Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Isabelle, Sammy, and Jane (and Maggie too) got in a week ago Saturday. Since then we've had a busy week. Jane and Elizabeth have done a good bit of shopping and we've had some good weather. We've also had some interesting weather with the usual thunder, lightning, and rain. The first order of business this week was getting the air-conditioning fixed in the Jeep. It seems Jane had a run in with some pebbles or something on the highway near Boston and put some holes in the condenser. They had it looked at in Connecticut but had to wait until they got home to fix it. It made for a long drive with the windows open but they managed. In the end it made them stay in the mountains so they had a very picturesque drive. Tuesday night we went out to see a ball game. Greenville has a very nice ballpark-Fluor Feild-that was voted one of the best in the country a few years ago. Anyway the park may be good but the home team, the Greenville Drive, seems to be a little less than great. They certainly didn't have a good day and ended losing badly to Charleston. The game itself was fun. It was Greenville's birthday so everyone got a T-shirt and there were lots of other activities. Isabelle also got a ball when one of the Charleston players tossed her one of the warm-up balls just before the game started. Once the game did start Isabelle really got into it and even danced with the music between innings. We only stayed until the seventh inning but just before we did go we did get our pictures up on the jumbo-tron. I suppose it was a good way to finish the night.

The Drive plays at home this week and next so we may get out to the game again. We also ate at a few new places downtown. If I get a chance I'll post the reviews in the next few days.

This weekend things were pretty good. We went out to eat downtown on Friday and out to the markets on Saturday. Elizabeth left for Halifax on Saturday afternoon and we went to check on some furniture we ordered a few weeks ago. It looks like it will be delivered this week so the guests who come to visit won't need to sleep on the mattress on the floor anymore. Today we took it easy and went out to another flea market. This time it was the Barnyard Flea Market in Greer. It was cleaner and much better organized than the Jockey Lot. They also have a few more locations we may try to get to. I liked that it was all indoors (out of the sun) and had lots of good parking. Maggie wasn't allowed in so we left her at home. Tonight is a slow night of catching up on the Olympics. The American network NBC has some great coverage but the focus is clearly on the Americans-understandable. It's been hard to watch any Canadians but at least we have the Internet.