
It unlocks and refreshes
and dispels anxiety!

Most people try to fill up
every hour in the day.
But me, I'd rather be asleep
and waste it all away.

There's plenty hours left
for all the flit and play and chore.
An hour for a nap right now?!
Why not?! There's 24!!

Yes, I Know That Tennis Isn't The Only Thing Going On In The World!

(Personalized Children's Hand Stamped TENNIS Charm Necklace by LillyEllen)

          We had such a beautiful day here in Holyoke yesterday! The weather was just gorgeous...most of the day anyway. The hummingbirds, who are LOVING the new feeder, were flitting and flying back and forth to it all day! In fact, this morning when we looked out at the feeder, through the pouring raindrops....Yep! It's POURING this morning!...

 (Summer Rain Wellies Original 12x16 Watercolor by HandyHappy)

         ......we saw that the feeder, hanging out there near the surviving tree, is almost empty!

      And guess what else?!...The robin mommy is attentively manning her nest and turquoise blue egg babies in the same tree too!...To think, last year I was almost teary thinking about how I was never gonna see anymore bird action right outside my window! :-] I'm glad I was wrong!

      Speaking of 'action', it's tennis time again! :-) 

********** For the first time in his career, Roger Federer dropped a set to Nicolas Mahut during their match yesterday, but, in typical Roger Federer style, he shifted things up a gear to win...6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.........While Jo-Wilfried Tsonga dismissed Fabio Fognini, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

       Svetlana Kuznetsova showed that she's still very much a force to be reckoned with in her 6-1, 6-2 demolition of # 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska..........Maria Sharapova took only one hour to dispose of Ayumi Morita, 6-1, 6-1. With Serena Williams gone from singles play, Maria is on a course to win the only major she is yet to win, Roland Garros.

      The story to watch for me yesterday was Sloane Stephens!

 (photo from rolandgarros(dot)com)

        For the first time in her young career, she made the fourth round at a Grand Slam! CONGRATULATIONS Sloane!! :-) 

       Today's matches include Maria Sharapova vs Shuai Peng....Rafael Nadal vs Eduardo Schwank.....Na Li vs. Christina McHale, (which is going on right now)...Francesca Schiavone vs. Varvara Lepchenko and Andy Murray vs Santiago Giraldo....You know where I'll be!!...What? You didn't think I was gonna say that again?! ^_^ **********

        Tennis wasn't the only wonderful sports news yesterday!...but I'm gonna take a little break here...for the 'tired-of-me' non sports fans out there. ^_^ I'm gonna share a couple of other colorful Etsy finds first!....

(Bicycle Art Watercolor Print by WatercolorByMuren)

(Custom Engraved Leather Wrapped Bracelet by BookFiend)

(Rainbow Button Concealed Platform Pumps by MerloDesigns)

       About those shoes....Ooooo Child!!! ^_^ My inside teenager is jumping up and down!!....Of course, my outside arthritic, almost hammer-toed self, is cringing!!! LOL

      Okay, while I dream of sore feet soaking in an ice bath, let me tell you the other sports news that burned up the wires last night!...

      First, the Boston Celtics, my Massachusetts com padres, won their first basketball game of the series with the Miami Heat last night, bringing the best of seven series to 2/1. Okay Boston, only three more wins to go!! :-)

    And lastly, New York Mets pitcher, Johan Santana, after surgery in 2010 and doubts that he would ever pitch again, pitched a 130 plus pitch "No-hitter" baseball game last night against the Saint Louis Cardinals!!! This was the very first No-hitter in New York Mets history! It took 50 years and over 8,000 games for the Mets to finally achieve their first no-no! :-) All I can say to you, Johan Santana, is 'BIG PROPS' baby!! :-]

 (Youtube)

    Okay...that's all folks!...except for a personal 'BIG PROPS' to my 'chef Jeff' hubby! He, for the first time last night, marinated some pork chops!! Woohoo!! He got up before the sun did this morning, excited to cook them and see how they turned out. I just had one for breakfast...along with a slice of cherry cheesecake that he also made last night!!! ^_^ Good job, honey bear!!!! Now we're all fueled up for the day ahead!...Now where are the umbrella and galoshes?! O_O

     Have a good day, Everybody! :-)

Spring Is The Rain

Spring is the rain,
when the flowers grow again,
and new life is let remain.
After months of drench and drain,
you now see roses down the lane.

Spring is the rain,
and the budding of the grain,
and birds, out your window pane.
When the weather makes you sane,
and its no longer on your brain,
'cause there's no cold to give you pain.

Spring is the rain-
the time for traveling on the train,
for watching trees, not weather vanes,
and raking leaves-Autumn's disdain.
You lift your head, just like a crane,
and now your thought's no longer vain.
You think of seasons that were plain,
but now its blooming, down on Main,
because spring is the rain.